Delegated Powers
What are the delegated powers?
Powers granted to Congress by the Constitution
What Congress can't grant themselves?
Titles of Nobility
Passing laws is an example of what kind of power?
Legislative power
What the House and the Senate cannot use campaign funds on?
For personal expenses
The impeachment process starts here
The House of Representatives
True or False: Congress can approve Declarations of war and peace treaties.
Answer: True
What Congress can't do without the law?
Withdraw money from the law
How many members are in the senate?
100 members
What is expulsion?
It's removal from office, which requires a vote of the 2/3 of the senators or representatives.
After the House gets a majority vote, the impeachment process moves to where?
The Senate
This clause allows Congress to stretch the delegated powers listed in the Constitution to cover many other objects.
The Elastic Clause
What laws can't Congress pass?
Laws that violate the Bill of Rights.
Who is in charge of the Senate?
The Vice president
What is censure?
A formal disapproval of a member's actions.
True or False: Congress DOESN'T have the power to accuse high federal officials of serious crime against the country and then bring them to trial.
Answer: False
True or False: The Congress can raise and collect taxes
Answer: True
What is the name of the law that means Congress can't sentence a person to prison without a trial.
Bills of Attainder
The qualifications for being a House Representative.
Have to be 25 years old, a US citizen for 7 years, and be a resident of the state you represent
What is an act that betrays or endangers one's country?
Treason
What happens if a federal official is found guilty of a high crime?
They will be removed from the office
True or False: Congress DOESN'T maintain an army and navy.
Answer: False
What is the name of the law that Congress can't pass that applies to an action that took place before the law has passed
Ex post facto law
This type of committee is temporary. These are House or senate committees appointed to deal with issues not handled by standing committees and are disbanded when they have finished their work.
Select committee
What are franking privileges?
The ability to send mail by one's signature rather than by postage
By what electoral vote the Senate approves the written agreements?
By 2/3