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7th SS -Constitution
Constitution: Legislative Branch
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 2 chambers of Congress | Senate and House of Represenatives |
| Article that talks about the legislative branch | Article 1 |
| current Speaker of the House | Mike Johnson |
| where does Congress meet | Capitol Building |
| city where Congress meets | Washington D.C. |
| main duty of the legislative branch | make laws |
| term of a senator | 6 years |
| term of a representative | 2 years |
| # of senators in the Senate | 100 |
| # of representatives in the House | 435 |
| serves as the jury in the case of impeachment | Senate |
| starts all revenue bills | House |
| approves all treaties | Senate |
| approves presidential appointments | Senate |
| starts impeachment proceedings | House |
| favors small states | Senate |
| favors equal representation | Senate |
| favors large states | House |
| presiding officer of the Senate | Vice President |
| age for a senator | 30 years old |
| age for a representative | 25 years old |
| citizenship qualification of senator | 9 years |
| citizenship qualification of representative | 7 years |
| senators from Illinois | Tammy Duckworth and Dick Durbin |
| liberal | someone who believes the national government should be very active in helping individuals and communities |
| conservative | someone who believes that the role of government in society should be very limited and individuals should be responsible for their well-being |
| extremist | someone who will stop at nothing to get their political ways |
| elastic clause | Congress shall “make all laws which shall be necessary and proper"; stretching the powers of the federal government |
| ex post facto law | a law that turns an act into a crime after the act has been committed |
| full faith and credit clause | every state must accept the decision of all other states |
| implied powers | Powers not expressed in the Constitution believed to be valid |
| lobbies | groups that seek to influence our legislators |
| filibuster | a long speech that lasts for a day or more / prevents action from happening on the floor of Congress |
| pocket veto | when the president does not act at all for 10 days on the bill and Congress is no longer in session after 10 days, the bill is automatically vetoed |
| fraction of Congress needed to override a presidential veto | 2/3 |
| quorum | a simple majority |
| how often does a census take place | every 10 years |
| president pro tempore | serves in absence of the Vice President when the Senate is in session |
| current Vice President | Kamala Harris |
| current President of the United States | Joe Biden |
| logrolling | the practice of exchanging political and legislative favors |
| pork barrel spending | spending that is intended to benefit constituents of a politician in return for their political support |
| number of powers given to Congress | 18 |
| bill of attainder | an act passed by a legislature to punish a person without a trial |
| habeas corpus | an order to a jailor to bring a prisoner to court or to set them free |
| extradition | criminal found in a different state must return to state where crime was committed |
| expressed powers | powers expressed directly in the Constitution that are given to the federal government |
| tie breaker vote | only time that the Vice President is allowed to vote in the Senate |
| 2 years | how long a term of Congress lasts |
| Senate seat vacancy | governor of the state makes a temporary appointment |
| House of Representatives seat vacancy | a special election takes place in the district where the vacancy is |
| impeachment | the political process of leveling charges against public officials of wrongdoing from office |
| special committee | after a bill is introduced, it is given a number and is assigned to this |
| powers of Congress in 3 groups | money, defense, miscellaneous |
| nickname of the Senate | upper body |
| nickname of the House of Representatives | lower body |
| examples of expressed powers of Congress | declare war and establish post offices |
| examples of implied powers of Congress | regulate TV stations, nuclear energy, and airlines |
| examples of denied powers of Congress | members of Congress cannot accept gifts from foreign countries, hold titles of nobility, or cannot vote to give themselves pay raises during its term |
| examples of shared powers between the federal government and states | tax, borrow money, charter banks, establish courts, encourage agriculture and industry, protect public health, and provide public welfare |
| shared powers | powers that both the federal government and states have |
| reserved powers | any powers not delegated by the Constitution to the federal government are reserved for the states |
| examples of reserved powers | education, traffic, doctors, state lands, state taxes, recreation, intrastate commerce, etc. |
| New York City | city where Congress first met |
| unlimited # | senators and representatives can serve for this many terms |
| # of electoral votes that Illinois has | 19 |
| # of Congress that we are in right now (session runs from 2023-2025) | 118th |
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