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3. What isWhat is
bicameral?bicameral?
The term that refers to aThe term that refers to a
legislature made up of anlegislature made up of an
upper and lower house.upper and lower house.
4. What is apportionment?What is apportionment?
The process by which theThe process by which the
number of representativesnumber of representatives
per state is determinedper state is determined
5. Who is the Speaker ofWho is the Speaker of
the House?the House?
Most powerful politicalMost powerful political
leader in the House ofleader in the House of
Representatives.Representatives.
6. What are white andWhat are white and
male?male?
The two most commonThe two most common
characteristics ofcharacteristics of
members of Congressmembers of Congress
7. Elected by the entireElected by the entire
statestate
What is a Senator?What is a Senator?
9. Enables Congress to raiseEnables Congress to raise
funds to maintain an armyfunds to maintain an army
and navyand navy
What is the power to tax?What is the power to tax?
10. Powers that can be exercisedPowers that can be exercised
both by the federalboth by the federal
government and stategovernment and state
governmentsgovernments
What are concurrent powers?What are concurrent powers?
11. The power most used byThe power most used by
Congress to extend itsCongress to extend its
power into everyday lifepower into everyday life
What is the Commerce Power?What is the Commerce Power?
12. Those powers containedThose powers contained
in the Necessary andin the Necessary and
Proper clause in ArticleProper clause in Article
I of the Constitution.I of the Constitution.
What are implied powers?What are implied powers?
13. The reason CongressThe reason Congress
created its committeecreated its committee
structurestructure
What is the need toWhat is the need to
spread out the workspread out the work
load?load?
14. A type of joint committeeA type of joint committee
that works out thethat works out the
differences between thedifferences between the
House’s and Senate’sHouse’s and Senate’s
different versions of thedifferent versions of the
same billsame bill
What is a conferenceWhat is a conference
committee?committee?
16. Sets the time andSets the time and
conditions under whichconditions under which
bills are considered by thebills are considered by the
House of RepresentativesHouse of Representatives
What is the House RulesWhat is the House Rules
Committee?Committee?
17. To set aside a bill to beTo set aside a bill to be
considered “later”considered “later”
What is pigeonhole?What is pigeonhole?
18. Required to override aRequired to override a
President’s vetoPresident’s veto
What is a 2/3 majorityWhat is a 2/3 majority
vote of both Houses ofvote of both Houses of
Congress?Congress?
19. The tactic of talking a billThe tactic of talking a bill
“to death” in the Senate“to death” in the Senate
What is a filibuster?What is a filibuster?
21. Where tax andWhere tax and
appropriations bills mustappropriations bills must
beginbegin
What is the House ofWhat is the House of
Representatives?Representatives?
22. On average, theOn average, the
percentage of bills thatpercentage of bills that
become lawbecome law
What is 1 %?What is 1 %?
23. A legislative measure thatA legislative measure that
is attached to a bill likelyis attached to a bill likely
to pass, because it wouldto pass, because it would
not pass on its ownnot pass on its own
What is a rider?What is a rider?
24. How the Supreme CourtHow the Supreme Court
checks the power ofchecks the power of
CongressCongress
What is to declare anWhat is to declare an
Act unconstitutional?Act unconstitutional?
25. What a bill must do afterWhat a bill must do after
getting through one Housegetting through one House
of Congressof Congress
What is to go through theWhat is to go through the
other House?other House?
26. A central computer usedA central computer used
by special interest groupsby special interest groups
to exchange info on ato exchange info on a
particular topicparticular topic
Bulletin Board SystemBulletin Board System
27. The way that Congress canThe way that Congress can
get around a ruling ofget around a ruling of
“unconstitutional” from“unconstitutional” from
the Supreme Courtthe Supreme Court
What is to amend theWhat is to amend the
Constitution?Constitution?
28. A President lets a bill die byA President lets a bill die by
not signing it beforenot signing it before
Congress adjourns [if thatCongress adjourns [if that
happens within 10 days ofhappens within 10 days of
his receiving ithis receiving it]]
What is a pocket veto?What is a pocket veto?
29. The first step in removingThe first step in removing
a president or federala president or federal
judge from officejudge from office
What is to impeach?What is to impeach?
31. The power of Congress toThe power of Congress to
control the work of ancontrol the work of an
executive agencyexecutive agency
What is CongressionalWhat is Congressional
oversight?oversight?
32. What is theWhat is the
investigative power?investigative power?
Enables Congress to lookEnables Congress to look
into possible wrong-doinginto possible wrong-doing
by agencies or individualsby agencies or individuals
33. What is the power of theWhat is the power of the
purse, or appropriationspurse, or appropriations
power?power?
How a congressionalHow a congressional
committee can stop thecommittee can stop the
actions of a president oractions of a president or
executive agency by denyingexecutive agency by denying
fundingfunding
34. What is the Senate?What is the Senate?
The group that tries aThe group that tries a
president who has beenpresident who has been
impeachedimpeached
38. Drawing the boundaries ofDrawing the boundaries of
a congressional district ina congressional district in
a bizarre shape to favor aa bizarre shape to favor a
political partypolitical party