The elastic clause allows Congress to make laws regarding everything necessary and proper giving Congress what type of power?
Implied Powers
100
How long, in years, is a term for members of the House?
Two
100
What is the title of the person who presides over the Senate in the absence of the Vice President?
PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE
100
What informal rule is used to determine who will sit as chairman of a committee?
Seniority Rule
100
What term is used when a President ignores a bill sent to him/her for ten days?
Pocket Veto
200
What word is used to describe a legislative body with two houses, like the United States Congress?
Bicameral
200
What is the minimum age requirement for a member of the US House of Representatives?
25 years of age
200
What is the minimum age requirement for a member of the US Senate?
30
200
Before a bill is debated on the floor of the House or Senate it must go to what group(s)?
To Committee(s)
200
What is the stalling tactic allowing a Senator to "talk a bill to death"?
Filibuster
300
Since the power of Congress to tax is directly stated in the Constitution, what type of power does that make it?
Expressed Powers
300
Who is the Speaker of the House
John Boehner
300
What is the length of a Senators term?
Six years
300
What type of committee permanently covers specific subject matters, like economics or foreign affairs, and is?
Standing Committee
300
How many votes are necessary to overturn a Presidents veto?
2/3 vote in each house
400
What article number of the Constitution defines the US Legislative Branch?
Article I
400
How many members of the house are there.
435
400
Who breaks voting ties in the Senate?
The VP
400
Which committee in the House of Representatives monitors bills going to the floor for debate, also known as the "traffic cop"?
House Rules Committee
400
What are items added to bills that usually have nothing to with the bill called?
Earmarks/Pork
500
What is the term for the redrawing of district lines to the benefit of one political party?
Gerrymandering
500
What is the title of the person who presides over the House of Representatives?
Speaker of the House
500
How many Senators are there?
100
500
What is the name of the meeting that takes place between the House and the Senate to iron out the differences between different versions of the same bill?
Conference Committee
500
What is it called when the Senate votes to stop debate or a filibuster?