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Committees
Leadership
Powers
Oversight
House/Senate
100
The standing committees in each house are controlled by this.
What is the majority party?
100
These people in congress assist the minority and majority leaders.
Who are Whips?
100
The power to control the rules and the agenda in Congress belongs to this.
What is the majority party?
100
This temporary committee works to resolve problems of interest groups, matters of great public concern, and overlooked problems.
What is a select committee?
100
The House of Representatives and Senate make up this type of legislative branch.
What is bicameral legislation?
200
This is a group that specializes in a subcategory of its standing committee.
What is a subcommittee?
200
This person serves as the presiding officer of the House of Representatives.
Who is the Speaker?
200
The rules committee is an agent of the leadership and belongs to this government body.
What is the House of Representatives?
200
To lie under oath at a congressional hearing.
What is perjury?
200
The amount of seats in the House of Representatives is based on this.
What is population?
300
This committee is a permanent study group for the House and Senate.
What is a joint committee?
300
This person serves as the president of the Senate.
Who is the vice president?
300
Borrowing money, drafting people into the armed forces, and maintaining the Federal Reserve Board are all examples of this type of power.
What are implied powers?
300
This power allows Congress to check on how the executive branch is administering the law.
What is legislative oversight?
300
Lawmakers find Federal grants and contracts very important because they bring in this.
What is money and jobs?
400
This committee works to adapt and compromise House and Senate versions of bills.
What is a conference committee?
400
I schedule bills for action, appoint some committees members, and refer bills to proper committees.
Who is Speaker of the House?
400
Implies the power to play the harmonica in class.
What is Wilkins Power?
400
This is when a person is served with a legal order to appear in court or produce requested documents.
What is a subpoena?
400
This is the minimum age required to be a member of the House of Representatives.
What is 25 years old?
500
This political party presently has the leadership of all committees in the House and the Senate.
Who are the Democrats
500
This leader votes in the Senate when their is tie.
Who is the vice-president?
500
These powers are listed in Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution. They are sometimes called the enumerated powers.
What are expressed powers?
500
Congressional committees may use this tool when dealing with a witnesses if the witness refuses to testify after being served a subpoena.
What is hold in contempt?
500
435 is the number members in this legislative body.
What is the House of Representatives?