The House of Representatives
The length of a Representative's term, in years.
What is 2 years?
The length of a Senator's term, in years.
What is 6 years?
The required step for a bill to become a law that happens before the President.
Who is the President?
The body that has the power to impeach a President.
What is the House of Representatives?
A political party with more than one-half of the members of Congress.
What is the Majority Party?
The reason a Representative's term is so short.
What is: so there will be new ideas that reflect the people’s ideas/beliefs?
The number of Senators each state gets.
What is 2 Senators?
This committee is a required step for a bill in the House, but not the Senate.
What is the Rules Committee?
The powers listed in the Constitution that apply solely to the federal government.
What are Expressed Powers (or Enumerated Powers)?
The term meaning two houses or chambers.
What is Bicameral?
The current title and name of the leader of the House.
Who is Speaker of the House Mike Johnson?
The number of Senators needed to vote to stop a filibuster (cloture).
What is 3/5 of the Senate (or 60+ senators)?
The type of bill that applies to the general public and affects everyone.
What is a Public Bill?
One of Congress's powers, beyond passing laws, which relates to foreign policy.
What is controlling international trade, declaring war, or making treaties?
The population count conducted by the Census Bureau.
What is a Census?
What determines how many Representatives each state gets.
What is the state’s population?
The body that decides if a President should be removed from office after they've been impeached.
What is the Senate?
This is when a Senator talks for a long time hoping the bill's sponsor will withdraw the bill.
What is a Filibuster?
Powers that are not listed in the Constitution but are understood as necessary to carry out expressed powers.
What are Implied Powers?
The people who are represented in a legislator’s district.
What are Constituents?
The current political party that is the majority in the House of Representatives.
What is the Republican party?
This is a procedure where 60+ Senators agree to end a debate and force a vote.
What is a Cloture?
The name of the process that occurs if the House and Senate pass different versions of the same bill (to compromise).
What is a Conference Committee?
The clause that grants Congress the necessary rights to carry out its enumerated powers.
What is the Elastic Clause?
The difference between a public bill and a private bill.
What is: Public bills apply to the general public, while Private bills apply to certain individuals or groups?