Terms
The elastic clause gives Congress these powers to deal with matters not specifically mentioned in the Constitution.
What are Implied Powers?
Each state sends this many senators to Washington D.C.
What is 2?
No state can have fewer than this number of House members.
What is 1?
After Congress adjourns, this person can call its members back to Washington for a special session.
Who is the President?
Members of Congress help young people get appointed to these schools.
What are military academies?
Sometimes called a conference, it is the meeting of each party before every new session of Congress.
What is a caucus?
This fraction of the Senate is elected every two years.
What is one-third?
Official chosen by the House when there is no Electoral College majority.
Who is the President?
President impeached by the House in 1868.
The Congress of the United States consists of these elected bodies.
What are the Senate and House of Representatives?
An official condemnation by Congress of its own members.
What is censure?
Fraction of Senators needed to approve treaties.
What is two-thirds?
Charge of misconduct by the House against a Federal Official.
What is impeachment?
Recommended impeachment charges against President Richard M. Nixon.
What is the House Judiciary Committee?
Four words referring to Congress's control over taxing and spending.
What is the "power of the purse?"
In the Senate and in the House, this is the term for the party--Democrats or Republicans--with the most members.
What is the majority party?
The Senate. like the House, meets in a separate chamber in this building.
What is the Capitol?
A meeting in the House chamber attended by Senators.
What is a joint session?
These groups of people prepare bills to be voted on.
What are committees?
It gives Congress all "legislative powers" of the federal government.
What is the Constitution?
Specific powers of Congress, also called expressed powers.
What are delegated powers?
Almost a fourth of them fail to win Senate confirmation.
What are Supreme Court nominees?
Two words for the part of a state a House member represents.
What is a congressional district?
People who call, write, or visit their legislator.
Who are constituents?
This number is the sum total of the members of Congress.
What is 535?