Vocabulary
To get rid of an official because of wrongdoing?
What is impeachment
The age required to serve in the house
What is twenty-five
How many members are in the Senate?
What is 100
The drawing of electoral district lines to the advantage of a party or group
What is gerrymandering
What begins the bill process?
What is the bill is proposed/ starts with an idea
Various tactics aimed at defeating a bill in the Senate to prevent a vote
What is Filibuster
How many members are the the House of Representatives?
What is 435
The length of one term for a Senator
What is 6 years
Which branch is not part of the lawmaking process
Judicial Branch
What ends the bill process?
What is the preseident vetos or it becomes a law
These types of powers are considered neccessary and proper?
The length of time Representatives serve
What is 2 years
How long do you have to me a U.S. citizen before you can become a Senator?
9 years
Which house can only tax bills start
After the bill is given to a committee in the house, where does it go?
What is to the House of Representatives for a vote
What is another name for the necessary and proper clause?
What is the elastic clause
The number of representatives per state is decided by....?
What is population
How many Senators are there per state?
What is 2 per state
The committee that helps reconcile differences over a bill
What is conference committee
What is the term for to make sure that no one branch gains too much power?
What is the checks and balances.
Who is the most powerful person in the House of Representatives?
Speaker of the House
Who usually acts as chairperson of the Senate?
What is President Pro Tempore
He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing armies with the consent of our legislature. What power of Congress is being described?
Which branch of government makes the laws