Who Is it?
Who encourages party members in the House to vote with the party?
Who is the Party Whip
Provisions packed into a bill that have little to no relevance to the original bill?
What is pork
Where would you find the creation and power of the Legislative Branch
Article I
How long is a term in the House of Representatives?
What is 2 years.
Can Congress bring Judicial Branch officials to trial?
What is yes. Impeachment Trial
Who is the most powerful person in the House of Representatives?
Who is the Speaker of the House
Court order forcing the police to present a person in court to face charges.
What is Writ of Habeus Corpus
This allows Congress to take action to carry out expressed powers?
What is the Necessary and Proper Clause
What is the strongest check on Congressional power?
What is a Roll Call vote
The person who helps manage the actions and strategy of a party of in the House?
Who is the Floor Leader
According to the U.S. Constitution, the President of the Senate is also what?
The Vice President
The Great Compromise created a bicameral legislature in which representation was based on what?
What is equal representation in the Senate, & population in the House.
What would be 1 of 3 facts disqualifies someone from representing Alabama in the Senate?
What is a citizen for 8 years, what is live in another state, what is under 30 years of age
per the U.S. Constitution, how many Senators does each state have?
What is 2 Senators
What term refers to the type of act Congress uses to set aside money for a specific purpose?
What is appropriation
Who is the Spokesperson and main strategist for the majority party in the Senate?
Who is the Senate Majority Leader
When the President signs a bill, what happens?
What is it becomes law.
Senators filibuster a bill they want to what?
Kill during debate
Roll Call Vote
What do a Congress members constituents share?
A geographic region
When a Senate seat becomes vacant, who normally has the right to fill that seat for the remainder of the term?
Who is the Governor
The practice of drawing House district boundaries for the advantage of a political party is called what?
What is Gerrymandering
The power of impeachment is important to checks & balances because it insures what?
Officials in the Executive & Judicial Branches can stand trial
Select committees are what?
Temporary committees for a specific purpose
Which term applies to the 20 permanent committees of the House?
What is Standing Committee