Legislative Branch A
This Article creates the Legislative Branch
What is Article 1?
A power that is NOT written in the Constitution. Example: Create an airforce
What is implied?
The requirements to be a Senator.
What is to be 30 years old, a US citizen for 9 years, and a resident of the state from which they were elected?
Which house of Congress approves presidential appointments (power of advice and consent)
What is the Senate?
Written powers are known as.
What are Expressed, Enumerated
The "two houses" of our Bicameral Congress.
What are the House of Representatives and the Senate?
this idea came from Montesquieu
What is "separation of branches"?
The length of term for senators.
What is 6 years?
Total number of members of House of Representatives.
What is a 435?
Pass a yearly budget
In addition to making laws, what else does thr Legislative branch do??
What the number of representatives for each state is based on.
What is the state's population?
person who breaks ties in the Senate
Who is the Vice President?
The smaller group of congressmen who debate and make changes to a bill.
What is the committee?
The Supreme Court can declare the law unconstitutional.
What is a way of how the power of Congress can be checked once a bill becomes the law?
How Congress can pass a bill after a presidential veto.
What is to override with 2/3's majority in both chambers?
The clause that can expand the power of Congress through adding invisible powers.
What is Necessary and Proper Clause? (or Elastic Clause)
Known as the leader of the House of Representatives
Who is the Speaker of the House
The power of the House of Representatives over the President or other members of government if they break the law.
What is impeachment?
the last step of a bill becoming a law
the president must sign it
The MAIN duty of congress.
What is to make laws
The qualifications for being a House Representative.
What is being 25 years old, a US citizen for 7 years, and be a resident of the state you represent?
Constituents
Who are the people that the Senate and the House of Representatives represent?
The "necessary and proper clause" as well as the elastic clause are examples of this.
How Congress can increase its power
Requirements to amend the constitution according to Article V
What is the 2/3's majority of both chambers of Congress or states AND 3/4's of state legislatures or special conventions?
Name the steps, in order, of the bill making process.
What is introduction, committee assignment and action, floor debate, conference committee (between 2 chambers to iron out issues of bill), and Presidential action?