House of Representatives
The number of voting members in the House
What is 435?
Each state has this many Senators
What is two?
Type of legislature we have in America
What is a bicameral legislature?
Difference between expressed and implied powers
What is expressed powers are specifically stated in the Constitution and implied powers aren't specifically stated?
Presiding officer in the House of Representatives?
Who is the Speaker of the House?
Determines how many representatives each state gets
What is population of state?
The length of term for a Senator
What is 6 years?
When Congress assembles to conduct business
What is a session?
Interpretation of Constitution where federal government has expressed powers and very few implied powers
What is strict construction?
Serves as presiding officer of Senate in absence of Vice President
What is the president pro tempore?
The length of a term for a House of Representative member
What is two years?
This amendment changed the election of senators from indirect to direct election?
What is the 17th Amendment?
Permanent group that looks through all bills sent to them
What is a standing committee?
Name two expressed powers of Congress
What is power to tax, borrow money, distribute money, regulate value of money, declare war, raise a military, and Copyrights and patents
A stalling attempt to "talk the bill to death"
What is a filibuster?
Permanently set the number of how many members could be in the House of Representatives
What is the Reapportionment Act of 1929?
The number of senators up for election every two years
What is 1/3 or about 33?
The start date of each Congressional term
What is January 3rd of every year?
Three presidents that have been impeached
Who are Andrew Johnson, Richard Nixon and Bill Clinton?
The four ways in which Congress votes
What are by voice, standing vote, teller vote, and roll-call vote?
Formal qualifications of being a House of Representative member
What is 25 years old, US citizen at least 7 years, and resident of state and district?
The formal qualifications of becoming a senator
What is 30 years old, 9 years of being a US resident, and live in state they're serving?
Section of the Constitution that lists Congress' expressed powers
What is Article I, Section 8?
Amendment that gives the House of Representatives power to elect president in case of no majority vote winner
What is the 12th Amendment?
The four ways the President could handle a bill
What are signing the bill making it into a law, let it site for 10 days without signing making it a law, veto, and pocket veto?