Congress
The power to charge officials in the executive and legislative branches with wrongdoing and bring them to trial
What is impeachment?
Powers specifically given to Congress in the Constitution
What are expressed powers?
The current speaker of the House of Representatives
The number of Senators
What is 100?
A provision that has little relation to the bill's main topic
What is a rider?
The people who a member of Congress represents
What are constituents?
Powers suggested, but not directly mentioned, by the Constitution
What are implied powers?
The minimum age to be a Representative
What is 25?
The role of the Vice-President
When the president doesn't sign a law and Congress ends session within the 10 day signing period
What is a pocket veto?
The only three presidents to have been impeached
Who are Andrew Johnson, Bill Clinton, and Donald Trump?
Powers that all nations have
What are inherent powers?
The number of seats in the House, fixed in 1929
The most powerful position in the Senate
What is Senate Majority Leader?
A vote where each member must publicly state his or her vote
What is a roll-call vote?
The distribution of House seats among the states based on population
What is apportionment?
The "elastic clause" found at Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 which gives Congress broad powers
What is the necessary and proper clause?
The process of drawing district lines advantageous to one individual and/or one party
What is gerrymandering?
The tactic and tradition of nearly unlimited debate to delay or prevent a vote from taking place
What is the filibuster?
The committee which allows the House to operate with many absences
What is the Committee of the Whole?
A bill that sets aside funds for a specific purpose
What is appropriation?
When the government does not have enough revenue to cover expenses
What is a deficit?
The most powerful Speaker of the House in U.S. history, known as the Iron Duke
Who is Joseph Gurney Cannon?
A vote to end debate in the Senate
What is a discharge petition?