Powers of Congress
Reversal of a presidential veto by a two-thirds vote in both houses of Congress
What is a veto override?
The Number of Members in the House of Representatives
What is 435
The number of members in the Senate
What is 100?
Clause allowing Congress to regulate the activity of selling, trading, exchanging, and transporting goods and people
What is the Commerce Clause?
The Leader of the House of Representatives
Who is the Speaker of the House?
The age one must be to run for Senate.
Power allowing Congress to spend more money than it has.
What is the power to borrow money on the credit of the US?
The age one must be to run for the House of Representatives
What is 25?
The President of the US Senate
Who is the Vice-President of the US?
This power gives Congress the power to “lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts, and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and the general Welfare of the United States".
What is the spending clause?
The length of the term of a member of the House of Representatives
What is 2 years?
The length of the term of a member of the Senate.
What is 6 years?
Clause that allows Congress to make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers
What is the Elastic or Necessary and Proper Clause?
This type of legislation must start in the House of Representatives.
What are revenue bills?
Exclusive Powers of the Senate
What are trying impeachments and confirming treaties and nominations made by the President?