House of Representatives
The Senate
Overview of Congress
Congressional Powers
Congress in Action
100
The number of voting members in the House
What is 435?
100
Each state has this many Senators
What is two?
100
Type of legislature we have in America
What is a bicameral legislature?
100

Difference between expressed and implied powers

What is expressed powers are specifically stated in the Constitution and implied powers aren't specifically stated?

100

Make the laws

What is the MAIN role or job of the legislative branch?

200
Determines how many representatives each state gets
What is population of state?
200
The length of term for a Senator
What is 6 years?
200
When Congress assembles to conduct business
What is a session?
200

the powers stated in the Constitution

What is expressed powers?

200

An idea that is proposed to become law

What is a bill?

300
The length of a term for a House of Representative member
What is two years?
300

The Vice President

Who ONLY votes in the Senate if there is a tie?

300
Permanent panels that look through all bills sent to them
What is a standing committee?
300
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
300
A stalling attempt to "talk the bill to death"
What is a filibuster?
400

The Speaker is the presiding officer of the House; it is the majority party leader.

Who is the Speaker of the House?

400
The number of senators up for election every two years
What is 1/3 or about 33?
400

To balance the interests of both the small and large states, the Constitution divided the power of Congress between the two houses.

Why does Congress have two houses?

400

Appropriations Bill

A bill that funds government programs

400

to make changes to a bill whole it is committee

What does it mean to mark up a bill?

500
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?
500
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?
500

Both chambers of Congress (House of Representatives and the Senate) and the President.

Who must approve a bill in order to become a law?

500

Authorization Bill

What type of bills can create new government programs?

500

The ways the President could handle a bill

What are signing the bill making it into a law, letting it sit for 10 days without signing it, or vetoing?

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