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Potpourri
Hodgepodge
100
This says that Congress has powers beyond those expressed in Article I, Sect 8.
What is the necessary & proper clause?
100
Congress can override the a presidential veto with this vote
What is 2/3 of House and Senate?
100
This chamber is more relaxed and informal
What is the Sentate?
100
A bill dealing with general matters and applying to the entire nation
What is a public Bill?
100
These representatives of interest group work to influence lawmakers.
What are lobbyists?
200
These are the powers that are listed in Article I, Section 8
What are the expressed powers?
200
When a president kills a bill passed during the last 10 days Congress is in session by simply refusing to act on it
What is a pocket veto?
200
This legal order requires someone to appear or produce requested documents.
What is a subpoena?
200
This is a provision included in a bill on a subject other than the one covered in the bill
What is a rider?
200
A "check" that Congress has over the executive branch that allows for the removal from office of a federal official
What is impeachment?
300
This gives the member of the majority party with the longest uninterrupted service on a particular committee the leadership of that committee
What is Seniority System?
300
This Amendment sets limits on the length of time a president can serve.
What is the 22nd?
300
This is a court order to release a person charged with a crime to court to determine if they were legally detained.
What is a writ of habeas corpus?
300
The impeachment process includes WHICH chamber to bring the charges and then WHICH chamber to conduct the trial. (Need both answers)
What is the House: brings charges and Senate conducts the trial?
300
The power to declare war is given to
What is Congress?
400
A proposed law to authorize spending money
What is an appropriations bill?
400
These presidents were the only ones in history to be impeached.
Who were Andrew Johnson and Bill Clinton?
400
A committee conducting an investigation could use this tactic against a uncooperative witness for their willful obstruction of justice
What is hold in contempt?
400
This is a bill dealing with individual people or places
What is a private bill?
400
A group that seeks policy goals that it believes will benefit the nation
What are public interest groups?
500
A law proposed to raise money
What is a revenue bill?
500
This is the rejection of a bill
What is a veto?
500
This guarantees freedom from prosecution for a witness whose testimony ties them to illegal acts.
What is immunity?
500
This group is responsible for confirming presidential appointments to the Supreme Court
What is the Senate?
500
This chamber of Congress requires bills to go through a Rules Committee
What is the House of Reps?
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