Congress
Powers
House of Rep
Senate
at work
100
How many senators are allowed to each state?
two
100
What are the three types of power congress has?
expressed, implied, and inherent
100
How is the number of representatives a state gets decided?
population
100
How many years is a senators term?
six
100
What are proposed laws called before they are passed?
Bills
200
What term describes the power of congress to charge officials in the executive and judicial branch with wrongdoing and bring them to trial?
Impeachment
200
What two ways can congress raise money?
borrowing and taxing
200
Who is the most powerful individual in the House of Reps
The speaker of the house
200
What other title does the president of the senate hold?
vice president
200
What is the name of a provision attached to a bill that bears little relationship to the actual proposed law?
rider
300
What term means the distribution of house seats among the states based on population?
Aportionment
300
What 'clause' gives congress implied powers?
The necessary and proper clause
300
How is the speaker of the house elected?
the majority party elects the official out of their party
300
What happens when opponents of a bill refuse to stop talking to prevent a vote on such a bill?
A filibuster
300
What is it called when congress passes a law to the executive branch and it is not signed and congress adjourns before 10 days.
Pocket Veto
400
What is the name for congresses ability to set aside funds for a specific purpose?
Appropriation
400
This type of law is prohibited, it criminalizes an action that took place in the past and that was legal at the time.
Ex post facto law
400
What is it called when political parties draw districts to gain political advantage?
Gerrymandering
400
Who is the most powerful individual in senate?
Senate majority leader
400
When a member of congress forces a bill out of committee
discharge petition
500
How did the seventeenth amendment change congress?
Direct election of senators
500
Someone who thought that congress should exercise only those powers clearly granted to it in the constitution
Strict constructionalist
500
What is it called when the house and senate form committees to address broad issues that affect both chambers?
A joint committee
500
Who sits in, during the absence of the president of the senate?
President pro tempore
500
The Federalists wanted Congress to have freedom to "act vigorously. What was another name for this group?
Loose constructionists
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