Article I Sections 1-2
Name the two houses that make up Congress and how many are in each
House-435
Senate-100
Who are our two senators from N.C.?
Thom Tillis and Ted Budd
What term means a minimum number of people needed in order for official business to be conducted?
Quorum
What term means how an immigrant becomes a citizen
Naturalization
What type of law is an after the fact law and is forbidden
ex post facto
How often is the entire House elected and who is the 10th district House representative
2 Pat Harrington
How long is a senators term of office
6 years
What is the number for quorum in the Senate
51
What is Article I section 8 clause 18
necessary and proper clause
What type of titles are forbidden to give by states or federal government
Nobility
List the three basic requirements for a person must meet in order to serve in the House?
25 years, 7 years citizen and inhabitant of the state
List the three basic requirements a person must meet in order to serve in the Senate?
30, 9 years citizen, inhabitant of state
What is needed for the House to expel or kick out one of its members?
two-thirds vote
court case that enacted implied powers
McCulloch vs. Maryland
States cannot enter into any __________or _____________name one
treaty of alliance
What power does the House alone hold that no other house has?
Impeach
What part does the Senate play in an impeachment trial?
Jury
What number is a quorum in the House
218
In addition to taxing how else can Congress get money according to Article I Section 8
Borrow
forbidden- issued by judge requiring to bring a prisoner to court and show cause for holding the prisoner
Who is the current speaker of the House
Mike Johnson
What organizations will normally make rules about elections of Senate and House members?
state governments-legislatures
What is the least amount of days a president has to consider a bill
11 days
How does Congress promote are and science- new inventions
Patents and copyrights
forbidden by states and federal government- bill that punished a person without a jury trial
bill of attainder