Bill to Law
How many members are in the House of Representatives and the Senate?
What is House Representatives: 435| Senate: 100?
Which branch do agencies report to?
What is Executive branch?
Which branch of government has the power to impeach a president?
What is The House of Representatives
What is an executive order?
A directive order issued by the president that enforces laws without congressional approval.
What is the role of the Judicial branch?
What is Interprets laws and the Constitution?
What is the difference between the debates in the House and Senate?
What is The House hosts limited debates while the Senate hosts unlimited debates?
Congress cuts funding and an agency loses power, by which power of Congress?
What is Power of the Purse?
What vote percentage is needed in the House to impeach a president?
What is A simple majority (more than 50%)
List the formal powers of the president.
What is Commander in Chief, Veto Legislation, Appoint federal judges, Execute laws
Compare judicial restraint and judicial activism.
What is Judicial restraint says courts only strike down laws that clearly violate the Constitution Judicial activism says courts should be willing to strike down laws and expand constitutional interpretation to protect rights.
What is the process of a bill after it is vetoed?
What is Congress can override the veto with a ⅔ vote from both the House and Senate?
What are the 4 ways Congress can oversee agencies?
What is Hold hearings, Subpoena documents, Require officials to testify, Launch investigations?
What topic is outlined in Article l and Article ll of the Constitution?
What is Impeachment
What is executive privilege?
What is Presidential powers that allow the president to refuse to disclose confidential communications with executive branch officials.
How does the Judicial Branch limit other branches of the government?
What is The judicial branch limits the legislature by striking down unconstitutional laws, and checks the executive by invalidating unconstitutional orders and presiding over presidential impeachment trials. (Chief of Justice)
Which committee creates the finalized version of a bill?
What is Conference committee?
Define agency. Provide 6 examples of government agencies.
What is An organization aimed at serving the public or managing specific economic and social areas?
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), NASA, Department of Education, Department of Defense, Department of Justice, Department of Agriculture
Who presides over a presidential impeachment trial in the Senate?
What is The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
What are checks and balances? How is it reinforced?
What is The principle that allows Congress and the Supreme Court to limit presidential power through overruling vetoes and judicial review.
Why is the Senate’s confirmation power important in the system of checks and balances.
What is Prevents the President from appointing officials alone without oversight. Allows Congress to influence who leads government institutions.
To end a filibuster, what must occur, and how many votes?
What is Cloture, 60 votes?
Explain how congressional oversight demonstrates checks and balances between the legislative and executive branches.
Congressional oversight allows the legislature to monitor how the executive branch enforces laws. The judiciary checks both branches by ruling on the constitutionality of their actions. Together, these powers ensure no single branch operates without accountability.
What Are The 4 Steps of the Impeachment Process?
What is Investigation, House Vote, Senate Trial, and Removal Vote
Why has the power of the presidency increased over time?
What is The power of the presidency has increased over time to effectively tackle the national crisis.
Identify one example of a constitutional principle in action in the legislative, executive, or judicial branch.
What is Separation of powers: Congress makes laws, the President enforces them, courts interpret them. Checks and balances: President vetoes legislation, Congress overrides veto, courts review law. Judicial review: Courts declare law unconstitutional.