The Legislative Branch

to suspend a session of congress until the next session

suspending congress for a little while, or taking a temporary break is called

The time period during which congress meets is called a

After the passage of the 20th Amendment, Congress began in ______ instead of _______

number of years in a senator’s term of office

to distribute the seats in Congress based off of population

What portion of senate terms expire every 2 years?

What are the formal qualifications to be in the House?

a legislature in which all seats are never up for elec-tion at the same time

Why did the framers favor a bicameral legislature?

Elected from the state as a whole, rather than just from an area of district

Congressional elections that happen in between Presidential elections are called

when you adjust the number of seats in the House after the census, this is called

To end a session when two parties cannot agree, the president also has the power to do this

To draw up the districts to that a certain party has the political advantage

party, name familiarity, gender, ethnic characteris-tics, and political experience are

The Framers hoped that _______would help make the Senate a more responsible body than the House

How many members are in the House?

When can a President call congress into a special session?

Why did the framers create a bicameral congress, or a congress with 2 houses? BEST ANSWER

the time period in which congress meets to conduct business, there are two of them

the people that a member of congress represents are called their

Each state has _______ senators

This term means made up of two houses

How long are terms in the House of Representatives?

The person who currently holds a political office is called a

Which of these practices is ok when drawing district lines according to the Supreme Court?

Until 1913, senators were chosen by