So Easy Max(Lauren) Can Learn it! (Basic Legislature)
Grab Bag!
Vocab
I'm Just a Bill, Yes I'm Only a Bill
100
The chamber where all revenue bills start, able to bring impeachment charges, and choose the president in an electoral college tie.
What is the House of Representatives?
100
The U.S. has this type of legislature with two chambers.
What is a Bicameral Legislature
100
Powers involving money.
What are fiscal powers?
100
Power of the president to wait ten days after a bill is sent and congress is not in session, so the bill dies.
What is a pocket veto?
100
Overriding a veto is the only way to pass a law if the president does not sign it.
What is false?
200
Issuing patents is a power directly listed in the constitution for Congress.
What is true?
200
The current president of the Senate.
Who is Joe Biden?
200
Congress has the power to tax exports.
What is false?
200
Power of the president to reject a bill.
What is a veto?
200
Starting point of a revenue related bill.
What is the House of Representatives?
300
The chamber of congress with the power to ratify treaties, serves as jury in impeachments, approve presidential cabinet nominations, chooses vice president in electoral college ties.
What is the Senate?
300
30 years old, 9 years of citizenship, must live in state they are elected from.
What are the requirements for the senate?
300
Chamber originally elected by the state legislature.
What is the Senate?
300
Extended speech to delay voting on a bill in the Senate.
What is a filibuster?
300
Name of a committee with members from both chambers of congress.
What is a joint committee?
400
A fiscal power.
What is the power to coin money or the power to levy taxes?
400
25 years old, 7 years of citizenship, must live in the district they are elected from.
What are the requirements for the House of Representatives?
400
Presides over impeachment trial of the president.
Who is the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court (Roberts)?
400
Minimum number of voters president to make an official vote.
What is a Quorum?
400
Percentage of congress needed to override a veto.
What is 67%?
500
Three of the four powers of congress.
What are expressed (Directly stated), implied (Not directly stated), denied (Not able to use), and inherent (Powers all governments have) powers?
500
535
What is the total number of Congressmen/women in the country?
500
Longest length of time for a filibuster in the House of Representatives.
What is trick question (Not able to have them)?
500
Number of words (within 500 either direction) in the constitution including all 27 amendments (If you get it exact, 1,000).
What is 7,591?
500
The man dressed as the bill in the SNL clip we watched.