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The length of time officials serve after being elected 2 years |
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The period of time during congress performs legislative work. |
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How many senators are there? |
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100 Senators, 2 from each state, 50 states total |
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How many members are in the House? |
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How many years the senator serve? |
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How many years does the Congress Serve? |
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How old is the age can be qualify for a seat in the Senate? |
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How old is the age qualify for a House member? |
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When is the date of election? |
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Tuesday after the first Monday of NOVEMBER |
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What is the Length of citizenship to be a member of the House? |
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What is the length of citizenship for a senate? |
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What is a continuous body? |
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A continuous body is when all seats for the senate are never up for election at the same time. |
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constituencies are when the Senate represent the people and their interest |
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Reapportionment is when seats are redistributed in the House after each CENSUS results. |
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What does a Legislator do? |
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What does a committee member do? |
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They check/screen bills and oversight functions, and check if government are abiding to the rules. |
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They are independent on deciding their own issues. |
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They act as a constituencies (senate represent people and interest) |
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They are influencial to the majority of people of voting and they vote in line of the party. |
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A politico act as a neutral, neither a Democrat or a Republican. |
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What is a Oversight Function? |
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An oversight function is an action to check on agencies if they are abiding the executive branches laws. |
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what is a strict constitution? |
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A strict constituion narrows interpretation. |
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What is a Liberal Constitution? |
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A liberal Constitution Broad Interpretation. |
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Who is the Oponent for the strict constitution? |
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