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What do you already know about CONGRESS? 16.Qualification for the Senate (Age, residency as citizen) 17.How long is the term for a member of the House? 18.How long is the term for a member of the Senate? 19.What amendment allowed for the direct election of U.S. Senators? 20.Why not originally directly elected by the people? 21. How were Senators chosen in the original Constitution?
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What do you already know about CONGRESS?1. Unicameral or Bicameral?
2. Size of each house?3. Current Speaker of the House?4. Current Minority Leader of the House?5. Previous Speaker of the House?6. Minority leader of the Senate?7. Majority leader of the Senate?8. Unlimited debate in the Senate?9. The way to stop unlimited debate in
the Senate?
What do you already know about CONGRESS?10.Who draws Congressional district lines?
11. How often are they redrawn?12. What institution decides what states
pick up seats in the House and lose seats in the House?
13. Oddly shaped districts14. Districts that vary greatly in size
(population)15. Qualifications for the House (Age,
residency as citizen)
What do you already know about CONGRESS?16. Qualification for the Senate (Age,
residency as citizen)17. How long is the term for a member of the
House?18. How long is the term for a member of the
Senate?19. What amendment allowed for the direct
election of U.S. Senators?20. Why not originally directly elected by the
people?21. How were Senators chosen in the original
Constitution?
What do you already know about CONGRESS?22.Identify a power of the Senate but
not of the House.23.Identify a power of the House but
not of the Senate.24. True or False Only the Congress
has the power, constitutionally, to declare war.
25. State 3 reasons why Congressional incumbents have huge electoral advantage.