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- number of justices present to decide a case
- To what extent is each step of the process an opportunity for elected officials to represent the interests of their constituents?
- How does the legislative process enable the House and Senate to test ideas before they become law?
- How long is the term for a member of the Housen, Senate
- 3-6% of bills introduced in Congress become law. Is this passage rate good or bad? Why?
- What is a pork-barrel project? What are the supporting and opposing views of pork-barrel projects?
- How might a member of Congress make sure that money called for in a specific piece of legislation is spent in his or her district or state?
- Members of Congress know that a bill they introduce has a very small chance of passing. Why do they do it anyway? What purpose is served by introducing a bill?
- Which area of power allows Congress to require people to pay taxes?
- Was Congress using an expressed power or an implied power when it created Medicare?
- Why do you think the Framers did not require specific job or educational qualifications for members of Congress?
- What is the chief power that Congress has in the areas of military and foreign policy
- Had a stroke before running for president in 1824 election
- Democratic-Republican from Georgia, secretary of treasury for James Monroe
- Democratic-Republican ran for president in 1824, got the most electoral votes but not the majority, but won later in 1828 with the symbol of a hickory tree, later became representative for home state
- Wife criticized for bigamy, mother was called a prostitute, father was claimed to be black
- Accused of bigamy during 1824 election, Andrew's wife
- At inauguration, common citizens flooded the white house and trashed the interior
- Runs for New York governor in attempt to secede New York from the US
- A hot tempered red-head, almost arrested for leading an American militia in killing British soldiers in Florida