The name of the Legislative Body of the United States
What is Congress?
A representative elected will only serve for this many years - just long enough to campaign again.
What is two?
2 per state gives us this total of members in the Senate
What is 100?
A bill may be referred to a smaller, permanent legislative fixture
What is a standing committee?
This prefix comes from Late Latin for "law"
What is legis?
This word literally means "two chambers"
What is bicameral?
The leader of this body goes by this title.
What is the Speaker of the House?
While they are staggered, Senators terms are this long:
What is 6 years?
Sometimes a bill will be referred to a smaller group, with a more targeted focus, called this
What is a subcommittee?
What is proposer?
This part of the branch sports proportional representation for the states
What is the House of Representatives?
The House of Representatives wields this power unique to them - only 4 presidents have faced it, 3 formally so, and one of them twice.
What is impeachment?
(Also: what is the power to impeach?)
Though absent the majority of the time, the leader of the senate holds this office of the executive branch
What is the Vice President (of the United States)?
If a bill makes it out of committee, it moves to this place, although it more literally sits on a desk or table
What is the floor?
Congress has the power to do this for the United States, although they haven't officially done so since World War II
What is declare war?
The name of this comes from Ancient Rome, and has equal representation.
What is the Senate?
Not to exceed 1 for every 30,000, the House currently sits at this number of representatives.
What is 435?
In the absence of the Vice President, the leader goes by this title
What is the President Pro Tempore? (Tem-per-ee)
If both chambers pass different versions of a bill, Congress will form this to come to a compromise
What is a Conference Committee?
What is the Necessary and Proper Clause?
The rules for the Legislative Branch comes from this article of the US Constitution:
What is Article 1?
These types of bills have to originate in the House of Representatives:
What are $ related bills?
(Also accepted finance related bills/financial bills/bills that deal with money, etc.)
To counter the House, the Senate's unique power does this - although none of the 3 presidents have been found guilty before them.
What is try all impeachments?
What is a pocket veto?
These are two Senate specific proceedings - one means to talk a bill to death, the other ends that process
What is filibuster and cloture?