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
Presiding officer in the House of Representatives?
Who is the Speaker of the House?
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
Interpretation of Constitution where federal government has expressed powers and very few implied powers
What is strict construction?
200
Serves as presiding officer of Senate in absence of Vice President
What is the president pro tempore?
300
The length of a term for a House of Representative member
What is two years?
300
This amendment changed the election of senators from indirect to direct election?
What is the 17th Amendment?
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
Permanently set the number of how many members could be in the House of Representatives
What is the Reapportionment Act of 1929?
400
The number of senators up for election every two years
What is 1/3 or about 33?
400
The start date of each Congressional term
What is January 3rd of every odd year?
400
Three presidents that have been impeached
Who are Andrew Johnson, Richard Nixon and Bill Clinton?
400

The budget given by Congress to an agency to make payments from the U.S. Treasury.

 

What is an appropriation 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
Section of the Constitution that lists Congress' expressed powers
What is Article I, Section 8?
500

Amendment that gives the House of Representatives power to elect president in case of no majority vote 

What is the 12th Amendment?

500

The four ways the President could handle a bill

What are signing the bill making it into a law, let it sit for 10 days without signing making it a law, veto, and pocket veto?

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