This person runs the executive branch.
Who is the president?
This is the building where Congress meets.
What is the U.S. Capitol?
He's the Father of the Constitution.
Who is James Madison?
It's the number of senators each state gets.
What is 2?
This is a written proposal for a new law.
What is a "bill?"
This person is also known as "President of the Senate."
Who is the vice president?
Bills that raise taxes must originate in this chamber.
What is the House of Representatives?
It's the city where the Constitution was written.
What is Philadelphia?
This is how old you have to be to be the president.
What is 35?
It's when a president stops a bill that Congress passed from becoming a law.
What is a "veto?"
This person is the leader of the House of Representatives.
Who is the Speaker of the House?
This chamber uses proportional representation to decide how many legislators a state gets.
What is the House of Representatives?
He was the Chair of the Constitutional Convention.
Who is George Washington?
This is the number of representatives in the House of Representatives.
What is 435?
This word refers to a change or addition to the Constitution.
What is an "amendment?"
This person would become president if both the president and vice president died.
What is a pocket veto?
This is the building where the Constitutional Convention was held.
What is Independence Hall?
This is the age you have to be to be a senator.
What is 30?
This word refers to legislators prolonging debate to delay or prevent a vote.
What is a "filibuster?"
This person fills in for the President of the Senate when he's away.
Who is the Senate President Pro Tempore?
This is the part of the Constitution that gives Congress permission to pass laws that are essential to carrying out the government's core functions.
What is the Necessary and Proper/Elastic Clause?
This is the name for the agreement that joined the best parts of the large state (Virginia) and small state (New Jersey) plans.
What is the Great Compromise?
This is the fraction of the Senate that needs to vote for a treaty to ratify it.
What is two-thirds?
This is a a permanent group of legislators who meet to write, discuss, and amend bills that relate to a topic of ongoing importance.
What is a standing committee?