Structure
This branch of government includes Congress.
What is the Legislative Branch?
Members of the House serve this length of term.
What is 2 years?
Congress has the power to make these.
What are laws?
A proposed law is called this.
What is a bill?
The leader of the House of Representatives.
What is the Speaker of the House?
Congress is made up of these two chambers.
What are the House of Representatives and the Senate?
Senators serve this length of term.
What is 6 years?
Only Congress has the power to declare this.
What is war?
This is where most bills are first reviewed.
What is a committee?
This leader runs the Senate’s daily business.
What is the Majority Leader?
The number of Senators each state has.
What is 2?
The minimum age to serve in the House of Representatives.
What is 25?
Powers directly listed for Congress in the constitution.
What are enumerated powers?
The President can reject a bill using this power.
What is a veto?
Small groups of members who review bills are called these.
What are committees?
The total number of voting members in the House of Representatives.
What is 435?
The minimum age to serve in the Senate.
What is 30?
This chamber holds impeachment trials.
What is the Senate?
The Judicial branch can do this to laws.
The number of votes each state had under the Congress created by the Articles of Confederation.
One
This term describes a legislature with two chambers.
What is bicameral?
Name your district one congressional representative and one of your two US senators
Rep: Bryan Steil, Senators: Tammy Baldwin or Ron Johnson
This clause allows Congress to make laws not specifically listed in the Constitution.
What is the Necessary and Proper Clause (Elastic Clause)?
The executive does this to start a bill.
Set legislative agenda (give ideas for bills).
How are the number of representatives and senators determined per state?
Reps: population, Senators: 2 per state