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AP US GOV Chapter 11 Outline(JR DREVELUS)

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Congress Congressional Elections HoR elections every 2 yrs. Senate every 6 Constituents- the residents of a congressional district or state House members must be must be 25 must have been citizen for 7 yrs. Senators must be 30 citizen for 9 yrs. Must live within state in which elected from house members don?t have to reside in district the senate was meant to be a check against the house because of this senators were elected by state legislators This was changed in 1913 by amendment( 17th I think) Both have unlimited terms District Lines each state has 2 senators reps # is determined by pop. redistricting takes place every 10 yrs, after census Reapportionment- the assigning by congress of congressional seats after each census 100 senators 435 house of reps

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Roman Caposino November 24th, 2013 Chapter 13 #1-8 AP Government & Politics In the 21st century, the United States Congress has consistently received low approval ratings by both political experts and analysts and the public, yet over 90 percent of incumbents that seek reelection win, and usually be comfortable margins.

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Chapter 10 Key terms Appropriations: Budget legislation that specifies the amount of authorized funds that will actually be allocated for agencies and departments to spend. Authorizations: Budget legislation that provides agencies and departments with the legal authority to operate. Casework: The assistance members of Congress provide to their constituents; includes answering questions and doing personal favors for those who ask for help. Cloture: A method of stopping a filibuster by limiting debate to only twenty more hours; requires a vote of three-fifths of the members of the Senate. Conference committee: A committee composed of members of both houses of Congress that is formed to try to resolve the differences when the two houses pass different versions of the same bill.

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Kathryn Legrand Bowers ? 2 AP Gov Essay 1 2008 Congressional reapportionment is when a state?s population is re-totaled, and based on growth or loss of state citizens; the number of representatives in the house could change. This is important to the states because they don?t want to lose any states in the House of Representatives. Redistricting is the act of redrawing the lines of congressional districts to give on party a better chance of winning over the other.
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