The Legislative Branch Bingo - Call List

(Print) Use this randomly generated list as your call list when playing the game. There is no need to say the BINGO column name. Place some kind of mark (like an X, a checkmark, a dot, tally mark, etc) on each cell as you announce it, to keep track. You can also cut out each item, place them in a bag and pull words from the bag.

1. What power does Congress have allowing it to remove members who have broken the law?
   Impeachment
2. The person in charge of the house of reps
   Speaker of the House
3. this amendment gave DC Residents the right to vote in presidential elections
   Twenty-Third
4. Every state has __ senators
   Two
5. NYC
6. A new Congress begins in ______ following the latest congressional election.
   January
7. Congressional powers are _________, meaning they are specifically named in Article I, Section 8, of the US Constitution.
   enumerated
8. the 1st president to be impeached
   Andrew Johnson
9. The total number of senators
   100
10. A _______ or a majority of members must be present to vote. No _______, no vote.
    Quorum
11. In 1913, the _________ Amendment changed the Constitution to elect senators by popular vote.
    Seventeenth
12. The Legislative branch has the power to ________ laws.
    make
13. 10. **What concept, derived from the Constitution, ensures that the government must act in accordance with established laws?**
    Rule of Law
14. after each census, the state legislatures meet to redraw district lines
    Redistricting
15. The modern Congress is _______, meaning it has two houses, or legislative chambers.
    Bicameral
16. Boston
17. Andrew Jackson
18. the total number of house of reps
    435
19. The _________ of the US serves as president of the Senate.
    Vice President
20. For house of reps . A person must be at least ___ years old and have been a US citizen for a minimum of ____ years.
    35 & 7
21. In 1790, Congress decided to create a federal city as the nation's capital. What is the name of this city?**
    Washington, D.C
22. The group of representatives and senators who serve together in the two-year period between congressional elections is known as a _________.
    Congress
23. For house of reps . A person must be at least ___ years old and have been a US citizen for a minimum of ____ years.
    30 & 9
24. State legislatures often redraw district lines in a way that benefits the party that controls the legislature.
    Gerrymandering