Senator/The Senate
How Many Members PER state
what is 2 per state
Who elects the Members?
What is the People?
This is where a bill goes after passing both houses of congress
The Presidents Desk
2 Houses
What is Bicameral?
These powers of Congress are explicitly listed in the constution
Expressed Powers
How many Senetors come from each state?
What is 2?
How many years as a citizen
What is 7 years
Name one of the three actions a president can take on a bill that reaches their desk
Sign it into law,veto it, or take no action
Congress powers are called
What is enumerated Powers
This expressed power allows Congress to regulate commerce between states
Regulate interstate commerce
What is the term limit for a senator
What is 6 years
What may you must Be to become a member of The House of Representatives?
What is a US RESIDENT?
After a bill passed both the house and Senate, but before it becomes law, this person gets to weigh in with a decision
The President
Amendment 17
allows voters to directly elect U.S. Senators instead of state legislatures choosing them.
The power to declare war is an example of this type of Congressional power
Expressed power
What is a unlimited times?
How many members of the House represent GA
14 reps in house
This Process, involving both houses of Congress, allows for changes and amendments to a bill before it is voted upon
The committee process/ committee hearings and markups
This word refers to a proposed law that is introduced in either the House or Senate
What is a Bill?
These powers of Congress are not explicitly stated but are derived from the elastic clause
Implied powers
Where do members of the Senate work?
What is the US capitol building
How many members are in the House of Representatives
435
if Congress adjourns within 10 days of a bill being sent to the president and president takes no action, this bill is subject to this outcome
A pocket veto
Name four Enumerated Powers
Congress has the power to tax and spend, borrow money, regulate trade, handle naturalization and bankruptcy, coin money, and punish counterfeiting. It can set up post offices, protect inventions with patents and copyrights, create lower courts, and punish crimes at sea. Congress can declare war, raise and support an army, maintain a navy, make rules for the military, call and organize the militia, govern the capital (D.C.), and make all necessary laws to carry out these powers.
Establishing a national bank is an example of this type of Congressional power
implied power