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Legislative Branch
House
Senate
Committees
Bill to Law
100
Powers not explicitly named in the Constitution but assumed to exist due to their being necessary to implement
What are implied powers?
100
Number of Members in the House
What is 435?
100
Number of Senators in the Senate
What is 100?
100
These are only found in the House, not in the Senate
What are committees?
100
Term is used when a President ignores a bill sent to him/her for ten days
What is a Pocket Veto?
200
A word is used to describe a legislative body with two houses, like the United States Congress
What is Bicameral ?
200
What is the minimum age requirement for a member of the US House of Representatives?
25 years of age
200
The minimum age requirement for a member of the US Senate
What is 30?
200
Before a bill is debated on the floor of the House or Senate it must go to this group
What are Committee(s)?
200
A stalling tactic allowing a Senator to "talk a bill to death". The record longest was Strom Thurmond.
What is a Filibuster ?
300
Those powers of Congress specifically listed in the Constitution, such as the power to tax.
What are Expressed Powers?
300
The length of a term for a representative (in years)
What is 2 years?
300
The length of a term of a senator in years
What is Six Years?
300
Type of committee permanently covers specific subject matters, like economics or foreign affairs
What is a Standing Committee?
300
Fraction of votes are necessary to overturn a Presidents veto
What is 2/3 vote in each house?
400
What article number of the Constitution defines the US Legislative Branch?
Article I
400
The House of Rep is divided into these in order to complete tasks more efficiently.
What are committees?
400
What is the title of the person who presides over the Senate in the absence of the Vice President?
Who is the President Pro Tempore?
400
This committee in the House of Representatives monitors bills going to the floor for debate
What is the House Rules Committee ?
400
Items added to bills that usually have nothing to with the bill
What are riders?
500
The process of drawing boundaries for electoral and political districts in the U.S. and is usually done every ten years after the census
What is redistricting?
500
What is the title of the person who presides over the House of Representatives?
Speaker of the House
500
Can vote in the Senate ONLY in the case of a tie
Who is the VP?
500
The name of the meeting that takes place between the House and the Senate to iron out the differences between different versions of the same bill
What is a Conference Committee?
500
When the Senate votes to stop debate or a filibuster
What is a Cloture?