Congress Basics
The kind of legislature that has two houses.
What is bicameral?
This is where a bill is first researched and discussed.
What is a committee?
This person becomes President if both the President and Vice President cannot serve.
Who is the Speaker of the House?
This is the name of Maryland’s legislative branch.
What is the General Assembly?
The length of a term for a member of the House of Representatives.
What is 2 years?
This determines how many seats each state gets in the House of Representatives.
What is population?
This is where a bill goes after it passes the first chamber.
What is the other House (or chamber)?
This person presides over the United States Senate.
Who is the Vice President?
This chamber of Congress is based on population.
What is the House of Representatives?
The length of a term for a United States Senator.
What is 6 years?
These are the powers of Congress that are written in the Constitution.
What are expressed powers?
This committee works out differences between House and Senate bills.
What is the conference committee?
This person is the formal leader of the House of Representatives.
Who is the Speaker of the House?
Population growth in the South and West increased power in this chamber.
What is the House of Representatives?
This is the minimum age to run for the House of Representatives.
What is 25 years old?
These are the powers of Congress that are NOT written in the Constitution.
What are implied powers?
This person receives the bill for final approval.
Who is the President?
This leader helps count votes and enforce party discipline.
Who is the Whip?
Every state has equal representation in this chamber.
What is the Senate?
This is the minimum age to run for the United States Senate.
What is 30 years old?
These are the two houses that make up the United States Congress.
What are the House of Representatives and the Senate?
This is what a bill becomes after the President signs it.
What is a law?
This is the title given to the senior member of the Senate majority party.
Who is the President Pro Tempore?
This population shift increased political power in the South and West over the last 50 years.
What is the movement from the Northeast and Midwest to the South and West?
This is NOT an expressed power of Congress: declare war, tax, coin money, or veto bills.
What is veto bills?