Potpourri
Since the power of Congress to tax is directly stated in the Constitution, what type of power does that make it?
What expressed?
What is the title of the person who presides over the House of Representatives?
Who is the Speaker of the House?
What is the title of the person who presides over the Senate when the Vice President is absent?
Who is the President Pro Tempore?
What is the term used when a president refuses to sign a bill?
What is veto?
Congressional Sessions convene at noon on this date annually?
What is January 3rd?
The people our senators and representatives represent are their?
What are constituents?
How long in years, is the term for a member of the House?
What is 2?
what is the minimum age requirement for a member of the Senate?
What is 30?
If the president vetoes a Bill what happens to it?
What is goes back to Congress for an override?
What word is used to describe a legislative body with two houses, like the US Congress?
What is bicameral?
Who are the people in each house chosen as the strongest advocates for their political party?
What is the leaders?
What is the minimum age requirement for a member of the House of Representatives?
What is 25?
Which is one of the qualifications that is the same for member of the Senate and the House of Representatives?
What is living in the state of representation?
What type of committee is permanent and is specific to a certain subject matter?
What is standing committee?
What article number of the Constitution defines the Legislative Branch?
What is article one?
The elastic clause allows Congress to make laws regarding everything necessary and proper giving Congress what type of power?
What is implied?
What word is used to describe the redistribution of seats in the House based on the census taken every 10 years?
what is reapportionment?
What is the staling tactic allowing a Senator to "talk a bill to death"?
What is filibuster?
Which committee in the House of Representatives monitors the bills going to the floor for debate also known as the "traffic cop"?
What is the Rules Committee?
How many members are in Congress?
What is 535?
What is the term for the redrawing of district lines to benefit of one political party?
What is gerrymandering?
A legislative assistant is known as a ?
What is a whip?
When there is an impeachment the Senate serves as the ?
What is the jury?
The committee that allows both Representatives and Senators to work together?
What is joint committee?
What is the name of the representative body that played a part in making laws in England that the US copied?
What is Parliament?