Positions
The President of the Senate
Who is the Vice President
The Speaker of the House
Who is Speaker Mike Johnson
A piece of writing that could potentially become a law
What is a bill
The senate Committee that focuses on the armed forces
The power to control government spending
What is the power of the purse
The head of the house of representatives who is elected by the members of the house
What is the Speaker of the House
The Majority leader of the Senate
Who is Senator Mitch McConnell
The group that a bill is referred too
What is a committee
The committee that approves judicial nominations
What is the Senate Judiciary Committee
The power that congress holds to convict and remove from office members of the executive and judicial branch
What is Impeachment
The name for the leader for the majority political party in a chamber?
What is the majority leader?
The Minority leader of the Senate
Who is Senator Chuck Schumer
The name for add-ons to a piece of legislation
What are amendments
The committee that handles energy policy, healthcare, and Telecommunications
What is the Energy and Commerce committee
The power that the senate has to be consulted on and approve treaties made with foreign nations
What is the Advice and Consent power
The position that's job is to align party members around a shared legislative goal
What is the whip?
The Majority Whip of the Senate and maybe future majority leader
Who is John Thune
The procedure in which 60 US senators (3/5ths of current senators) must vote for cloture to be invoked on debate.
What is the Filibuster
Which joint committee focuses on the management and administration of the Library of Congress
What is the Joint Committee on the library
The power of congress to declare an armed conflict
What is the War powers
The position whose job is to preside over the Senate when the Vice President is not present
What is the President Pro tempore?
First Female President Pro Tempore
Who is Senator Patty Murray
The power a speaker has to stop a vote on specific legislation from happening
What is the power to table a resolution
Which house committee is responsible for allocating federal funds to government agencies
What is The House Ways and Means Committee
The power to forcefully remove the speaker from his post
What is the power to vacate