Powers of Congress
This type of congressional power is directly written in Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution.
What are enumerated powers?
This is the minimum age required to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives
What is 25 years old?
This is the group or person who must introduce a bill before it can begin the lawmaking process in Congress.
Who is a member of Congress? (Representative or Senator can introduce a bill)
This is the name of Florida’s state legislature.
What is the Florida Legislature?
These are the two chambers that make up the U.S. Congress.
What is the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate?
This power gives Congress the power to create laws needed to stretch out its expressed/enumerated powers.
What are implied powers/Elastic Clause
To serve in the U.S. Senate, a person must have been a U.S. citizen for at least this many years.
What is 9 years as a U.S. citizen?
This step in the lawmaking process is where most bills die because smaller groups review, revise, and vote on them.
What are committees?
What is two chambers (bicameral)?
This chamber of Congress is based on a state’s population.
What is the House of Representatives?
Congress can use this non-legislative power on the President to bring charges against them and remove them from office
What is Impeachment?
True or False: you need a law degree in order to be a member of Congress
False
After both chambers pass the same version of a bill, it is sent to this person for approval or veto.
Who is the President?
County and city governments often pass these types of local laws to address issues such as noise levels, parks, or local businesses.
What are ordinances?
This chamber's members are based off of equal representation
What is the Senate?
This enumerated power allows the House of Representatives to decide whether or not to fight against other countries.
What is declaring war?
These two requirements, besides age and citizenship, apply to both senators and representatives regarding where they live.
What is they must live in the state and the district that they represent?
If the president vetoes a bill, Congress can override it with this fraction of votes in both chambers.
What is a 2/3 majority vote of Congress?
This is the name of the executive who signs or vetoes bills at the state level in Florida.
Who is the Governor of Florida?
The leader of the House of Representatives holds this title and is third in line for the presidency.
Who is the Speaker of the House?
This enumerated power allows Congress to do this thing to the laws.
What is making the laws?
This number is the required term limit for the House and Senate
Wh are 2 year terms (House) and 6 year terms (Senate)
After a bill in the Senate committee gets approved, which house will that bill go to first?
What is the Senate?
This legislative group at the county level creates local ordinances and approves county budgets.
What is a city council/city commissoners
Most of the detailed work of creating, researching, and reviewing legislation happens inside these smaller groups.
What are committees/committee system?