The type of powers that are clearly spelled out in the Constitution
What is expressed powers?
100
How can Congress propose a constitutional amendment?
What is with a 2/3 vote of each house
100
A suggested new law
What is a bill?
100
What is gerrymandering?
What is drawing of district lines to the advantage of a party or group?
200
number of sessions within each term in Congress
What is two?
200
The power of Congress to regulate interstate and foreign trade
What is commerce power?
200
If the president of the Senate is absent, which officer serves in his or her place?
What is president pro tempore?
200
A count of the population
What is census?
200
What is the Seniority rule?
Name a positive and a negative.
What is giving top jobs to those who have served the longest?
300
The reason there are two house of Congress
What is the houses may check each other.
300
another name for money that a creditor must by law accept in payment for debts
What is legal tender?
300
After a bill comes out of a standing committee, what is the next step in getting it to the floor of the House for consideration?
What is placing the bill on a calendar?
300
Legislative body made of two chambers
What is bi-cameral?
300
Who has the power to declare war?
What is only Congress?
400
Name three formal qualifications for Senate
What are:
at least 30 years of age, have been a citizen of the United States for at least nine years, be an inhabitant of the State from which he or she is elected.
400
True or false:
Congress is allowed to levy a tax on cotton being exported to sell overseas
What is False?
400
What is the main purpose of a conference committee?
What is to come up with a compromise version of a bill?
400
lying under oath
What is perjury?
400
What are the four voting options of a lawmaker?
What is:
Delegates, Trustees, Partisans, Politicos
500
Name three informal qualifications for the House of Representatives.
What are:
party affiliations, name familiarity, gender, ethnic characteristics and political experience.
500
Another name for the Necessary and Proper Clause is.......
What is the Elastic Clause?
500
Why is the House Rules Committee so powerful?
What is it decides whether or not a bill will get a vote by the full House?
500
to allow a bill to die in committee
What is pigeonhole?
500
Explain the War Powers Resolution.
What is:requires the president commit troops to action only in certain situations: when Congress declares war; when Congress specifically approves military action; or when an attack on the United States or any of its armed forces has occurred. It also limits the period of time that troops can be in action without congressional approval.