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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? 1.Unicameral or Bicameral? 2.Size of each house? 3.Current Speaker of the House? 4.Current Minority Leader of

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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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Page 1: 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

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?

Page 2: 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

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)

Page 3: 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

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?

Page 4: 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

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.