Congress's Organization
The Founding Fathers believed that this branch should be the strongest of the three.
What is the legislative branch?
The bill to law process is very similar to the national level, except on the state level, this is the person who signs the bill to become a law.
What is the governor?
This term refers to a piece of the Constitution that allows Congress to stretch powers to meet any new needs.
What is the elastic clause?
This branch of government can declare laws unconstitutional.
What is the Judicial Branch?
This term refers to the result of incorrectly dividing districts based on population.
What is malapportionment?
This section of Congress ( there's only two options ) has their population counted & adjusted by the Census Bureau.
What is the House of Representatives?
This state is the only one that has a unicameral, or one - house, state legislature.
What is Nebraska?
This is a type of power where it is not specifically stated in the Constitution, but still given regardless.
What are Implied Powers?
This is a term that refers to the action of talking endlessly, usually during arguments over bills.
What is a filibuster?
The second step of the bill to law process is this.
What is:
- A bill gets sent to the appropriate standing committee
This is the job of a committee in the legislative process.
What is:
- to study bills
- to change bills
- to review bills
- handle workload of bills
This term refers to the act of dividing state districts into various regions based on their population.
What is apportion?
While the President is able to veto bills, Congress is able to veto as long as they have this.
What is
- have a 2/3rd majority vote
When the President ignores a bill when Congress is not in session, after 10 days, this happens.
What is a pocket veto?
This is a term that refers to statements shared from both houses of Congress that expresses an opinion on a decision.
What is: Joint Resolutions
This is the amount of members within Congress ( add together those in the House & the Senate ).
What is 535?
In the 1960s, this group / branch decided that states must apportion based on equal population.
What is:
- Judicial Branch / Supreme Court
With powers comes limits, such as this term that refers to a court order requiring the police to bring a prisoner to court to explain their reasoning for being held.
What is writ of habeas corpus?
Other than doing a pocket veto, this is the two other options the President can have towards deciding on a bill
- Sign bill & declare it a new law
- Veto bill
There are many decisions a committee can make on a bill. This is 3 of the 5 possible decisions that could be made.
What is:
- pass as is
- pass with suggested amendments
- kill the bill
This is the way the Speaker of the House is chosen: Chosen by this party, then approved by this other party.
What is:
- Chosen by Majority
- Approved by Minority
This is the name of our governor.
Who is Kelly Armstrong?
Only 4 Presidents have undergone the impeachment process. These are the names of all four.
What is:
- Johnson, Nixon, Clinton, Trump
This is the three ways that a bill can be voted on once it has reached the "Floor Action" step.
What is:
- Roll Call
- Voice
- Standing
This term refers to a voted-on procedure where no one can speak for more than an hour.
What is cloture?