Terms
Senate
The House
People
Odds and Ends
100
The elastic clause gives Congress these powers to deal with matters not specifically mentioned in the Constitution
Implied Powers
100
Each state sends this many senators to Washington, D.C.
2
100
No state can have fewer than this number of House members.
1
100
After Congress adjorns, this person can call its members back to Washington for a special session.
President
100
Members of Congress help young people get appointed to these schools.
military academies
200
Sometimes called a conference, it is the meeting of each pary before every new session of Congress.
Caucus
200
This fraction of the Senate is elected every two years.
1/3rd
200
Official chosen by the House when there is no Electoral College majority.
President
200
President impeached by the House in 1868.
Andrew Johnson
200
The Congress of the United States consists of these elected bodies.
Senate and House of Representatives
300
An official condemnation by Congress of its own members.
Censure
300
Fraction of senators needed to approve treaties.
2/3rds
300
Charge of misconduct by the House against a federal official.
Impeachment
300
Recommended impeachment charges against President Richard M. Nixon.
House Judiciary Committee
300
Four words referring to Congress's control over taxing and spending.
"Power of the Purse"
400
In the Senate and in the House, this is the term for the party - Democrats or Republicans - with the most members.
Majority Party
400
The Senate, like the House, meets in a separate chamber in this building.
Capitol
400
A meeting in the House chamber attended by senators.
joint session
400
These groups of people prepare bills to be voted on.
Committees
400
It gives congress "all legislative powers" of the federal government.
Constitution
500
Specific powers of Congress
Expressed Powers
500
Almost a fourth of them fail to win Senate confirmation
Supreme Court nominees
500
Two words for the part of a state a House member represents.
Congressional District
500
People who call, write, or visit their legislator.
Constituents
500
This number is the sum total of the members of Congress.
535
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