Legislative Branch 1
Congressional chamber represented according to population.
What is The House of Representatives
Number of Senators.
What is 100?
Bills that deal with taxation/revenue must be started in the
What is The House of Representatives
These type of powers of Congress come from how we interpret the "necessary and proper clause" often referred to as the "elastic clause."
what are Implied Powers - remember: they're is NOT a list of implied powers in the Constitution!
Describe the 2 steps of Impeachment?
1. House needs majority vote to "impeach" (accuse) an official
2. Senate conducts the "Impeachment Trial" that determines if the impeached official is removed from office. (2/3rds vote required).
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Incumbent, which win approximately ____ % of elections.
What is a politician that is running for re-election?
What is winning 90%!
Length of term for House of Representatives.
What is 2 years
A joint committee has members from
What are members from both the Senate and the House of Representatives
The count of each State's population (as well as addition information gathered) every 10 years is called the _______________.
What is the US Census
How long are the terms for members of the senate?
What is 6 years
Committee set up for specific purpose and limited time.
What is a select committee?
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Name 2 Delegated (Expressed or Enumerated) Powers of Congress.?
What is ...
1. Power to declare War?
2. Power to create taxes?
3. Power to coin money?
Conference Committee
What is a committee developed to merge the House and Senate versions of a bill into one final version?
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Qualifications to become a member of the House of Representatives
What is
1. Min. age is 25 yrs.
2. Must be 7 years a citizen
3. Must live in the state you represent
If a bill has not completed the process of becoming a law before the end of a Congressional term or session, what happens?
The bill "dies" or is "tabled" (does not become a law and must be restarted next term or session)
Gerrymandering
Manipulating congressional districts (voting districts) to help or hurt a community of interest (members of a certain party, race, gender, religion).
The leader and president of the senate.
Who is the Vice President
When the President vetoes a bill, Congress can "override" the veto and pass the bill into law with a
What is a 2/3rds vote by both chambers of Congress?
Our Congress is set up with two chambers.
What is bicameral
Name 3 positions that are "appointed" by the President but must be "confirmed" (approved) by the Senate?
1. Federal Judges
2. Cabinet Members
3. Ambassadors
Constituent.
Who is someone that is represented by a politician.
Example: We are all constituents of Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock (Georgia's Senators)
Amendment allowing the people to vote directly for their senators.
What is the 17th Amendment
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Leadership positions in the US Senate. Minimum of two
What is
1. V.P. OR President Pro Tempore?
2.Majority Leader?
3.Minority Leader?
Responsible for "setting the agenda" in the House of Representatives and is 2nd in line to be President after the VP.
Who is the Speaker of the House
What did the Reapportionment Act of 1929 do?
Locked the total number of seats in the House of Representatives at 435.