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The head and presiding officer of the U.S. House of Representatives is the ____________________________.

A proposal in Congress to provide a specific person with some kind of relief such as a special exemption from immigration quotes is known as a(n) _________________________________.

Members of both the House and the Senate can only serve 2 terms.

__________________ is a type of representation in which representatives have the same racial, ethnic, gender, religious, or educational backgrounds as their constituents; it is based on the principle that if two individuals are similar in background, character, interests, and perspectives, than one can correctly represent the other’s views.

Senators serve _____________ year terms.

A member of Congress who is up for re-election is known as a(n) __________________________.

The redrawing of district boundaries is known as ________________________.

Appropriations made by legislative bodies for local projects that are often not needed but that are created so that local representatives can win reelection in their home districts is called ________________________.

In which chamber is representation based on population?

There are __________________ seats in the U.S. Senate.