Structure of Congress
What type of legislature is Congress?
What is bicameral?
Congress has the power to raise and collect these.
What are taxes?
A bill is first introduced by a member of this group.
What is Congress?
Congress has the power to declare this.
What is war?
The impeachment process begins in this chamber of Congress.
What is the House of Representatives?
How long is a House of Representatives term?
What is two years?
This clause gives Congress flexibility to pass laws necessary to carry out its powers
What is the Necessary and Proper Clause?
After introduction, a bill is sent to this group for review.
What is a committee?
The President serves in this role for the U.S. military.
What is Commander-in-Chief?
Impeachment charges are brought against the President or other federal officials for these offenses.
What are high crimes and misdemeanors?
How long is a Senate term?
What is six years?
Congress has the authority to regulate this between states and foreign nations.
What is commerce?
If both chambers pass different versions of a bill, this type of committee reconciles the differences.
What is a conference committee?
The War Powers Resolution requires the President to notify Congress within this number of hours of deploying troops.
What is forty-eight hours?
Once the House impeaches, this chamber holds the trial to decide whether to remove the President.
What is the Senate?
What is the minimum age to be a Senator?
What is thirty?
This power allows Congress to control federal spending.
What is the power of the purse?
The President can either sign a bill into law or do this to reject it.
What is veto?
Under the War Powers Resolution, military engagements are limited to this number of days without congressional approval.
What is sixty days?
It requires this fraction of the Senate's votes to convict and remove a President from office.
What is two-thirds?
How many years must a House member be a U.S. citizen to serve?
What is seven years?
Congress has the authority to declare this.
What is war?
Congress can override a veto with this fraction of votes in both chambers
What is two-thirds?
This resolution was passed to limit the President's ability to engage in military actions without congressional approval.
What is the War Powers Resolution?
This President was impeached twice by the House of Representatives.
Who is Donald Trump?