Legislative Branch
Senate
House
How a Bill Becomes a Law
Congress
100

The legislative branch is called _____?

 What is congress?

100

This is how many senators each state has.

What is 2?

100

The number of representatives for each state depends on the __________ of the state.

What is population?

100

An idea for a law is a ________.

What is a bill?

100

Congress has the power to declare _____.

What is war?

200

Congress is divided into _____ parts.

What is two?

200

A senator must be at least _____ years old.

What is 30?

200

The larger a state; the ____ representatives it will have.

What is more?

200

Bills can be introduced in the _____ or the ______.

What is the Senate and the House?

200

Congress can raise ________.

What are taxes?

300

Congress is divided into two parts called the ______ and the House of Representatives.

What the Senate?

300

This is how many years a candidate for the Senate must be a U.S. citizen.

What is 9?

300

______________ is the leader of the House.

What is the Speaker?

300

_______ decide which bills are important enough to send to the House or the Senate.

What are committees?

300

Congress decides on ________ requirements for people from other countries.

What is citizenship?

400

Congress is divided into two parts called the Senate and the __________.

What is the House of Representatives?

400

The leader of the Senate is the ___________.

What is the vice-president?

400

A representative of the House must be at least ___ years old.

What is 25?

400

Once a bill passes one house of Congress, it is sent to the other __________.

What is a house?

400

Congress cannot make laws about ________, education and elections.

Who is marriage

500

The three branches of government are ___.

What is the executive branch, judicial branch and the legislative branch?

500
The ___________ will take the place of the leader when absent.

What is the president pro-tempore?

500

A candidate for the House must be a U.S. citizen for ____ years.

What is 7?

500

Once a bill has passed both the Senate and the House it is sent to the president. The president can do one of these.

What is sign the bill, veto the bill, do nothing.

500

The ____________ allows Congress to make laws it needs to carry out its duties.

What is the elastic clause?