Congress Structure
Congress has this many voting members.
What is 535?
The House has ___ voting members.
What is 435?
These are powers explicitly listed in the Constitution.
What are enumerated powers?
The House passes a bill making rubber ducks the official national bird, but the Senate rejects it. This constitutional requirement prevents the bill from becoming law.
What is both chambers passing the same bill?
Congress consists of two chambers, making it this type of legislature.
What is bicameral?
Senators serve for ___ year terms.
What is 6?
This clause allows Congress to pass laws needed for carrying out its enumerated powers.
What is the Necessary and Proper Clause?
Congress approves a trillion-dollar loan to build the world's largest indoor water park. This congressional power makes the borrowing possible.
What is the power to borrow money?
Each state receives this many senators, regardless of population.
What are two?
Members of this chamber serve two-year terms, keeping them closely accountable to voters.
What is the House of Representatives?
This enumerated power allows Congress to regulate trade between states.
What is the Commerce Clause?
Congress replaces every dollar bill with a picture of a capybara; it is able to do so because of this enumerated power.
What is the power to coin money?
The House represents the people, while the Senate provides equal represents __________.
What are the states?
This chamber's smaller membership generally allows for less formal debate procedures.
What is the Senate?
Congress creates a national bank, even though the Constitution never explicitly mentions one. This is an example of this type of power.
What is an implied power?
Congress pays for an army of robot penguins to defend the country; this congressional power authorizes money to do so.
What is the power to fund the military?
About _____ of the Senate is reelected every other year?
What is 1/3?
The House uses stricter rules to limit debate and manage its large membership. What is one key consequence of these rules?
This one is challenging!
What is more tightly controlled debate?
Congress have the enumerated power to declare ___.
What is war?
Congress sends 100,000 soldiers the imaginary nation of Snacktopia after a dispute over stolen nachos; this enumerated power enables Congress to do so.
What is the power to declare war?