Organization of Congress
How many Senators are in Congress?
What is 100
A power written in the Constitution?
What is enumerated
Who can impeach the President or a federal official?
What is House of Representatives
A completely unrelated amendment added to a bill? THEN which part of Congress has the power to do this
What is a rider? Senate
What are the 2 branches of the federal government responsible for a treaties?
What are the President and Senate
How many members in the House of Representatives
What is 435
What is an example of how there are limits on Congress' power? Name and explain it.
Bill of attainder--a law that punishes a person accused of a crime without a fair hearing in court
Ex Post Facto Laws--a law that allows a person to be punished for an action that was not against the law when it was committed
Writ of habeus corpus--a court order that requires police to bring a prisoner to court to explain why they are holding the person
Who ratifies a treaty?
Who is the Senate
Representative of an interest group who contacts lawmakers or other government officials directly to influence their policy making
Who are lobbyist
What is the purpose for the standing committee system in Congress?
Standing committees divide and conquer the work. Participants in each committee are usually experts in the field. Makes work more efficient in Congress...workload is manageable. Each committee picks and choose which bills are the most important
Who is leader of the House of Representatives? Then who is the leader of the Senate?
Who is Speaker of the House and President of Senate?
What is a cloture? What's the vote needed?
a procedure used in the Senate to limit the debate on a bill. Vote is 3/5ths
Nickname of Necessary and Proper Clause?
What is Elastic Clause
Where do most bill's die?
What is Committee
Who represents only a District?
What is Representative
what are 9.
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What is a filibuster? Who has the power to do this?
What is a tactic for defeating a bill in Senate by talking until the bill's sponsor withdraws it.
Threshold needed to convict in a impeachment trial
What is 2/3
Committee where the House and Senate review a bill?
What is Conference Committee
Government project grant that primarily benefits a congressperson's home district or state. Then give an example
What is a pork barrel project
Difference between President of Senate and President ProTempore in Senate
What is President of Senate only votes during tie breaker in Senate and President ProTempore fills in for the Vice President when he cannot make it to vote
Name 2 enumerated powers, 2 implied powers and 2 nonlegislative powers
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Who decides a Presidential election if no Candidate receives 270 electoral votes?
What is the House of Representatives
Who is the current Speaker of the House?
who is Mike Johnson?
Who are the two Senators who represent MA?
Elizabeth Warren and Ed Markey