Lawmaking
The 'lower' part of our legislative branch
What is The House of Representatives?
How old a person must be to serve in the lower house.
What is 25 years old?
How old a person must be to serve in the upper house.
What is 30 years old?
The month and year of the next Federal Election.
What is November of 2024?
The minimum number of members necessary to conduct business in either part of the legislature (vocabulary word).
What is a quorum or a majority?
Bonus: How many is it in the upper House?
Lower House?
The last time the United States officially declared war through a Congressional action.
What is WW2?
The upper part of our national legislature
What is the Senate?
How the Speaker of the House is chosen.
What is popular vote among Representatives?
The term of a person elected to the upper house.
What is 6 years?
The number of people that represent Arizona in our National Legislature.
What is 11?
An "Appropriations" Bill has to do with this subject.
What is MONEY?
The process of becoming a citizen of a country in which you were not born.
What is Naturalization?
Bonus: About how many people are "naturalized" in the U.S. each year?
Another name for our national legislative branch.
What is Congress?
The length of a term for a person in the lower house.
What is 2 years?
The State that has the most representation in the Senate.
What is they are all the same?
The number of times a person can be elected in the United States Legislature.
What is Unlimited?
The President of the upper house, their name, elected position, political party and the state they represent.
4 answers
Worth Double
Who is Kamala Harris, the Vice President of the United States, a Democrat from California?
The division of power between different levels of Government and what those levels are, top to bottom.
What is Federalism?
Constitution
Federal Law
State Law
County Law
Local / City Law
The number of lawmakers who serve in the UPPER part of our national legislature.
What is 100?
The current Speaker of the House, what state they represent and their Political affiliation.
3 answers
Worth double
Who is Mike Johnson, Republican from LA?
Who did Speaker Johnson succeed?
The current Majority Leader of the Upper House, his home state and political affiliation.
3 answers
Worth Double
Who is Chuck Schumer, New York and Democrat?
This is how a vacancy in the Senate is filled.
2 answers
What is appointed by the Governor OR Special Election?
The month and type of year a new Legislative session begins.
Month and odd or even year
What is January and in odd years?
The place where a person or company goes to file for bankruptcy.
What is a bankruptcy court?
The number of people who serve in the lower part of our national legislature.
What is 435?
The part of Congress that has the sole power of impeachment.
What is the House of Representatives?
As the longest serving member of the majority party in the U.S. Senate, Patty Murray is in the line of succession to the Presidency as the holder of this title.
What is the President Pro Tempore?
The U.S. Legislative district to which we belong in the U.S. House of Representatives AND who represents us AND his political affiliation?
3 Answers - Worth Double
What is district 2 and Eli Crane and Republican?
Bonus: What are 2 jobs that he had before becoming a politician?
The 3 things a President can do with a bill when it comes to him after being approved by Congress.
What are:
1 - Approve
2 - Veto
3 - Just let sit
The group or body that is create by this part of the Constitution: "To provide for calling forth the Militia to execute the Laws of the Union, suppress Insurrections and repel Invasions"
What is the National Guard?
The name of the building where the U.S. Federal Legislature meets and the state it is located in...
What is the U.S. Capital Building and NOT in a state... it is in the District of Columbia?
The Minority leader in the lower house, his home state and political affiliation.
3 answers
Worth Double
Who is Hakeem Jeffries, Democrat from New York?
The current minority leader in the Upper House, his political affiliation and the state he represents.
Worth Double
Who is Mitch McConnell, Kentucky and Republican?
The approximate re-elections rates and approval rates of Congress, in general.
2 answers
What is high re-election rates ~90% vs. low approval rates (~20-30%)
The practice of drawing legislative districts to benefit certain people or groups, especially the politicians drawing the boundaries.
What is Gerrymandering?
The nickname of the last power granted to Congress, the power that allows them to make any law they deem "necessary and proper", and why it has that nickname.
2 part answer
What is the Elastic Clause and it allows Congress to "stretch" their powers to just about anything...?