How a bill becomes a law
The House of Congress that a bill usually starts its journey in
What is the House of Representatives?
The power the President has regarding bills passed by Congress
What is the veto?
The two chambers of Congress are called this
What are the House of Representatives and Senate?
Gerrymandering is
A filibuster is
What is a way to stall or halt a bill in the Senate by talking for hours?
The term used for when the President refuses to sign a bill into law
What is a veto?
The fraction needed by both houses of Congress to override a presidential veto
What is 2/3rds?
What is the number of Representatives for each state is based on population and every ten years the Census reveals how each state's population has changed
Explain why gerrymandering is controversial in the United States
What is because it helps one political party and creates a disadvantage for different socioeconomic classes?
The votes needed to invoke cloture and end a filibuster
What is a 3/5th (60) majority?
Name one step a bill must pass in order to become a law
What is an idea, committee meeting, floor of house and senate, president signs the bill into law?
Explain how Congress can check the President's power to veto a bill
What is override his veto?
Explain the power of Congress to declare war
What is the president sends troops into battle (separation of powers)?
Redistricting occurs every ___ years.
What is every ten years with the census?
Provide an example of a filibuster in history
What is Huey Long in 1935 filibustering for 15 hours OR what is Ted Cruz in 2014 filibustering for 21 hours?
The act of the President neither signing or vetoing a bill within 10 days while Congress is in session
What is a pocket veto?
Give one reason why a President might choose to veto a bill
What is a policy disagreement, defective legislation, or constitutional violations?
What is the Democratic party?
The purpose of gerrymandering is to
What is to manipulate district boundaries to create an advantage for one political party?
The House of Congress that can filibuster
What is the Senate?
The name of the group that created "I'm Just a Bill"
What is Schoolhouse Rock?
The number of congressional overrides is ___ than 10% of the total vetoes.
What is less than?
The authority Congress possess over the budget of the United States.
What is to collect taxes?
A negative consequence of gerrymandering to the democratic process.
What is incumbents being reelected often, electoral outcomes less than predicted and political and racial disparities?
Explain the impact of the filibuster on the legislative process in the Senate
What is allowing a minority to block legislation that a majority of the American people support?