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What is required of Congress to publish a statement of all expenditures and income

Reports of the living costs, non-priority debts, priority debts and income are required of the Congress to publish a statement of all expenditures and income.

How often does the constitution require that a census be taken

Every 10 years

What clause states that the Constitution will be the supreme law of the land

Article VI, Clause 2 (the Supremacy Clause) states the US Constitution and federal laws and treaties made in accordance with the Constitution are the supreme law of the land.

Which amendment changed the manner of selecting senators from the state legislatures to a vote of the people

The 17th Amendment, ratified in 1913, changed the method of electing US senators.
The Seventeenth Amendment

Which term refers to the leader of the party with the most members in the Senate

The senate majority leader is the term given to the leader of the party with the most members in the senate.

What institution was established under Article III of the Constitution

The Judiciary Branch

Who is the presiding officer of the senate who votes only to break a tie

The Vice President of the United States.

The senate acts as the court in the case of impeachments

true

Are direct taxes illegal in the US unless everyone is taxed at the same rate

Direct taxes are illegal in the united states unless everyone is taxed at the same rate.

Is it true that Congress cannot pass export taxes also called duties on any product sent out of a state

True

States no longer had the power to permit slavery limited states' power in civil rights matters states could not deny the right to vote

power of the state government

The president Pre-Tempore is the presiding officer in the senate

The president Pro-Tempore is the presiding officer in the senate. That individual is in charge of the Senate agenda in the absence of the vice president.

How many members serve in the United States Senate

100, 2 from each state, make up the United States Senate.

The vice president and president must meet the same qualifications for office

True

The Bill of Rights only applied to the government

federal

Is it true that united states representatives serve two year terms with a limit of six terms for each member of the house

False

U.S. Representatives serve two-year terms. U.S. Senators serve six-years terms. Members of Congress of both chambers have no term limit.

The house of considered to be an upper house of congress because it has more members than senate

It is called the upper house because it has fewer members.

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