Congressional Membership
The name of the US Legislative Body.
What is Congress?
These are used to divide up work in Congress.
What are committees?
This is an idea for a law.
What is a bill?
Name two of Congress's foreign policy powers.
What are? Answers may vary.
The group of people that wanted the "necessary and proper clause".
Who are the federalists?
These are the two houses of Congress
What are the Senate and the House of Representatives?
The people who a congressman represents.
What are constituents?
If the House and Senate pass the version of a bill, it goes here.
What is the President's Desk?
They pick the president if no one receives the majority of electoral votes.
Who is the House of Representatives?
A way to resolve differences by both sides making concessions.
This is a person who already holds office and may be running for reelection.
Who is an incumbent?
This is extending a debate indefinitely in order to try and block a bill.
What is a filibuster?
Congress can do this to override a presidential veto.
What is a 2/3 vote in each house?
The Senate confirms appointments from this person.
Who is the President?
What is the 14th Amendment?
This is the redrawing of district lines after reapportionment.
What is redistricting?
This person breaks all ties in the Senate.
Who is the Vice President?
If the House and Senate pass different versions of a bill, it goes here.
What is a Conference Committee?
The portion of Congress that must vote to propose a Constitutional Amendment.
What is 2/3 of each house?
The branch led by the Supreme Court.
What is the judicial branch?
What is gerrymandering?
This is the top ranking member of the House of Representatives.
Who is the Speaker of the House?
Committees can do these 3 things with a bill.
These are laws that make an act a crime that was legal when it was committed.
What is an ex post facto law?
What is the 21st amendment?