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Non-Legislative Powers
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Congressional Powers
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Amendment Review
100
When a government official is involved in serious wrongdoing this is what Congress can do.
What is impeach?
100
A census is held every ___ years.
What is 10?
100
This type of power is Congress's power to coin money.
What is an express power?
100
This committe combines both the House and Senate.
What is joint committee?
100
The 19th Amendment gave this group the right to vote.
What is the 19th?
200
A term of Congress lasts this long.
What is 2 years?
200
Senators serve for this many years.
What is 6?
200
The Article and Section of the Constitution where Congress gets it power.
What is Article 1, section 8?
200
Congress makes most bills into laws. True or False.
What is False?
200
This amendment was passed during the Vietnam War and changed the voting age.
What is the 26th amendment?
300
One of Congress' non-legislative powers is the ability to impeach members of other branches, this is an example of this constitutional principal.
What is checks and balances?
300
To be a Senator you must be at least this old.
What is 30?
300
This clause stretches to allow Congress implied powers.
What is THE ELASTIC CLAUSE
300
Type of vote does Congress need to override a presidential veto.
What is 2/3 vote?
300
The amendment limits the president to serving two terms.
What is the 22nd amendment?
400
Besides casework and lawmaking, this is the other aim of members of Congress.
What is bring money to their state to boost the eceonomy?
400
We are currently in this Congress (number).
What is the 113th?
400
The bicameral structure of Congress comes from combining these two plans.
What are the NJ and Virginia plans?
400
These types of committees are permanent.
What are standing?
400
This amendment deal with the order of presidential succession.
What is the 25th amendment?
500
In an impeachment the House impeaches and the Senate does this
What is convicts (or holds a trial)?
500
He is Speaker of the House.
What is John Boehner (not on test)?
500
Congress cannot pass laws that favor one state over another. True or false.
What is true?
500
What bill/law is being discussed in the Schoolhouse Rock video?
What is buses stopping at train tracks?
500
This amendment made poll taxes illegal.
What is the 24th amendment?