Constitutional Principles
How a Bill Becomes a Law
Vocabulary
The House
The Senate
100
Division of power between the states and the federal government
What is federalism?
100

The President of the United States

Donald J. Trump

100
The people in a representative's district
What are constituents?
100
435
What is the number of representatives in the House?
100
100
What is the number of representatives in the Senate?
200
Legislative, judicial, executive
What are the three branches of government/seperation of powers?
200

The lower chamber of congress.

The House of Representatives

200
A representative who is already in Congress and running for re-election
What is an incumbent?
200
Two years
What is the term length for representatives?
200
Six years
What is the term length for Senators?
300
An example of this would be Congress overriding a presidential veto with a 2/3rds vote
What is checks and balances?
300
Changes to a bill
What are amendments?
300

How many chambers are there in congress?

2

300
The leader of the House
What is the Speaker of the House (Nancy Pelosi)?
300

The leader of the Senate (officially)?

What is the Vice President (Mike Pence)?

400

Powers to declare war, coin money, regulate interstate commerce, etc.

Enumerated

400
The President rejecting a bill
What is a veto?
400
Government spending on local projects that benefit a representative's home district
What is pork?
400
A committee in the House but not in the Senate and an example of how the House is more strict than the Senate
What is the House Rules Committee?
400

The President Pro-Tempore is ______________.

Chuck Grassley

500
Two-house legislature
What is a bicameral legislature?
500
Members of both houses work out differences between their versions of a bill
What is a conference committee?
500
Advocating in Congress on behalf of a special interest group
What is lobbying?
500

The upper chamber in congress.

The Senate

500

The Senate Majority Leader (Mitch McConnell)

Who holds the real power in the Senate and is the head of the majority party?

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