The legislative branch are made up of two houses called ....
What is the House of Representatives and the Senate
100
Powers granted or expressed in Article I, section 8 of the Constitution.
What are enumerated powers?
100
A benefit given to members of Congress whereby they do not have to pay postage on job related mail is called this.
What is the Franking Privilege?
100
The two most common forms of bills presented in Congress are these.
What are private and public bills?
100
The requirements to become a U.S. Senator.
What is you must live in the state represented, be at least 30 years-old, and have been naturalized at least 9 years before running for office.
200
The people are represented by members of congress are called these.
What are Constituents?
200
Article I, Section 8, clause 18, more commonly referred to as the elastic clause allows Congress to do this.
Whatever is "necessary and proper"?
200
People who represent interest groups and attempy to influence congressional members are referred as this.
What are Lobbyists?
200
A formal statement of opinion in Congress that involves members of both houses are called these.
They can become laws as well as traditional bills.
What are Joint Resolutions?
200
The requirements for becoming a member of the House of Representatives.
What is you must live in the state/district represented, be at least 25 years-old, and have been a naturalized citizen at least 7 years before running for office?
300
An oddly shaped district designed to increase voting strength of a particular group is called this.
What is a gerrymander?
300
The lawmaking powers of Congress fall into one of these three areas.
What are money, commerce, and military/foreign policy?
300
One agency created to support the work of Congress and is a major resource for students of all kinds is this. It is also the largest of its kind.
What is the Library of Congress?
300
An amendment added to a bill in the Senate that is completely unrelated to the original subject of the bill is called this.
What is a Rider?
300
The three types of votes used in the House of Representatives and the Senate.
What are a
voice vote, a staning vote, and a roll-call vote?
400
The leader of the majority party in the House of Representatives is referred to as this.
What is the Speaker of the House?
400
Two types of nonlegislative powers granted to Congress are these.
What are suggest amendments to the Constitution and the power to impeach federal officials?
400
Projects funded by government spending that mainly benefit the home district or state of a representative or senator are commonly called this.
What is a Pork-Barrel Project?
400
A method of preventing a vote on a bill in the Senate is called this and the ability to end this method by a 3/5 vote of Senate members is called this.
Two part question.
What is a Filibuster and Cloture?
400
Three methods that prevent Congress from abusing its power listed in Section 9 of the Constitution.
What are a write of habeous corpus, bills of attainder, ex post facto laws?
500
The three types of committees found in Congress.
You must explain each committee for points.
What are
Standing - permanent committee
Select - used until task is complete
Joint - members of both houses
500
Congress has used its power of impeachment only twice in U.S. history for these two presidents.
Who are Andrew Johnson and Bill Clinton?
500
Members of Congress often help people from their home districts and states in dealing with the federal government is referred to as this.
It has been referred to "as important as breathing".
What is Casework?
500
An indirect way of killing legislation whereby the president does not use a veto and lets a bill sit until Congress has adjourned.
What is a pocket veto?
500
The longest serving member on any one committee in Congress is called this.