The House & the Senate
How Congress is Organized
Powers of Congress
How a Bill Becomes a Law
Miscellaneous
100
The practice of drawing district lines that favor a particular political party, politician, or group of people
What is gerrymandering?
100
the number of sessions Congress is divided into each term
What is 2?
100
Another name for enumerated or expressed powers
What is delegated?
100
the type of bill that deals with money
What is an appropriations bill?
100
Term that means distributed
What is apportioned?
200
Choose an answer: Elections for members of the House & Senate are held on odd years even years
What are "even" years?
200
The official leader of the Senate
Who is the vice president?
200
The type of powers exercised under the necessary & proper clause
What are implied powers?
200
What happens to a bill if the presidents keeps it for 10 days without signing or vetoing it and Congress is still in session during this 10-day period
What is "it will become a law"?
200
This person's job is to count votes, encourage party loyalty, and ensure that the party's members are present for important votes.
What is a party whip?
300
A formal disapproval of a member of the House or the Senate
What is a censure?
300
the most important member of Congress
Who is the Speaker of the House?
300
Because of its flexibility, the necessary and proper clause is also called this
What is the elastic clause?
300
This happens after a bill if introduced by any member of either the House or the Senate
What is being sent to a standing committee?
300
the reason the number of representatives in a state may increase or decrease
What is change due to the census?
400
The reason Congress is divided into 2 houses
What is the framers of the US Constitution wanted to make sure that both small and large states would be fairly represented?
400
the person who presides over the Senate
Who is the president pro tempore?
400
The part of Congress that chooses the vice president if no vice presidential candidate receives enough electoral votes to be elected
What is the Senate?
400
This happens if a bill is sent to a committee but is set aside and never returned to the floor for action
What is "killing" the bill?
400
the term for "talking the bill to death" to delay a vote on the bill
What is a filibuster?
500
The term that describes the following: When Congress is in session its members cannot be arrested in or on their way to or from a meeting in Congress.
What is immunity?
500
What takes place at a party caucus
What is "choosing" leaders?
500
The type of power raising the minimum wage is
What is implied?
500
The procedure for ending debate in the Senate and taking a vote
What is cloture?
500
The term for when Congress is not in session and the president does not sign the bill within 10 days
What is a pocket veto?
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