GOVERNMENT HELP PLEASE :)?

8. Who sets the salary of members of Congress? How is it done? What is the current salary? List five fringe benefits of members of Congress?

9. List two privileges of members of Congress? (Article 1, Section 6)

10. Describe the politics of incumbency and list five advantages of the incumbent.



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House of Representatives

1. How many seats are there in the House

2. How is this determined?

3. How many representatives does the Constitution guarantee each State?

4. How long is a term in the House?

5. Why did the framers provided for such a short term?

6. When and how does reapportionment take place? When will the next one occur?

7. Describe two ways state legislature have abused the redistricting power?

8. Today, how many persons are represented on average by a member of the House?

9. List three formal and one traditional qualification for House members.



Senate

1. How many Senators are there?

2. How is that determined?

3. How were Senators chosen prior to 1913? How did the 17th amendment change this?

4. What is the term of a Senator?

5. How many terms expire every year?

6. Why are not all Senators up for re-election at the same time?

7. How else, aside from election, can one become a Senator? Is this different than from the House?

8. List three formal qualifications for Senators.



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CURRENT FACTS %26amp; TIDBITS



1. What is the median age of members of the House? Of the Senate?

2. How many women serve in the House? In the Senate?

3. How many African-Americans in the House? In the Senate?

4. How many Hispanics in the House? In the Senate?

5. How many Asian and Pacific Islanders in the House? In the Senate?

6. Identify by name, state, and party the first African-American woman to serve in the Senate?

7. Identify by name, state, and party the first Native-American to serve in the Senate?





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ORGANIZATION OF CONGRESS

1. What are the purposes of committees?

2. Name four kinds of committee in Congress and provide authority of each.

3. Identify the key committees in the House. The Senate.

4. List changes that occurred in the 1970s that made Congress more democratic.

5. Identify the function that party affiliation plays in the organization of Congress.

6. How are lawmakers assigned to committees?

7. What is the seniority system and how has this system declined in importance?

8. Explain the effect committee reform has had on the organization of Congress.

9. Provide three reasons for the growth in the number of congressional staff.

10. What are the four important support agencies for Congress? Describe the services of each.





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CONGRESSIONAL PROCESS

1. Define

Bills: public, private Resolutions: simple, joint, concurrent

2. Who may introduce a bill in the House? In the Senate?

3. How are they introduced in the House? In the Senate?

4. Who refers bills to committees in the House? The Senate?

5. Provide an example of a hearing, mark-up and rider.

6. Contrast the regulation of floor debate in the House and Senate. What is a filibuster and when is it used? What is cloture? How do you get it?

7. When is a conference committees formed? What is its job? Why does either house seldom reject this committee檚 report?

8. What options does the President have upon receiving a measure passed by Congress?

9. Analyze the path a bill takes through both houses of Congress and note how and where it may be stopped. (see page 304 for a useful chart.)

10. Identify those factors that help explain why a member of Congress votes as he or she does.

11. Other than that of legislator, identify six roles of members of Congress.

12. Study the powers of Congress as found in Article I, Section 8 and elsewhere in the Constitution. Differentiate between legislative and non-legislative powers. What powers has Congress taken on that are not provided for in the Constitution?GOVERNMENT HELP PLEASE :)?Answer to D; All of the above;



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