Congress Review

Congress has the power to

• lay and collect taxes

• borrow money

• make laws

• all of the above

How many Senators do we have today?

• 435

• 500

• 100

• 50

Congressional committees and subcommittees exist

• to acquire the information needed to pass meaningful and comprehensive legislation.

• to consolidate power in the majority party.

• to offer important political posts to influential representatives and senators.

• to the streamline the ever-growing legislative power.

To be a U.S. Representative, you must be how old?

• 25 yrs.

• 30 yrs

• 35 yr.

The current Speaker of the House is?

• Mitch McConnell

• Paul Ryan

• Kevin McCarthy

• Nancy Pelosi

The framers of the Constitution favored bicameralism because

• one house would spend more money than two.

• two houses could block acts of a president.

• Great Britain only had one house.

• allowed for fair and equal representation of the states.

Mitch McConnell is currently the

• Speaker of the House

• President Pro Tempore of the Senate

• House Minority Whip

• Senate Majority Leader

How many representatives does each state have?

• 2

• 4

• Depends upon population.

The number of Senate seats held by each State is

• that it depends upon the population.

• 50

• 2

• it varies.

Senators are elected to serve --- year terms.

• life

• 2

• 6

• 4