Congress
How old do you have to be to run for the House?
25
As an idea
Who has the power to create bills on revenue?
The House of Representatives
What is a Whip in Congress?
Someone who whips people to vote their party.
What part of Congress has the power to confirm elected officials?
Senate
What is the box in the House called?
Hopper
What is the Confirmation power?
The power to confirm appointed officials and treaties.
Who resides over the Senate if the Vice President is missing?
President pro Tempore
Who is the Speaker of the House?
Nancy Pelosi
Why does a bill go to the Conference Committee?
What is Appropriation power?
Great Compromise
What is a primary election?
The election that decides the candidates for both parties
Who has the power to decide what bills enter the floor of the House or Senate?
Expressed powers are stated in the Constitution, Implied are taken by reasonable deduction
What is the structure of the Constitution?
Preamble, Articles, Bill of Rights, the other 17 Amendments
What are the 5 jobs of a member of Congress?
Lawmaker, Politician, Servant of the People, Committee Member, Representative of the People.
What are all the steps of a bill becoming a law? Start with the law being proposed in the House.
Starts as an idea, placed in the hopper, goes to the House Committee, goes to the floor, then goes to the Senate Committee, goes to the floor, finally goes to the presidents desk.
Name 6 powers of Congress
Appropriation, declare war, create currency, confirmation, commerce, borrow money
Political division in ideologies