Senate
The more prestigious of the two houses of Congress.
What is the Senate?
The number of representatives that are in the House.
What is 435?
The main powers of congress
What is collect, levy, and raise taxes?
Informal groups of like-minded congress members (by ideology, race, etc.) who meet to discuss relevant issues
What is a caucus?
This could allow the President to veto PARTS of a spending bill without having to veto the entire bill. The SCOTUS declared this power unconstitutional
What is a line item veto?
The amount of seats the US Senate has.
What is 100 seats?
House of Representatives term length
What is two years?
The number of years a US Senator serves for.
What is six years?
Has the most power in the Senate.
Who is the majority leader?
This is the name of the time period Presidents have the most success getting their agenda passed.
What is the honeymoon period?
Amount of Senators each state can have
What is two?
The party that currently has the majority of House seats.
Who are the Republicans?
The power that allowing a Senator to speak for as long as he/she wishes.
What is a filibuster?
________ has the exclusive power to choose the President in the event that a presidential candidate fails to get a majority of the Electoral College votes.
Who is the House of Representatives?
These are the 15 executive departments created to advise the president and operate a policy area.
What is the Cabinet?
Presides over the Senate and is the tie-breaking vote
What is the Vice President?
The member who's in charge of making sure his party members vote with the leadership.
Who is the whip?
This body can impeach the President.
What is the US House of Representatives?
The current speaker of the House
Who is Mike Johnson?
A presidential command with the force of the law and does not require congressional approval.
What is an executive order?
The minimum age a Senator must be.
What is 30 years.
The minimum age a member of the House must be.
What is 25 years?
The reallocation of House seats to each state after a census.
What is reapportionment?
The total number of Congressional members?
What is 535?
An informal veto caused when the President chooses not to sign a bill within 10 days, during a time when Congress has adjourned at the end of a session
What is a pocket veto?