Impeachment
Who can be impeached?
Any elected official & judges
Main responsibility of legislative branch
Write laws
Name of President's second in command (not the VP)
Chief of staff
Definition - Political interest groups advocating for a political idea or choice
Lobbying, lobby group, lobbyist
Name of stock market location
Wall Street
What % must vote yes to impeachment for it to happen?
50%+
Process lawmakers use to slow a bill down if they disagree with it.
Filibuster
President's power in the law making process
Veto power
Target number of electoral votes for a president to win
270
When you bet on a stock doing badly
Shorting
Which committee interviews people related to the charges?
Oversight
When writing a law, a lawmaker must include which government agency is in charge of the law and how it will be ______?
Funded
Name of Presidential address to the country
State of the Union
Color of swing states
Purple
One of the market's names
Dow Jones or NASDAQ
Name one of the committees responsible for investigating impeachment charges.
Oversight, Ethics, Judiciary
What is the judicial branch's role in law making?
Making sure the law doesn't go against the Constitution
Name 3 crises the president would be responsible for solving/acting on.
Various
Why does number of Representatives change, but Senate does not?
House of Reps based on population #s
Government agency that regulates stock market legality.
SEC
What did Bill Clinton do that led to an impeachment?
Lied to Congress under oath
Only amendment repealed by Congress
18th
Name 3 Cabinet positions. i.e. Secretary of ______.
Various
What is an IPO?
When a private company sells shares for the first time