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Constitution Quest
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Whats the first five poers given to congress in article 1 section 8? | Collect taxes, Borrow money,, regulate commerce, establish uniform rule of naturalization, coin money |
| what strechhs the power of congress to cover whats not yet invented | the nessecary improper clause later known as elastic clause once elastic was invented. |
| Describe Liberal constructionists | can interpret the constitution. John adams and alexander hamilton(said we need national bank) also known as loose constructionists. |
| Describe conservative constructionists | only means what it literally means. thomas jefferson was leader |
| What is a vice president allowed to do | live and can only vote in a tie |
| describe leadership structure in house of reps | 1 leader chose by major. party. ldr 2nd powerful behind the pres. majority leader helps the ldr. minority leader leds the minority group, finally the majority whip who goes around to find out who is going to vote and how followed by the minority whip. |
| where is most work in congress get done? | in committees |
| describe leadership structure in te senate | 2 leader, majority and minority leadersm majority and minority whips |
| house of reps lead speaker of the house? | john boehner(republican) |
| who is senates pres | joe biden(vise pres not real power) |
| Who is senates president pro tem | Daniel inouye(chosen by majority party, always there, real power) |
| how many senators per state | 2 |
| which 4 states have the most reps? | New york, Texas, Callifornia |
| Whats the size of legislature in the house of reps? | 1929 435 mems. Number of reps set by the census thats taken every 10 years |
| Whats the size of legislature in senate? | 100 members 2 per state |
| Number of reps in SC and who is yours? | 7 and mulvaney |
| Who is your senators in US? | Lindsay Graham and Jim Demint |
| Term Length for Representative? | 2 years unlimited num times can be elected |
| Term Length for senate | 6 years unlimited nun times can be elected |
| define Constituents | people who represent you |
| Qualifications from representative | 25 yrs old 7 yrs in us and resident of state representing |
| Qualifications from senate | 30 yrs old 9 yrs in us and resident of state representing |
| Constituents for representative | around rock hill |
| constituents for senate | in state of sc |
| Party dom for reps | republicans |
| party dom for senate | democratics |
| Occupations normally for reps | lawyers, business, banking |
| occupations for senates | lawyers agri. |
| Salary of both reps and senates? | 158.000 |
| national election day | tuesday right after 1st monday in november of every even numbered year |
| Fringe Benefits of reps | tax deduction on 2 residences, travel allowance, offices, free printing of papers |
| Fringe Benefits of senate | insurance, medical care, pension plan, frankling privilege(alows to mail anything for free) |
| How manys reps then senates in Alaska | 1 and 2 |
| Summary of 5 non legislative powers of congress 1st 1 | 1-2 ways congress can pass admendment(1-2/3 vote to pass, 2-convention) |
| Summary of 5 non legislative powers of congress 2nd 1 | Electorial Duties(If majority vote for president house of reps vote, maj. vote for vp then senate votes. Successor VP voted by both majority if no tied. |
| define majority | 1 more than 1/2 |
| Summary of 5 non legislative powers of congress 3rd 1 | Impeachment-occur and bring charges. Senate as the judge need 2/3 vte to bring charges. House Judiciary Comm reaserches the charges and offers to senate |
| Summary of 5 non legislative powers of congress 4th 1 | investigatory power(House:Judician Committee. Subpoena(doc):Appear, Produce Evidence) |
| What wrong doings can be investigated by 4th non legislative power | -gather info useful to congress in making legislation-over see operations of various executive brch agencies-focus public att on particular sub from drug war/movie viol-expose ?able activities of pub offs or privt persons-promote part. intrest of congress |
| Summary of 5 non legislative powers of congress 5th 1 | Appointments senate cinfirmation-majority vote cabinet federal judges lower level officials |
| Summary of 5 non legislative powers of congress 6th 1 | treaties-senate 2/3 vote Foreign Relations Committee |
| Why is American Constitution still a living doc? | still debated today, changes, still being used |
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