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**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 **10** 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 **majority** 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 **Democrat** Party.

8) What is the cartoonist’s point about political parties in this session of Congress?

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.**
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 15px;">11) Your personal beliefs about government are known as your **political ideology.**
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<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)
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<span style="font-family: 'times new roman','serif'; font-size: 15px;"> b)

<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?
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 15px;">14) A bill is a __________________ ________________.
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 15px;">15) Most bills never make it out of _______________________.
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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 **amendment**.

<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 ___________________, and the <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 15px;">___________________.
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