Congress Basics
This article of the Constitution establishes the legislative branch.
What is Article I?
Representation in this chamber is based on population.
What is the House of Representatives?
The first step of the HABBAL process.
What is an idea?
This action occurs when the President refuses to sign a bill.
What is a veto?
A permanent committee in Congress.
What is a standing committee?
The U.S. Congress is made up of how many chambers?
What is two (a bicameral legislature)?
Each state has the same number of members in this chamber.
What is the Senate?
True or False: The final step of the HABBAL process is the bill being sent to the President.
What is True?
One action the President can take that allows a bill to become law without a signature.
What is letting the bill become law after 10 days?
A temporary committee created for a specific purpose.
What is a select committee?
The official presiding officer of the Senate.
Who is the Vice President?
The length of a term for a member of the House of Representatives.
What is 2 years?
Anyone—not just members of Congress—can do this part of the lawmaking process.
What is coming up with an idea for a bill?
This action formally rejects a bill passed by Congress.
What is vetoing the bill?
Laws that punish someone without a trial.
What is a bill of attainder?
When the Vice President is absent, this senator presides over the Senate.
Who is the President Pro Tempore?
The length of a term for a U.S. Senator.
What is 6 years?
A method used in the Senate to delay action on a bill by making long speeches.
What is a filibuster?
True or False: Impeachment automatically removes a President from office.
What is False?
Laws applied to actions that happened before the law was passed.
What are ex post facto laws?
This term describes the removal of a member of Congress for serious misconduct.
What is expulsion?
Impeachment proceedings begin in this chamber
What is the House of Representatives?
This Senate procedure limits debate to end a filibuster.
What is cloture?
This term means to formally accuse a government official of misconduct.
What is impeachment?
The clause that allows Congress to stretch its delegated powers.
What is the Elastic Clause (Necessary and Proper Clause)?