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Auriemma Legislative
Legislative Branch
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| How old must you be to vote? | 18 years old |
| The act of betraying your country is | treason |
| Creating oddly shaped districts to increase the voting strength of a paticular group | Gerrymander |
| Congress can stretch their power as needed ex:Creating the Air Force | Elastic Clause |
| People hired by private groups to influence the government | lobbyist |
| What does bicameral legislation mean? | There are two houses |
| How many representatives are there in the entire senate? From each state? | 100, 2 |
| How long is a senators term? | 6 years |
| How old do you need to be to become a Senator? | 30 years old |
| How long do you need to be a US citizen to become a Senator? | 9 years |
| Who is the senior senator of any state? | The senator that has serving as senator for the longest period of time |
| How often are new senators elected? | 1/3 of the Senate is elected every 2 years |
| How do we determine how many represntatives are in each state? | It is based on state population |
| What is the minimum number of Representatives a state can have? | 1 |
| How old do you need to be to become a Representative? | 25 years old |
| How long is a representatives term? | 2 years |
| How long must you be a citizen of the US to become a representative? | 7 years |
| When do we determine a state's population? | Every 10 years with the census |
| Which person is in charge of the House of Representatives? | Speaker of the House |
| How does the Speaker of the House get his job? | He is voted in by the majority party. |
| What is the Speaker of the House in charge of? | leading floord depates, keeping everyone in line and they can become president if the president and vice-president cannot. |
| How many members are in the House of Representatives? | 435 |
| How many members are in Congress? | 535 |
| How long is Congress' term? | 2 years |
| Which congres are we currently on? | 113th |
| Which political party has more tha half of the Senate or House of Representatives? | Majority Party |
| This committee is a permanent committee in both the Senate and the House of Represnetatives. | Standing committee |
| What issues does the standing committee deal with? | agriculture, commerce, armed forces and veteran's affairs |
| Which committee was created to work out the details of a bill? Or to combine two bills into one law? | Conference committee |
| What are the powers of the legislative branch? | make laws, raise and spend money, regulate trade, deal with foreign countries, and impeach federal officals |
| Which two Presidents were impeached? | Bill Clinton and Andre Johnson- both were aquitted |
| What is a writ of habeaus corpus? | not allowing somoen who is arrested to go to court |
| What is a bill of attainder? | punishing somone without a trial |
| What is an ex post facto law | making something a law after the crime has been committed |
| Creating oddly shaped districts to increas voting of one political party | gerrymanering |
| an act betraying your country | treason |
| Allowing congress to stretch their power as needed | Elastic Clause |
| People hired by private groups to influence the government | lobbyist |
| What is a bill | An idea for a law |
| Who can introduce a bill in front of Congress? | a Senator or Representative |
| What can happen to a bill in a standing committee? | It can be passed, changed, replaced, ignored or killed. |
| Who can ignore, sign or veto a bill? | the President |
| What is a Franking Privilege? | Congressmen can send job related mail without paying for postage |
| Which article of the Constitution talks about the legislative branch? | Article One |
| Why do we have bicameral legislation? | So there is equal representation in one house and representation based on population in the other house. |
| Can Congress grant titles of nobility? | No, it is written in Article One that Congress may not grant titles of nobility. |
| If you had an issue with garbage dump being built in your county who would you contact? | Your representative in the House of Representatitves. |
| If you had an issue about pythons in the Everglades, who would you contact? | On of your state Senators. |
| Who has the most powerful position in Congress? | The Speaker of the House |
| Which party has the most representatives in Congress? | The Majority Party |
| Which party has fewer than half of the representatives in Congress? | The Minority Party |
| Which type of Congressional Committee meets regularly to talk about national issues? | Standing Committee |
| What do we call powers that are given to Congress and written in the Constitution? | Expressed Powers |
| What do we call powers that are not written in the Constitution? | Implied Powers |
| Congress has the authority to do whatever is... | necessary and proper |
| Why do tax bills originate in the House? | When the Constitution was written the people could vote for Representatives but not for Senators. |
| What is an Authorization Bill? | A bill that creates project and establishes costs. |
| What is an Appropriation Bill? | A bill that provides the actual money for the project |
| Who has the authority to negotiate treaties and deals with foreign countries? | The President, however the Senate must approve the treaty or deal before it can go into effect. |
| Who has the power to declare war? | Congress |
| Who can Congress impeach? | Federal Officials (President, VP, and Judges) |
| Who acts as a judge during an impeachment trial? | The Supreme Court Justice (John Roberts) |
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