Bill-to-Law
Where do bills originate?
In the House of Representative or the Senate
How many representatives are in the House
435 members
what are the four types of Committees?
Standing, Joint, Conference, Select
What are lobbyist?
They work within the government process to affect policies.
What does the 16th Amendment state?
Congress has the power to levy and collect taxes.
Who makes up the Conference Committee?
Select House and Senate members
How long is a term for the Senate? What happens every 2 years?
Provides a "rule" for each bill.
What is House Rules Committee?
What are public interest groups?
They work to benefit many or all people, regardless of their affiliations.
What is one thing the House can do in a Presidential election?
Break a tie
Who is in charge of looking over the bills first? (Same in both the House and Senate)
Subcommittees
This is one of the qualifications for becoming a representative member
What is at least 25 years old, a citizen for 7 years, or a legal resident of state represented?
These committees are formed to investigate a specific issue. For example, the Senate Watergate Committee was formed to investigate the Watergate Scandel.
What is Select Committee?
True or False, Interest Groups nominate candidates for office?
What is False?
Difference between expressed and implied powers
Expressed powers are specifically stated in the Constitution and implied powers aren't specifically stated.
A vetoed bill can be 'overridden' by...?
A two-thirds vote in both the House and Senate
A presiding officer for the Senate qualifications?
What is at least 30 years old, citizen for 9 years, and a legal resident of state of election
Define the difference between joint and subcommittees
What is subcommittees are divisions of standing committees which do most of the committees' work and joint committees are composed of members of both houses.
True or False, Interest groups do not necessarily represent the people for which they speak?
What is True?
What is one thing Senate can do?
Approve Presidential nominations cabinet and judges
Committees are able to revise/rewrite the bill, kill it, and if they approve it, then what happens?
The bill goes on the calendar, ready for the full House/Senate
Determines how many representatives each state gets
What is population of state?
Temporary committee set up to resolve differences between the House and Senate versions of a bill.
What is Conference Committee's?
The National Association for Manufacturers is an example of this.
What is a trade association?
What does the term Enumerated mean?
written in the Constitution