The first category
Name a formal qualification for being a member of Congress?
Age, citizenship, or residency
What is the only Constitutional power of the Vice President
President of the Senate
A check the legislative branch has on the Executive Branch is to ________________ a veto with a 2/3 vote
override
How many votes are needed in the House to pass a bill?
100 point bonus- How many votes to override a veto?
218
290
A conference committee is made up of people from both the _____________ and the ________________.
Senate and House
Who is the Speaker of the House?
Nancy Pelosi
Name an informal qualification for being a member of Congress?
education and occupation
If the Vice President can't fulfill it's only role, who may?
President pro tempore
Who is our District 1 Congressperson?
Chellie Pingree
How many votes are needed in the Senate to pass a bill?
100 point bonus- How many votes to override a veto?
51
67
What gives Congress the power to "make all laws that shall be necessary and proper" for carrying out their powers?
Elastic clause
Name of the President of the Senate
Kamala Harris
Name a power of Congress
Declare war, coin money, taxation, impeachment, pass laws
Who is the most powerful person in Congress? Their greatest power is to decide which bills will be debated and when.
Speaker of the House
Who are Maine's two senators?
Angus King and Susan Collins
How many years is a Senator's term?
100 point bonus- How many years in the House?
6 years
Which house of Congress has the power to ratify treaties and appointments
Senate
Which house has the power to start all funding bills?
House of Representatives
What Guiding Principle gives Congress the power of oversight, confirmation, impeachment, ratification, and amendment over the executive and judicial branches?
Checks and balances
Name recognition, office resources, campaign funding, and bragging rights are advantages of what kind of candidate?
incumbent
Who is District 2's Congressperson?
Jared Golden
BLACK HOLE OF DOOM
-200
What event triggers reapportionment of seats in the House of Representatives every 10 years?
Census
A ________ is a temporary committee of both houses used to work out the differences in the bills passed in both houses of Congress
Conference Committee
BLACK HOLE OF DOOM!!!!!!!!
-100
How can the President check the power of the judicial branch?
nominating judges
A ___________ is a permanent committee of legislators from both houses that deals with matters of common interest
joint committee
How many total representatives in the House? How many in the Senate? Needs to have two answers
435 and 100
What committee handles most of the detailed work of lawmaking?
Standing committee
Who is the President pro tempore
Patrick Leahy