Powers
Senate
House of Representatives
Definitions
Positions in Congress
100
those delegated powers of the National Government that are spelled out, expressly, in the Constitution
What is expressed powers?
100
the minimum age a person has to be to run to be a senator
What is 30 years old?
100
the minimum age required to be a house member
What is 25 years old?
100
the exclusive, legal right of a person to reproduce, publish, and sell his or her own literary, musical, or artistic creations
What is copyright?
100
members of the House and senate picked by their party to carryout party desicions and steer legislative action to meet party goals
What is floor leader?
200
those powers, expressed implied, or inherited ,granted to the National Government by the Constitution
What is delegated powers?
200
the number of Senators in congress
What is 100 senators?
200
determines number of house reps. each State gets
What is state population?
200
the legal proceeding by which a bankrupt's person's assets are distributed among those to whom he or she owes debts
What is bankruptcy?
200
holds the majority seats
What is majority leader?
300
those delegated powers of the National Government that are suggested by the expressed powers ret out in the Constitution
What is implied powers?
300
the amount of time served during a term for a senator
What is six Years?
300
the amount of members in the House
What is 435 members?
300
the legal process by which citizens of one country become citizens of another
What is naturalization?
300
the elected presiding officer in the House
What is the Speaker of the House?
400
Another name for expressed powers
What is enumerated powers?
400
the number of senators each state gets
What is 2 senators?
400
the number of years a house member has to be citizen of the United States
What is seven years?
400
any kind of money that a creditor must by law accept in payment for debts
What is legal tender?
400
serves in absence of President of the senate
What is the President pro tempore?
500
powers the Constitution is presumed to have delegated to the National Government because it is the government of a sovereign state within the world community
What is inherent powers?
500
Name the senate is often called
What is the world's most executive Club?
500
the drawing of electoral district lines to the advantage of 9 party or group
What is Gerrymandering?
500
power of a government to take private property for public use
What is eminent domain?
500
also the vice president of the United States
What is the President of the Senate?
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