Congressional powers
This is the article of the U.S. Constitution that establishes the legislative branch:
What is article I?
This is why select committees are a temporary:
What is because they focus on a specific investigation?
This is the practice of redrawing congressional district lines to ensure fair representation:
What is redistricting?
True or false:
There were mostly British passengers on the Titanic?
What is true?
This is a prolonged speech in the Senate to delay or block a vote:
What is a filibuster?
This is why standing committees are a permanent part of the congressional committee system:
What is because they deal with specific subjects that are always important to American society?
These are projects that are aimed at making improvements for a specific congressional district, with the goal of encouraging the re-election of an incumbent candidate:
What are pork-barrel projects?
This is one reason why Congress decided to launch a congressional investigation over the sinking of the Titanic?
What are...
1. To determine who was responsible?
2. To determine what safety regulations were followed?
3. To determine why there was a high mortality rate?
This is the main purpose of Congress:
What is to create legislation?
This is how congressional committees are organized:
What is by specific subjects, areas of society?
These are two of Gerry Elbridge's accomplishments as a founding father:
What are signed the Declaration of Independence and helped write the U.S. Constitution?
These are the entities over which Congress' power of oversight extends:
What are the executive branch, federal agencies and private entities?
Two specific examples of how Congress exercises its power of military defense:
What are to create rules for the military, to fund the military, and to have the power to declare war.
If you have a bill pertaining to national security, which congressional committee in the House would you send it to?
What is the homeland security committee?
This is true about the demographics of Congress:
What is the demographics of congress do not usually match the demographics of the U.S. population?
These are two purposes of congressional oversight:
What are to...
1. ensure the executive, federal agencies and private entities are being held accountable to the law
2. What is to inform future legislation
Two specific examples of how Congress exercises its power to implement justice:
What are powers to create federal courts, to change court laws and to confirm federal nominees?
If you have bill pertaining to solar energy, which congressional committee in the House would you send it to?
What is the energy and commerce committee?
This is what Gerry Elbridge is best remembered for:
What is the controversial practice of gerrymandering?
These are three facts Mr. Ismay, the president of the company which owned the Titanic, and a passenger on the ship, revealed in his testimony before the congressional committee:
What are...
1. The ship was never tested at full speed
2. Only one drill was conducted before the ship sailed, the lowering of two lifeboats
3. A certificate of sailing was given although the ship was not properly tested.