Organization of Congress
Legislative Powers.
Non-Legislative Powers
Qualifications
Bill into Law
100
This is one clause that describes providing laws neccessary and proper for carrying out the powers.
What is the Elastic Clause?
100
Powers stated directly in the constitution.
What is an Expressed Power?
100
The house has the power to approve or reject presidential nominee's for various offices.
What is the Senate?
100
People hired by private groups to influence gov't decision makers.
What are lobbyists?
100
A bill can only be introduced by this person.
What is a member of congress?
200
These are powers not specifically in the Constitution.
What are implied powers?
200
This clause is a multiple of 5 and can punish acts if Terror in the United States.
What is the 10th Clause?
200
This house has the sole power to impeach officials.
What is The House?
200
The legal qualifications for senators/ Represenatives.
What is Seniority?
200
A bill goes here after it has been introduced.
What is to a standing committee?
300
Aside from lawmaking powers, this is a general power all branches have.
What is impeachment?
300
Allows congress the power to stretch to meet the new needs.
What is "the elastic clause" or Clause 18 of article 1, section 8?
300
Congress does to keep peace between the checks and balances and no Tyranny is involved.
Why are Government officials impeached?
300
This is a privilege to send work related mail without paying postage.
What is franking privilege?
300
After being introduced on the floor, a bill moves to...
Senate
400
Court orders that are given to prisoners to be held in court before a judge.
What is the Writ of habeas corpus?
400
Only congress has the power to do this.
What is declare war?
400
Two checks that other branch have on congress's lawmaking.
What is the supreme court can declare a law constitutional; President can veto the law?
400
The amount of members in congress
What is 535?
400
five ways to treat a bill are...
What is pass it, mark it, replace it, ignore it or "pigeonhole" it, or kill it by majority vote?
500
The clause describes that Congress can borrow money.
What is Clause 2?
500
Two of congress's most important legislative powers.
What is raising/spending money; regulating commerce; dealing with foreign affairs?
500
The vote needed to convict and remove a person from office.
What is 2/3rd?
500
The three major jobs of a congressperson.
What is lawmaking, casework, and helping the district/state?
500
The President right to ignore a bil for ten day without Congress being in session to kill a bill.
What is Pocket veto?
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