The enumerated powers of Congress can be found in this article AND section of the Constitution.
What is Article I, Section 8?
100
This is perhaps the most obvious function of Congress, which allows Congressmen to put their ideas into action.
What is lawmaking?
100
This is the clause of the Constitution that gives Congress almost unlimited power to achieve its goals.
What is the Necessary and Proper/Elastic Clause? (Art. I, Sec. 8, Cl. 18)
100
This record is taken every 10 years to record the amount of people and their personal statistics within each state.
What is the census?
100
This person is President of the Senate.
Who is Joe Biden (D-DE)?
200
To be eligible to be a Representative in the House, the candidate must be at least this many years old.
What is 25?
200
This function of Congress involves Congressmen speaking on behalf of their constituents.
What is representation? (trustee and instructed)
200
This type of power includes those that are listed explicitly in the Constitution.
What are enumerate powers?
200
This is the term used to describe the re-drawing of Congressional district lines within a state.
What is redistricting?
200
This person is the Speaker of the House.
Who is Paul Ryan (R-WI)?
300
To be Constitutionally eligible to be Senator, the candidate must have been a resident of their state for this many years.
What is 9 years?
300
This is the term given to individual tasks completed by Congressmen for individual constituents. Like when grandma needs a new Social Security check.
What is casework?
300
The Senate is only allowed to use this long-winded tactic to prevent a bill from being voted upon.
What is filibuster?
300
This man is the father of gerrymandering.
Who is Elbridge Gerry?
300
This person is the Senate Majority Leader.
Who is Mitch McConnell (R-KY)?
400
True or False: The Speaker of the House must already be a member of the House of Representatives upon election.
FALSE
400
This function of Congress includes setting the agenda based on what the public wants...or what they want to the public to want.
What is public education?
400
The procedures and decorum for the House of Representatives are developed and maintained by this standing committee.
What is the House Rules Committee?
400
These people are responsible for drawing the lines of state congressional districts.
Who are state legislators?
400
This person is House Minority Leader.
Who is Nancy Pelosi (D-CA)?
500
This amendment to the Constitution allows Congress to levy an income tax.
What is the 16th Amendment?
500
This function of Congress allows it to solve problems between different groups of people through lawmaking.
What is conflict resolution?
500
This person holds the record for the longest filibuster in history.
Who is Strom Thurmond (D-SC)?
500
Virginia recently lost a supreme court for having gerrymandered this Congressional district in order to reduce the voice of Democrats and African Americans.