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Article 1
Constitution
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is the legislative branch's main purpose? | To make laws. |
| Congress is what branch? | Legislative Branch. |
| What means 2 chambers who make the laws? | Bicameral Legislature |
| What is the House of Representatives? | Lower house |
| How many terms does the House of representatives serve | 2 years term |
| What are the qualifications for the house? | 25 years old, 7 years of citizenship, and must be a resident of the state from which you were elected |
| Do the members of the house have to be born here? | No |
| How many total representatives are there? | 435 |
| What is the number of representatives based on? | The states population. |
| The population is determined by what? | A census |
| When is the census taken? | Once every ten years |
| Why would they not let anyone else in the House of Representatives? | There would be to many opinions. |
| Illinois has how many representatives? | 18 |
| What are the 3 reasons why a representative would not finish their term? | arrested, terminal illness, died |
| Who calls for a special election when they have to replace a representative? | The Governor of the state |
| Who chooses there own chairman? | The members of the house |
| What is the chairman called? | The speaker of the house |
| Only the house can began what? | Impeachment proceedings |
| The senate is called? | The upper house |
| How many senators in total are in the senate? | 100 |
| How many senators are from each state? | 2 senators from each state |
| How many terms does the senate serve? | 6 year term |
| What are their qualifications? | 30 years old, 9 years of citizenship, and a resident from the state which they are elected from |
| Who are they elected by? | They are elected by the people |
| What are 2 other names the President of the senate is called? | Leader, Vice president |
| When does the President of the senate vote? | When there is a tie |
| If the President of the senate can't be at a meeting then who steps in and acts as the President? | The president pro tempore |
| When does the President pro tempore vote? | They always vote they are a normal senator |
| What does Tempore mean? | Temporary president |
| What does Impeachment trials mean? | You are put on trial |
| Where is Impeachment trials herd? | The senate |
| In Impeachment trials who does the president of the senate act as? | The Judge |
| In Impeachment trials the senate acts as? | The Jury |
| What are exceptions for Impeachment trials? | The U.S president or vice president is put on trial. |
| In the exceptions who fills in for the president? | The Cheif Justice of the Supreme court |
| What percent of the vote of the senate is necessary to find a person guilty of impeachment? | 2/3 |
| What are the punishments if the senate finds you guilty? | removed from office, you can never hold another office in a national government again. |
| Who sets the dates for congressional elections? | Congress |
| Congress must meet how many times per year? | at least once |
| What is the date that congress holds first meting of new session? | January 3 |
| What day is the congressional elections help | November the 1st Tuesday after the first Monday |
| In order to vote for any kind of reason what must be present? | A quorum |
| What is a quorum? | minimum amount of people to pass a law |
| What percent is our quorum? | 51% |
| If enough members are not present then what will congress do? | Absent members can be forced to come back |
| If a member is accused of misconduct then what percent of guilty vote by their own party must they get? | 2/3% |
| What does Impeached mean? | Something wrong in the law |
| Each house must publish a record of their what? | meetings |
| How they vote has to be put in what? | The congressional record |
| When congress is in a session, neither house can take a break for more than how many days? | 3 days |
| When congress in in a session, neither house can take a break for more than 3 day with out who's permission? | The other house's |
| If someone from congress says something on the floor can they be punished for it? | no |
| If you hold a job then win an election what mush you do? | You must give up your other job |
| You can't take a job that you help do what with? | That you helped create |
| What are 8 powers Congress has? | Coin money, borrow money, impose and collect taxes, declare war, make laws for D.C and other national lands, punish crimes committed at sea, build post offices, and regulate interstate trade. |
| What is one Final Power that congress has? | Elastic clause |
| What is Elastic clause? | Stretches the power of congress |
| Congress can't take away the right of (_____) except in times of national emergencies? | Habeas Corpus |
| Congress can't pass (_______)? | Bills of attainder |
| What is Habeas corpus? | The right to a trial |
| What is facto laws | You can't be punished for laws that wasn't a crime when you committed it |
| What is Bills of attainder | Declaring someone guilty and punishing them without a trial |
| Congress can't make laws that factor (______) over another | On section of the country |
| Congress can't grant titles of what? | nobility |
| Officals of the national government can't accept expensive gifts from (_______) without who's approval? | foreign countries, congress' |
| Who can propose a bill? | Either house |
| Both houses have to vote in favor of the bill for it to continue to who? | The president |
| What is the percent of the voting favor for a bill to go to the next place? | 51% |
| President has to options when it comes to a bill what are the options? | 1.) sign bill- becomes a law 2.) Veto bill- sent back to house where it began again |
| If the president veto's the bill the house cal do what? | 1.) drop the bill- it dies 2.) override president's veto |
| How do you over ride a president's veto? | you have to have 2/3 of each house to vote in favor of the bill then it becomes a law without the presidents signature. |
| How long does the president get to sign or veto a bill? | 10 days |
| What happens if the president does not sign or veto the bill in 10 days? | The bill automatically becomes a law |
| What is pocket veto? | If before the 10 days are up, congress adjourns (leaves), bill is automatically vetoed. |
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