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2.1 Congress: The Senate and the House of Representatives

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The House passes a disaster-relief bill, while the Senate passes a bill with the same title but different funding rules. Why can neither version yet be sent to the president?

Bicameralism requires the House and Senate to pass the same legislative text. The president cannot choose between competing versions, the later chamber's language does not automatically control, and a conference is only one possible method of resolving differences. Agreement on a spending total also cannot substitute for agreement on the bill's actual text.
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C. Bicameralism requires both chambers to approve identical text

Bicameralism requires the House and Senate to pass the same legislative text. The president cannot choose between competing versions, the later chamber's language does not automatically control, and a conference is only one possible method of resolving differences. Agreement on a spending total also cannot substitute for agreement on the bill's actual text.

Question 2

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A national election produces a large shift in public opinion. Voters can replace every House member on the ballot, but only about one-third of the Senate's seats are regularly contested. Which feature most directly explains the difference?

Senators serve six-year terms arranged in three classes, so roughly one-third of the seats ordinarily face election every two years. Every House seat is contested every two years; neither chamber imposes a one-term limit.
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D. Senate terms are six years and divided into staggered classes

Senators serve six-year terms arranged in three classes, so roughly one-third of the seats ordinarily face election every two years. Every House seat is contested every two years; neither chamber imposes a one-term limit.

Question 3

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Which action belongs specifically to the Senate rather than the House?

The House approves articles of impeachment, and the Senate conducts the trial. Revenue bills originate in the House, the House elects its Speaker, and states—not either chamber acting in its legislative capacity—ordinarily draw congressional district boundaries.
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A. Trying impeachment charges approved by the House

The House approves articles of impeachment, and the Senate conducts the trial. Revenue bills originate in the House, the House elects its Speaker, and states—not either chamber acting in its legislative capacity—ordinarily draw congressional district boundaries.

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After the census, one state gains two House seats and another state loses one. Months later, each state redraws its congressional map. The change in the states' seat totals is

Reapportionment reallocates the fixed number of House seats among states after the census. Redistricting is the later process of drawing boundaries within each state, while gerrymandering concerns strategic manipulation of those boundaries.
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B. reapportionment

Reapportionment reallocates the fixed number of House seats among states after the census. Redistricting is the later process of drawing boundaries within each state, while gerrymandering concerns strategic manipulation of those boundaries.

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