Legislative Branch

Term meaning 2 House Legislation

• Congressional

• Bicameralism

• Appropriations

• Enumerating

Candidate for office who already holds the position and has the advantage to win the seat again.

• Speaker

• Franklin privilege

• Cloture

• Incumbent

A term length for a members of the House of Representatives.

• lifetime

• 2 years

• 4 years

• 6 years

A term length for members of the Senate.

• lifetime

• 2 years

• 4 years

• 6 years

How many terms can members of congress serve?

• 2

• 4

• 6

• unlimited

How many Senators does each state get to send to Congress?

• 2

• 4

• based on population

• 5

How many representatives does each state get to send to the House of Representatives?

• 2

• 5

• 6

• Depends on the population of the state

Total number of US Senators

• 50

• 100

• 300

• 435

Total number of Representatives in the US House

• 100

• 350

• 435

• 800

Counting of the people

• fiscal

• coture

• census

• appropriation