PAC Exam 2 Sims Cedarville Study Guide
Congress division -
✅bicameral: house and senate
Congress size/representation -
✅435/100
Senate qualifications -
✅30 yrs, 9 year citizen, resident of state
House qualifications -
✅25 yrs, 7 year citizen, resident of state
Terms of office -
✅senate : 6 years
house : 2 years
prestige -
✅senate: whole state
house: 1 rep per district
functions of congress -
✅spending
impeachment
determine rules
congress -
✅elections state-based
each house settles its own disputed elections
, secretary of state -
✅puts laws in
certifies elections
Congress immunity -
✅from arrest while in session (excluding treason, felony, breach of peace)
from speech/debate
Section 8 powers -
✅necessary and proper clause (elastic)
maryland- if you tax it you can control it
power to tax involves the power to destroy
House of Representatives -
✅435
200 republican
234 democrat
1 independent
Senate -
✅100 members
53 republican
45 democrat
2 independents
house apportionment -
✅by population
700,000 per district
each state Constitutionally guaranteed 1 seat (Alaska, Delaware, Montana, N+S Dakota, Vermont,
Wyoming)
Congress division -
✅bicameral: house and senate
Congress size/representation -
✅435/100
Senate qualifications -
✅30 yrs, 9 year citizen, resident of state
House qualifications -
✅25 yrs, 7 year citizen, resident of state
Terms of office -
✅senate : 6 years
house : 2 years
prestige -
✅senate: whole state
house: 1 rep per district
functions of congress -
✅spending
impeachment
determine rules
congress -
✅elections state-based
each house settles its own disputed elections
, secretary of state -
✅puts laws in
certifies elections
Congress immunity -
✅from arrest while in session (excluding treason, felony, breach of peace)
from speech/debate
Section 8 powers -
✅necessary and proper clause (elastic)
maryland- if you tax it you can control it
power to tax involves the power to destroy
House of Representatives -
✅435
200 republican
234 democrat
1 independent
Senate -
✅100 members
53 republican
45 democrat
2 independents
house apportionment -
✅by population
700,000 per district
each state Constitutionally guaranteed 1 seat (Alaska, Delaware, Montana, N+S Dakota, Vermont,
Wyoming)
