Multiple Choice
What are the expressed powers of congress listed in Article 1, Section 8
Taxation, Credit, Commerce, Naturalization, Coining money, counterfeiting, post office, copyrights, courts, international law, war, army, navy, regulating the military, militia, D.C.
Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the Constitution establishes that Congress has the power to make all laws ___________.
Which are necessary and proper
Vice president of the U.S.
President of the Senate
permanent committees that address major areas in which most proposed laws fall.
standing committee
What did the 16th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution establish?
income taxes
What is a budget deficit?
When government spending exceeds its revenue during a fiscal year.
encourages fellow party members to vote as the leadership wants.
whips
carry out specific tasks not already covered by an existing committee.
select committee
This is a formal accusation of misconduct against a public official.
impeachment
What has to happen before a bill becomes a law?
Debate in committees, House approval, Senate approval, Sending the bill to the desk of the president
Presides over the House.
speaker of the house
a joint committee formed from both houses to resolve differences between the House and Senate versions of a bill.
conference committee
What is "the power of the purse?"
Congress controls government spending and has the power to allocate funds.
What change did the 17th amendment to the U.S. Constitution introduce?
direct election of senators
manages the actions and strategy of the party.
floor leader
all House members become members of a single committee.
committee of the whole
The person who presides over the Senate in the absence of the President of the Senate.
President Pro Tempore