25 years of age, 7 years a citizen, and living in state elected from.
What are the requirements to be a member of the House of Representatives?
100
This person(title and name) casts a vote only to break a tie in the Senate.
Who is Vice President Joe Biden?
100
These are the 5 basic powers of Congress
What are
1. Taxing and Spending 2.Oversight and Investigation
3. Foreign Relations and treaties 4.Approval and Removal
5. Regulating Commerce
100
What do both parts of Congress need to make a bill into a law?
What is a majority vote?
100
This limit on Congress means that it cannot create a law which makes something illegal AFTER someone has done it.
What is an ex post facto law?
200
This type of bill must start here.
What is a bill that would spend money?
200
The Senate can approve the President's nominees by this margin of vote?
What is a majority vote?
200
The power that Congress gets from the combination of the Commerce and Elastic clauses is this type of power.
What is an implied power?
200
The president can do this if he doesn't like a bill passed by Congress.
What is veto it?
200
The current session of Congress is this number.
What is the 114th Congress?
300
This is used by the party in control to maintain control by favorably shaping voting districts
What is a Gerrymander?
300
The Senate contains many of these in order to deal with issues such as agriculture, defense, and foreign affairs.
What are standing Committees?
300
This type of power is specifically stated in the Constitution.
What are expressed powers?
300
These are 3 ways that a bill can die
What are ---die in committee, low priority from rules comm, not passed in house/senate, filibuster, no agreement on conference bill, veto,
300
If Congress wanted to try to solve the problem of our national deficit, it might form one of these.
What is a select committee or a joint committee? (either is acceptable)
400
The House is set up under this kind of organization which allows it to handle a wide variety of bills.
What is the Committee System?
400
These are the steps to making a treaty, including the role of the Senate.
What are 1. U.S. and another country recognize an issue of common importance and the President and other leader begin negotiations.
2. The President and other leader sign the treaty and send it to the Senate.
3. The Senate discusses/debates/and votes on the treaty.(2/3's needed)
400
The ability of the Federal government to control speed limits on roads is this kind of power
What is an implied power?
400
These are two major problems in trying to get a bill turned into a law.
What are: 1. many people to convince, 2.one person such as a chairman can really slow things down, 3.people might reject your bill because of your party, or 4. because their party has told them to?
400
This is our country's plan for dealing with another country.
What is our foreign policy?
500
The Big Dig in Boston is an example of this.
What is a pork barrel project?
500
These are the two U.S. Senators who represent Massachusetts and their political parties.
Who are Elizabeth Warren----Democrat, and Edward Markey, Democrat?
500
Democrats tend to prefer this kind of interpretation of the Constitution
What is a loose interpretation?
500
These are the 4 major factors that affect a member of Congress when it comes time to vote.
What are: 1. Party,2. consituents, 3. country, 4. conscience?
500
This president was impeached because he tried to remove his Secretary of War without the consent of Congress.