FED GOVT Reading Quiz 6: Congress

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One must be ____ years of age to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives, and ___ years of age to serve in the U.S. Senate.

25 for representative ; 30 for senate

Legislation whose tangible benefits are targeted solely at a particular legislator's constituency is

Pork-barrel legislation

The minority party's committee and subcommittee leaders are called

Ranking members

Most of the work on legilsation in congress is done

by committees and their respective subcommittees

Through a vote for cloture, the Senate

can end a filibuster

When the house and senate pass different versions of a bill, the differences are resolved by a

conference committee

The trading of votes between members of Congress so that each gets the legislation he or she wants is called

logrolling

Bills are formally introduced in congress by

members of congress only

The framers of the constitution saw this as he preeminent component of the federal government

the Congress

To override a presidential veto, congress must vote by

two-thirds

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