Legislative Terms
Congressional chamber represented according to population.
What is The House of Representatives
Number of Senators in the U.S. Congress.
What is 100?
The committees that are always in place to deal with 95% of the bills
What is a Standing committee
These type of powers of Congress come from how we interpret the "necessary and proper clause" often referred to as the "elastic clause."
what are Implied Powers - remember: they're is NOT a list of implied powers in the Constitution!
When a bill is introduced in the House or the Senate it is called this
What is a 1st reading of the bill
A politician that is running for re-elections
What is an incumbent
The Length of term for House of Representatives.
What is 2 years
The committee that has members from both the Senate and the House of Representatives
What is a joint committee
The powers that are directly listed in the Constitution
What are the enumerated powers (also delegated powers)
After the 1st reading of a bill, it is sent to this committee
What is a standing committee
a person who works for an interest group and tries to influence congressmen
What is a lobbyist
The minimum age requirement to be a Senator
What is 30
The committee developed to merge the House and Senate versions of a bill into one final version?
What is a Conference Committee
The powers of Congress to bring charges against public officials
What is Impeachment powers
If a bill has not completed the process of becoming a law before the end of a Congressional term or session, this happens?
The bill "dies" or is "tabled" (does not become a law and must be restarted next term or session)
Manipulating congressional districts (voting districts) to help or hurt a community of interest (members of a certain party, race, gender, religion).
What is gerrymandering
The leader and president of the Senate. (be careful on this one)
Who is the Vice President
The committee that is organized to look into a special issue such as an investigation into campaign finance (for example: the Watergate case)
What is a select committee
The powers to approve nominees made by the President
What are Confirmation powers
The President can do any of these four things to a bill when it reaches his/her desk
What is:
1. sign it
2. ignore it for ten days and it becomes a law automatically
3. veto it
4. pocket veto it (if there are less than 10 days in the session)
Someone that is represented by a politician.
What is a Constituent.
Example: We are all constituents Amy Klobachar and Tina Smith (Minnesota's Senators)
The length of time a candidate for the House of Representatives must be a citizen before they are eligible to run for office
What is 7 years
The primary purpose of a committee (more than one possible answer)
What is to:
1. review bills and decide their fate
2. investigate a scandal
3. work out different versions of the same bill
4. decide the ending date of a session
The power to approve or reject agreements the President has made with another country
What is the Ratification of treaties power
The final reading of the bill after it has passed out of the Conference Committee
What is the 3rd reading of the bill