Structure of Congress
How does the census affect representatives in the House of Representatives?
What is the results are used to calculate the number of House members to which each state is entitled.
How is the elastic clause related to congress's implied powers?
What is giving Congress implied.
What is the franking privilege?
What is the ability of members of Congress to mail letters to their constituents free of charge by substituting their facsimile signature(frank) fro postage.
What might a special interest group work hard to get a rider attached to a bill?
What is they can get more tasks done on one bill and limit the chance of a bill becoming a law.
The upper house of Congress, consists of two representatives from each state.
What is the Senate
How do states divide the number of constituents in their congressional district?
What is apportioned based on state population according to the constitutionally mandated Census.
Why does the house rarely impeach top government officials
What is most of the House may not agree to do it, because it is a lot of work to impeach someone.
What do members of Congress believe that casework is important?
What is helping constituents and making them more likely to vote for that member of Congress.
How does cloture affect a filibuster?
What is the Senate adopted a rule to allow a two-thirds majority to end a filibuster.
To accuse government officials of misconduct in office.
What is Impeach
Why are two houses of Congress good placed to discuss issues that might require new laws?
What is since they are the ones that create laws, they needed a good place to discuss the issues in private and there's enough room for everyone.
How does preventing congress from passing a bill of attainder help safeguard rights?
What is preventing Congress from punishing someone without allowing a trial.
Why might a lobbyist work to get a member of Congress to support a particular pork-barrel project?
What is the lobbyist might personally benefit from the pork-barrel project.
What is the difference between a veto and a pocket veto?
What is referring to the constitutional power of the president, a pocket veto occurs when congress adjourns for 10 days.
The work that a lawmaker does to help constituents with a problem.
What is Casework
What determines which is the majority party and which is the minority party in each house?
What is the political party to which more than half of the members is known as the majority party. The political party with less than half the members is the minority party.
What are three examples of expressed powers of Congress?
What is enacting legislation and declaring war, the right to confirm or reject many presidential appointments, and substantial investigative powers.
What qualifications must a person have to be a candidate for the house of representatives/the Senate?
What is not having attained the Age of 30 years.
What is the difference between public and private bills?
What is public bills involve general matters and apply to the entire nation while private bills deal with individual people or places.
President's power to kill a bill, if Congress is not a session, by not signing it for 10 days.
What is Pocket Veto
Why does Congress rely on the committee system?
What is allowing members of Congress to focus on specific interests, provide knowledge and expertise to the chamber, tools of congressional parties.
What are two non-legislative powers given to Congress?
What is raising and spending money.
What are the three major responsibilities of Congress?
What is making laws, declaring war, raising and providing public money, and overseeing its proper expenditure.
Why does a bill go through the Senate?
What is assigning a bill to another committee and if it is released debated and voted on.
A procedure used in the Senate to limit debate on a bill.
What is Cloture