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Characteristics of Congress
Districts
Congressional Powers
Why/Because
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100
What is the term length for someone in the House of Representatives?
2 years
100
How many districts are in the United States?
435 (The same amount of Representatives)
100
Who is our Representative for our district?
Steve Stockman
100
Why does Congress have the ability to punish tax evaders?
Because they have the expressed power to lay and collect taxes
100
Which house of Congress has the sole power to impeach?
House of Representatives
200
What is the term length for someone in the Senate?
6 years
200
Which district do we live in?
36th
200
The process by which citizens of one country become citizens of another is:
Naturalization
200
Why does congress have the ability to establish a minimum wage?
Because they have the expressed power to regulate commerce
200
Which house of Congress performs the trial?
Senate
300
How many people are in the House of Representatives?
435
300
What is it called when someone redraws the congressional districts in favor of their own political parties?
Gerrymandering
300
What is the name of the power that allows Congress to make money?
The Commerce Power
300
Why does congress have the ability to hold a draft for the army?
Because they have the expressed power to raise an army and a Navy
300
What does it mean to impeach someone?
To accuse a government official
400
How many people are in the Senate?
100
400
What event occurs every 10 years in the United States?
Census
400
The exclusive right of an author to reproduce, publish, and sell his or her creative work is:
Copyright
400
Why does Congress have the ability to regulate and limit immigration?
Because they have the expressed power to set a Naturalization law
400
Where does a bill go after passing one of the houses?
The other house
500
What is the age you have to be to get voted into the House of Rep? And What is the age for the Senate?
House of Rep: 25 Senate: 30
500
What happens in the House of Representatives after this event?
Reapportionment
500
Grants a person the sole right to manufacture, use, or sell “any new and useful art, machine, manufacture, or composition of matter”:
Patent
500
Why does Congress have the ability to ban certain items from being mailed?
Because they have the expressed power to establish a post office
500
What is it called when the president rejects a bill?
Veto