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Art.1 - Legislature
US History - CONSTITUTION - NO CONGRESS POWERS!
Question | Answer |
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Leader of the HoR | Speaker (Nancy Pelosi) |
HoR's role in impeachment? | Speaker & officers have sole power of impeachment. |
VP's role in Senate? | President of the Senate |
Does the VP vote? If so, when. | He does vote, but only when the votes are tied. |
Senate's role in impeachment? | Acts as the jury, has sole power to try all impeachments. |
Who decides when, where, and how elections are held in each state? | State legislature |
When must Congress meet? | Once in every year |
What is a quorum? | Minimum number of people that need to be present in order for official business to take place. |
Quorum for HoR | 218 |
Quorum for Senate | 51 |
Salary of Senators & Representatives | $165,200 a year by the US Treasury |
What does "privileged from arrest" mean? | Members will NOT be arrested for what they say when debating something in the House. |
Where do all bills begin? | House of Representatives |
Powers denied to the States? | I) Restrictions II) Import & Export Taxes III) Peacetime & War Restraints |