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Vocabulary Terms
Structure of Congress
Powers of Congress
How Congress Works
How a Bill
Becomes a Law
100
a two part body.
What is bicameral?
100
number of Senators per state
What is 2?
100
powers listed in Article I, Section 8
What are expressed or enumerated powers?
100
sending job-related mail without paying postage
What is franking privilege?
100
proposals for new laws
What are bills?
200
An oddly shaped district designed to increase the voting power of a particular group
What is a gerrymander?
200
amount of its members are determined by population
What is the House of Representatives?
200
powers not stated directly in the Constitution
What are implied powers?
200
the largest library in the world
What is the Library of Congress?
200
the next step after a bill is submitted in Congress
What is "sent to committee"?
300
population count
What is a census?
300
Congress is described in this first part of the Constitution
What is Article I?
300
lawmaking powers fall into the categories of money, commerce and _______.
What is military & foreign policy?
300
Representative's help for a constituent
What is casework?
300
after a bill passes in the House of Representatives, it goes here
What is the Senate?
400
people who represent interest groups
What are lobbyists?
400
Is next in line for presidency after the Speaker of the House (assuming he or she is legally qualified)
What is the president pro tempore?
400
to accuse federal officials of misconduct in office
What is impeach?
400
government spending that benefits a home district or state
What are pork barrel projects?
400
his signature makes the bill a law
What is the president?
500
to talk a bill to death
What is a filibuster?
500
President of the Senate
Who is the Vice-President?
500
the only two presidents to have been impeached
Who is Andrew Johnson & Bill Clinton?
500
30 years of age, US citizen, & live in the state you represent
What are the requirements for being a senator?
500
Although it rarely happens, if the president vetoes a bill, Congress can override it with this
What is a two-thirds vote?