The House & Senate

The number of members in the Senate is:

• Based upon population
• Equal for all states
• Decided upon by the voters
• Depends on the ruling party

Who is the presiding officer of the Senate and can be brought in the cast a tie breaking vote if needed?

• The Chief Justice
• The Vice President
• Chairman of the Joint Chiefs
• Secretary of State

Congress has three types of these to deal with the thousands of bills that come before it each session.

• Committees
• Branches
• Districts
• Articles

These types of committees are temporary and deal with special issues that have to be taken care of from time to time. 

• Select
• Standing
• Joint
• Judicial

The Senate has ____members

• 435
• 2
• 100
• 535

Constituents are the people  represented by a member of Congress

• True
• False

These committees include members from both the Senate and the House. They are formed occasionally for certain issues.

• Standing
• Joint
• Select
• Optional

The House of Representatives' terms are how long?

• 1 year
• 6 years 
• 4 years
• 2 years

The House of Representatives has 

• 80 members
• 100 members
• 435 members
• 200 members

The party that has more than half of the seats in the senate or the House is known as:

• Minority Party
• Majority Party
• Democrats
• Republicans