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Am Gov 11-12
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Expressed Powers | Powers written in Constitution |
| Implied Powers | Powers understood to be held by Congress because of what is said in the Constitution |
| Inherent Powers | Powers that belong to all sovereign nations |
| Powers given to Congress | Coin money, declare war, establish post office |
| Article 1, Sec 8 of Constitution | Location of expressed powers |
| Necessary and Proper clause | Elastic Clause |
| Necessary and Proper clause allows... | The Constitution to be stretched to cover the daily working needs of our government. |
| Can not be sent through the US Mail | Poison, intoxicating liquors, some live animals, libelous or obscene matter, lottery tickets |
| Votes to impeach | House of Representatives |
| Conducts impeachment trial | Senate |
| Presides over impeachment trial | Chief Justice of Supreme Court |
| Why is the opening day of a term much simpler in the Senate than the House? | 66% of the Senate members have not been replaced by new members-the majority of the members know the rules/routine to follow to begin. |
| Who presides over the Senate? How is the person chosen? | The Vice President of the United States and it is set by the Constitution. |
| Who presides over the House? How is the person chosen? | Speaker of the House-elected by the House members |
| # of standing committees in House. | 20 |
| # of standing committees in Senate | 17 |
| Who may introduce a bill in each part of Congress? | A member of the House or Senate |
| What is a bill? | A proposed law |
| What is a filibuster? | Tactics used in the Senate, usually talking, to prevent a final vote on a bill |
| Filibusters may be used only in the... | Senate |
| Cloture | Procedure that may be used to limit or end floor debate in legislative body- used in Senate to end filibusters |
| 2/3 vote of the full membership of each house of Congress | By what vote may a Presidential veto be overridden? |
| Speaker of the House | Leader of majority party, serves as presiding officer of the House of Rep. |
| Pres. of Senate | Vice Pres. of US |
| President Pro tempore | Officer of the Senate selected by majority party to act as chair in the absence of the V.Pres. |
| Party Caucus | Closed meeting of the members of each party in each house |
| Floor leader | Members of the House & Senate picked by their parties to carry out party decisions and steer legislative action to meet party goals |
| Majority leader | Leader of the majority party in the legislature |
| Minority leader | Leader of the minority party in the legislature |
| Whip | Assistant to the floor leaders |
| Committee Chairman | Member who heads a standing committee in a legislative body |
| Seniority rule | Congressional practice of appointing as committee or subcommittee chair the member of the majority party with the most years of service |
| Standing Committee | Permanent committee in the House and Senate that considers bills within a certain subject area |
| Subcommittee | Small working group of members from a standing committee |
| Select Committee | Temporary legislative committee established for a limited time period and for a special purpose |
| Joint committee | Legislative committee composed of members of both Houses |
| Conference Committee | Temporary joint committee set up when the House and Senate have passed different versions of the same bill |
| Bill | A statute in draft before it becomes law |
| Joint resolution | A resolution that is passes by both houses of Congress |
| Resolution | New rule or procedure, single subject, no signature needed from President |
| Rider | A clause that is added to a legislative bill because it wouldn't get passed on its own |
| Pigeon hole | To set a bill aside by a committee without considering it and it dies for lack of action |
| Discharge petition | A motion to force a bill to the House floor that has been bottled up in committee for 30 or more days |
| Quorum | Number of members necessary to conduct a meeting |
| Engrossed | To print a bill in its final form |
| Filibuster | Obstructive tactic used in Senate to block passage of a law |
| Cloture | A procedure for ending debate, especially filibusters, in the Senate, which brings the bill up to a vote |
| Veto | President refuses to sign a bill |
| Pocket Veto | When a president kills a bill passed during the last 10 days Congress is in session by simply refusing to act on it |
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