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House of Representatives
Senate
Powers of Congress
How a Bill Becomes a Law
100
Most of the work in Congress gets done here.
What is in committee?
100
The age and citizen requirements for being a member of the House of Representatives
What is 25 years old, and a citizen of US for 7 years?
100
The length of a term of office for a United States Senator
What is six years?
100
Congress holds this power, meaning to charge a public official with improper conduct in office
What is impeachment?
100
The two options the President has once a bill reaches his desk.
What is approve it or veto it?
200
To have the power to choose the committee chairperson, a party must have this in the legislative body.
What is a majority?
200
The type of bills that must always begin in the House.
What are tax bills?
200
The number of members in the Senate.
What is 100?
200
Of establishing post offices, funding the army and negotiating treaties, the one that is not a power of Congress.
What is negotiating treaties?
200
Before a bill can be sent to a committee, it must go to one of these even smaller groups of Congressmen.
What is a subcommittee?
300
All legislation dealing with tax and revenue changes would be assigned to this committee. 
What is House Ways and Means?
300
The number of Members in the House of Representatives
What is 435?
300
Only the Senate has the power to do this, allowing them to delay legislative action through long speeches
What is filibuster?
300
This is the most powerful person in Congress.
Who is the Speaker of the House?
300

If the President were to veto a bill, Congress has the choice to do this.

What is a override the veto with a 2/3 vote?

400
This is the largest expenditure of the federal government budget.
What is social security?
400
This is the leader of House of Representatives
Who is Speaker of the House?
400
This person serves as president of the Senate.
Who is the Vice President?
400
This branch of Congress has the power to approve Presidential appointments.
What is the Senate?
400

The legislative process in the House of Representatives has this extra step, different than the Senate process, which determines the conditions of debate on the floor.

What is the Rules Committee?

500
This key term occurs when members of Congress "bring home the bacon" by getting federal funding for projects in their home districts.
Who are pork barrel legislation?
500
The House selects this office holder if the electoral college fails to elect a winner in the election
What is the President?
500
The age and citizen requirements to be eligible to run for a seat in the Senate.
What is 30 years old and a citizen for 9 years?
500
This enumerated power, also known as the "elastic clause", allows Congress to stretch its powers to cover anything that can be related to any of their other enumerated powers.
What is the necessary and proper clause?
500
In order for a bill to be passed on to the President for action, differences in a bill must be rectified in one of these.
What is a conference committee?