FED GOVT Reading Quiz 6: Congress
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