Legislative Branch
This is the branch of government described in Article 1
What is the legislative branch?
This house of Congress is based on state population
What is the House of Representatives?
This power allows Congress to collect money to run the government
What is the power to tax?
Article 1 limits Congress to protect these
What are individual rights?
This is what a proposed law is called
What is a bill?
This is the main function of the legislative branch
What is making laws?
This house givees every state equal representation
What is the Senate?
This congressional power allows the U.S. to officially enter a war
What is the power to declare war?
Congress cannot give special treatment to one state over another in this area
That is taxation or trade?
These types of bill must originate in the House of Representatives
What are tax and spending bills?
This is the official name of the U.S. lawmaking body
What is Congress?
Each state has this many Senators
What is 2
This power lets Congress control trade between the states
What is the power to regulate interstate commerce?
Congress cannot suspend this right unless there is a rebellion or invasion
What is habeas corpus?
Both Houses must do this before a bill can go to the Presdient
What is approve or pass a bill?
Article 1 establishes this many houses of Congress
What is 2?
Florida has this many representatives in the House
What is 28?
This power allows Congress to create a military
What is the power to raise and support armies?
Congress is prevented from granting these
What are titles of nobility?
How many votes are needed in each House to pass a bill?
What is 50% plus 1?
The is the reason Congress has lawmaking power
What is preventing one person from having too much power?
This compromise created 2 houses of Congress address the concerns of both large and small states
What is the Great Compromise?
These powers are listed in Article 1
What are enumerated powers?
This limit on Congress reflects the framers' fear that lawmakers could change laws to punish people for actions they already committed
What are ex post facto laws?
This is what happens to a bill if each House passes a different version of it
What is a bill goes to a Conference Committee to resolve the differences between the 2 versions?