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PowersPowers

CommitteesCommittees

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LegislationLegislation

Non-legislative Non-legislative F. J.F. J.

What is What is bicameral?bicameral?

The term that refers to a The term that refers to a legislature made up of an legislature made up of an upper and lower house. upper and lower house.

What is apportionment?What is apportionment?

The process by which the The process by which the number of representatives number of representatives

per state is determinedper state is determined

Who is the Speaker of Who is the Speaker of the House?the House?

Most powerful political Most powerful political leader in the House of leader in the House of

Representatives.Representatives.

What are white and What are white and male?male?

The two most common The two most common characteristics of characteristics of

members of Congressmembers of Congress

Elected by the entire Elected by the entire statestate

What is a Senator?What is a Senator?

Powers specifically Powers specifically mentioned in the mentioned in the

Constitution Constitution

What are the enumerated What are the enumerated powers?powers?

Enables Congress to raise Enables Congress to raise funds to maintain an army funds to maintain an army

and navyand navy

What is the power to tax?What is the power to tax?

Powers that can be exercised Powers that can be exercised both by the federal both by the federal

government and state government and state governmentsgovernments

What are concurrent powers?What are concurrent powers?

The power most used by The power most used by Congress to extend its Congress to extend its

power into everyday lifepower into everyday life

What is the Commerce Power?What is the Commerce Power?

Those powers Those powers contained in the contained in the

Necessary and Proper Necessary and Proper clause in Article I of clause in Article I of

the Constitution.the Constitution.

What are implied powers?What are implied powers?

The reason Congress The reason Congress created its committee created its committee

structurestructure

What is the need to What is the need to spread out the work spread out the work

load?load?

A type of joint committee A type of joint committee that works out the that works out the

differences between the differences between the House’s and Senate’s House’s and Senate’s

different versions of the different versions of the same billsame bill

What is a conference What is a conference committee?committee?

Permanent committees Permanent committees that are specialized by that are specialized by

topictopic

What are standing What are standing committees?committees?

Sets the time and Sets the time and conditions under which conditions under which

bills are considered by the bills are considered by the House of Representatives House of Representatives

What is the House Rules What is the House Rules Committee?Committee?

To set aside a bill to be To set aside a bill to be considered “later”considered “later”

What is pigeonhole?What is pigeonhole?

Required to override a Required to override a President’s vetoPresident’s veto

What is a 2/3 majority What is a 2/3 majority vote of both Houses of vote of both Houses of

Congress?Congress?

The tactic of talking a bill The tactic of talking a bill “to death” in the Senate“to death” in the Senate

What is a filibuster?What is a filibuster?

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Where tax and Where tax and appropriations bills must appropriations bills must

beginbegin

What is the House of What is the House of Representatives?Representatives?

On average, the On average, the percentage of bills that percentage of bills that

become lawbecome law

What is 1 %?What is 1 %?

A legislative measure that A legislative measure that is attached to a bill likely is attached to a bill likely to pass, because it would to pass, because it would

not pass on its ownnot pass on its own

What is a rider?What is a rider?

How the Supreme Court How the Supreme Court checks the power of checks the power of

CongressCongress

What is to declare an What is to declare an Act unconstitutional? Act unconstitutional?

What a bill must do after What a bill must do after getting through one House getting through one House

of Congress of Congress

What is to go through the What is to go through the other House?other House?

A central computer used A central computer used by special interest groups by special interest groups

to exchange info on a to exchange info on a particular topicparticular topic

Bulletin Board SystemBulletin Board System

The way that Congress The way that Congress can get around a ruling of can get around a ruling of “unconstitutional” from “unconstitutional” from

the Supreme Court the Supreme Court

What is to amend the What is to amend the Constitution?Constitution?

A President lets a bill die by A President lets a bill die by not signing it before not signing it before

Congress adjourns [if that Congress adjourns [if that happens within 10 days of his happens within 10 days of his

receiving itreceiving it]]

What is a pocket veto?What is a pocket veto?

The first step in removing The first step in removing a president or federal a president or federal

judge from officejudge from office

What is to impeach?What is to impeach?

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The power of Congress to The power of Congress to control the work of an control the work of an

executive agencyexecutive agency

What is Congressional What is Congressional oversight?oversight?

What is the What is the investigative power?investigative power?

Enables Congress to look Enables Congress to look into possible wrong-doing into possible wrong-doing by agencies or individualsby agencies or individuals

What is the power of the What is the power of the purse, or appropriations purse, or appropriations

power?power?How a congressional How a congressional

committee can stop the committee can stop the actions of a president or actions of a president or

executive agency by denying executive agency by denying fundingfunding

What is the Senate? What is the Senate?

The group that tries a The group that tries a president who has been president who has been

impeachedimpeached

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Drawing the boundaries of Drawing the boundaries of a congressional district in a congressional district in a bizarre shape to favor a a bizarre shape to favor a

political party political party

What is a What is a gerrymander?gerrymander?