What congress does.
The HOUSE!
The SENATE!
I Have the POWER!
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100
A proposal for a new law.
What is a Bill?
100
An official count of the people by the government.
What is a census?
100
Leaders of the Senate and the House of Representatives who carry out the plans of their political party.
What is floor leaders?
100
A person who makes fake money.
What is a Counterfeiter?
100
A law that punishes a person for a crime without having a trial.
What is bills of attainder?
200
The job of Congress to watch over what government agencies do.
What is Congressional oversight?
200
The political party with more senators or representatives.
What is the majority party?
200
a person who is in charge of trying to get his or her party members to vote a certain way in the Senate or House of Representatives.
What is a Whip?
200
becoming a citizen by choice rather than by birth.
What is Naturalization?
200
The largest library in the world.
What is The Library of Congress?
300
The people who members of congress represent.
What is constituents?
300
The leader of the house of representatives.
Who is the Speaker of the house?
300
The leader of the Senate.
Who is the Vice President?
300
Powers of congress listed in the constitution.
What is Expressed powers?
300
This person runs the meetings in the House of Representatives.
Who is the Speaker of the House?
400
If Congress believes something is wrong in a government agency they will begin this.
What is an investigation?
400
A legislative branch made up of two houses.
What is bicameral?
400
The leader when the vice president is not there.
What is President pro tempore?
400
A paper that says the inventor of a product owns the idea for the product.
What is a patent?
400
This side of congress that is based on the population of the state.
What is the House of Representatives?
500
The three main jobs of congress.
What is Making laws, Helping constituents, and watching over government agencies?
500
The political party with fewer senators or representatives.
What is the minority party?
500
This person is only allowed to vote if there is a tie.
What is the Vice President?
500
Holding someone in jail without a trial violates a persons right to this.
What is Habeas Corpus?
500
These members of congress serve six year terms.
What is a Senator?
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