House of Representative
How the number of representatives in the House per state is chosen.
What is the state's population?
What is 2?
The Legislative Branch is outlined and explained in the Constitution.
What is ARTICLE ONE?
The MAIN duty or power congress.
What is to MAKE THE LAWS?
A rough draft of a law.
What is a BILL?
Term of a Representative
What is 2 years?
The total number of members in the Senate.
What is 100?
What are INTEREST GROUPS?
The number of members in congress/legislative branch.
What is 535? (435+100)
The President decides to reject a bill from becoming a law.
What is a VETO?
Current Speaker of the House.
Who is Nancy Pelosi?
The length of term for senators.
What is 6 years?
Dividing power between the local, state, and federal governments.
What is FEDERALISM?
The number of times House Representatives and Senators can be elected to office.
What is UNLIMITED? or What is there are no maximum limits on terms?
Where most bills "die".
What is in a COMMITTEE?
Bills that MUST start in the House of Representatives
What are bills that deal with raising money (like taxes)?
Current President of the Senate.
Who is Kamala Harris?
To begin the process of removing a president from office the House of Representatives only needs a simple majority vote to accuse him.
What is IMPEACHMENT?
The listed powers the Constitution gives to Congress.
What are ENUMERATED or EXPRESSED powers?
For a bill to become a law it must be approved by four groups.
What is pass out of COMMITTEE, approved by both the HOUSE and SENATE, and signed by PRESIDENT?
Three qualifications for being a House Representative.
What is being 25 years old, a US citizen for 7 years, and be a resident of the state you represent?
Three qualifications to be a Senator.
What is to be 30 years old, a US citizen for 9 years, and a resident of the state from which they were elected?
Dividing Congress into two chambers, with the House of Representatives and the Senate.
What is a BICAMERAL legislation?
Three powers that are unique to Congress.
What is borrow, spend, coin money, power over trade, declare war, create a postal system, impeachment, approve federal judges/treaties, and/or raise an army?
When a bill is vetoed by the President, Congress can override the veto with this vote.
What is a 2/3 majority in BOTH the House and Senate?