E-Congress+Phase+1

**Study Guide ** 1) Congress is the law-making, or __legislative__ branch of government.
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2) The U.S. Congress has two houses, the Senate and the __House of Representatives__. Another word for a two house legislature is __bicameral legislature__.

3) The House of Representatives has __435__ members. There are __100__ representatives from my state.
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4) This is the __112__th session of Congress.

5) The Speaker of the House of Representatives is elected by the __politcal__ party.
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6) The __Republican__ Party has the most seats in the House of Representatives.

7) The donkey in the political cartoon on this page represents the __Democratic__ Party.

8) What is the cartoonist’s point about political parties in this session of Congress? - The politcal parties are the total opposite and always debating each other to which is the right way. They both fight each other on their different ideals and led some consequences. 9) Permanent committees in Congress are also called __Standing__ committees.
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10) The people that an elected official represents are called __constituents__. <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 15px;">11) Your personal beliefs about government are known as your __politcal ideology__. <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 15px;">12) Representatives have many responsibilities. Two examples are: <span style="font-family: "times new roman","serif"; font-size: 15px;">a) __office work__
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman","serif"; font-size: 15px;">b) __attend meetings and events in Washington__

<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 15px;">13) Members of Congress are less diverse, more likely to be male, richer, older and better educated than the rest of the United States. Should this concern us? Why or why not? - __It should conern us because it means that there might be a__ biased __ideal in the government and it is bad. It shows that there is no balance in the government and there might be more education for them and not other ethnics.__ <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 15px;">14) A bill is a __proposed law__. <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 15px;">15) Most bills never make it out of __Congress__.
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 15px;">16) A change to a bill is also called an __amendments__.

<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 15px;">17) To become law, a bill must be approved by the House of Representatives, __the members of the Senate__, and the __President__.
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