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Staff
Powers
Oversight
Law-Making Process
Potpourri
100
A role of Congressional Staff
What is talking with voters, drafting new bills, writing committee reports, attending committee hearings, etc
100
The type of powers written in the Constitution
What are Expressed Powers
100
This is a legal order requiring a person to appear or produce requested documents
What is a Subpoena
100
A document that proposes a law
What are bills
100
A work that intends to be humorous or amuse by inciting laughter, especially in theater, television and film.
What is a Comedy
200
The type of staff that works for Committees
What is Committee Staff
200
The type of powers necessary to carry out the powers written in the Constitution
What are Implied Powers
200
This is lying under oath
What is Perjury
200
Bills that affect the entire nation
What are Public Bills
200
This man was the President of the United States during the majority of World War II
Who is Franklin Delano Roosevelt
300
The type of staff that works directly for Congressmen
What is Personal Staff
300
A landmark case that gave Congress interstate power through the Commerce Clause
What is Gibbons v Ogden
300
This is legal freedom from prosecution for people whose testimony ties them to criminal acts
What is Immunity
300
A part of a funding bill that goes to a specific purpose
What are Earmarks
300
Muhammad Ali would say that he would "Float like a butterfly and sting like _______?"
What is a bee
400
These are some of the things Committee Staff do
What is studying issues, collecting information, planning committee hearings, preparing reports, etc
400
This chamber of Congress has the power to approve all Presidential appointments
What is the Senate
400
Punishing a witness for willfully obstructing or blocking Congressional work
What is Contempt
400
Where money bills start in Congress
What is the House of Representatives
400
This outspoken cornerback for the Seattle Seahawks recently gained attention for his post-game rant after the NFC Championship Game
Who is Richard Sherman
500
An act passed in 1946 that upgraded Congressional Staff Support
What is the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946
500
This act forces the President to notify Congress whenever he wants to use troops
What is the War Powers Act
500
Congress' power to review Executive Branch activities
What is Legislative Oversight
500
When the President does not sign a bill during the last 10 days of a session
What is a Pocket Veto
500
This car company manufactures the Volt
What is Chevy/Chevrolet