Congressional Powers
The most obvious inherent power of the Legislative Branch.
What is lawmaking?
This political strategy is designed to "talk a bill to death."
What is the filibuster?
This process leads to some seats gaining or losing seats in the House of Representatives every 10 years.
What is reapportionment?
This chamber of Congress gets less media attention, has younger membership, and is afforded less prestige.
What is the House of Representatives?
A proposed law of draft of a law.
What is a bill?
Regulating and limiting immigration is an example of this kind of power (can be derived from the express power to create naturalization laws).
What is an implied power?
A bill is placed in this location after being assigned a number.
What is the hopper?
This form of gerrymandering involves crowding as many voters of the opposing party as possible into one district.
What is packing?
Second-in-command to the Vice President.
Who is the Senate Pro Tempore?
The January 6th Committee is a form of this kind of committee.
What is a select committee?
The power to call forth the militia is an example of this kind of expressed power.
What is defense?
The number of votes needed to invoke a cloture on a filibuster.
What is 60?
Our Pennsylvania senators.
Who are Dave McCormick and John Fetterman?
What is the Steering Committee?
The Budget Committee is an example of this kind of committee.
What is a standing committee?
This non-legislative power allows Congress to approve treaties with other nations.
What is ratification?
A bill can die four different ways during this step of the process.
What is during committee?
The practice of redrawing districts to favor one political party over another is named after this man.
Who is Elbridge Gerry?
This temporary form of committees exists because it is important to achieve compromise in the legislative process.
What are conference committees?
What is the Judicial Branch?
This clause allows Congress to make any law "necessary and proper" to carrying out their expressed powers. NOTE: You must provide the article, section, and clause.
What is Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18 (the "elastic clause)?
House Representatives are each afforded this amount of time to speak about bills.
What is 5 minutes?
This part of the Constitution allows Congress to conduct the census every 10 years. NOTE: You must provide the article and section.
What is Article 1, Section 2?
This amendment affords Congressional pay.
What is the 27th Amendment?
In this year, the House of Representatives was capped at 435 members.
When is 1929?