Congress
Investigative Powers
How a Bill becomes a law
Committee Structure
Leadership Structure
100
What is the amount of years a term in congress lasts?
What is 2 years
100
What is legislative oversight?
What is a review of how effectively the executive branch carries out laws passed by congress.
100
Who must both pass a bill for it to become a law?
Who is the House and the Senate.
100
Committees consist of Standing, Joint, Select and Conference, what other type of committee did we discuss that live within most standing committees?
What is Sub Committees.
100
There are 4 delegates in the House, one from the District of Columbia, American Samoa, and the Virgin Islands, and one resident from Puerto Rico. Which of whome is allowed to vote?
What is None of Them.
200
There are 535 voting members in congress, what number of these members are Senate, and what number of these members are House of representatives?
What is 100 Senate, 435 State
200
Which act calls for congress to exercise "continuous watchfulness" over executive agencies?
What is the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946
200
In Step One of making a Bill, what is the general action that takes place?
What is an idea is developed.
200
What is the term limit for each committee chairperson?
What is 6 terms but they can be reelected.
200
The presiding officer of the House would be who?
What is The Speaker of the House.
300
What does the term Gerrymandering mean, and what is one court case that deals with this?
What is the adjustment of district boundaries of the dominating party, so that they gain a political advantage. Baker vs Carr 1962
300
Congress states "Each standling commitee shall review and study, on a continuing basis, the application, administration, and execution of laws in areas of its responsibility. What act proposed this?
What is the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1970.
300
In Step Three of introducing a law who must assign the bill to an appropriate committee?
Who is The Speaker of the House or the Majority Leader of the Senate.
300
Which two committees are known as "permeanant" and "temporary"?
What is Standing and Select.
300
Who serves as assistant floor leaders in the House, under Majority and Minority leaders.
What is Whips.
400
Name 9 Constitiutional Powers of Congress. One of 18 is the elastic clause, what does it do?
What is Revenue, borrowing,commerce, naturalization and bankruptcy,currency,counterfeiting,post office,copyrights and patents,courts,piracy,declare war,army,navy,rules for armed force,militia,national guard,nation's capital, and elastic clause. Power to make laws that are necessary and proper.
400
Congress was never granted the power of investigation but after what?
What is after Native Americans defeated the U.S Army in 1792.
400
Differences in the bills passed in both houses must be worked out at where?
What is a Conference Committee.
400
When was the last major realignment of standing committees in the Senate?
What is 1977.
400
In absence of the Vice President in the Senate, whom of which presides?
Who is the President pro tempore.
500
Congress deliberates statutory laws in four ways, what are they?
What is bills,joint resolutions, concurrent resolutions, and simple resolutions.
500
In 1973 senate created a Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities to invesitgate and some of the consequences were 1)changes in a government program 2)Removal of officials from office 3) Damage to the reputation of innocent people, and what other consequence was there?
What is the leading to new Legislation to deal with a problem.
500
If the President lets the bill sit on his desk for ten days without taking any action and Congress ends their session before ten days are up the bill automatically fails, this is called?
What is a pocket veto.
500
The modern committee structure stems from what act? It was the first and most ambitious restructuring of the standing committee system since the committee system was first developed.
What is Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946
500
Who was the first person to become a party whip in 1913 ?
Who is James Hamilton Lewis.
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