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