Legislative Branch Test Review

Vice President is presiding officer:

• House of Representatives
• Senate

 Must have 7 years of U.S. Citizenship:

• House of Representatives
• Senate

 Must be at least 30 years old to serve:

• House of Representatives
• Senate

The U.S. Constitution grants the Senate the power to:

• approve all decisions by a state
• nominate ambassadors to foreign countries
• issue pardons to criminals
• try impeachment cases like a court

In the U.S. Constitution, who has the power to bring impeachment charges against a federal official?

• U.S. Supreme Court
• state legislatures
• the President
• House of Representatives

This committee is responsible for creating a bill that both houses of Congress will approve and send to the President:

• Select Committee
• Joint Committee
• House/Senate subcommittee
• Conference Committee

Proposed laws authorizing spending money is known as an:

• Appropriations Bill
• Bankruptcy
• Bills of Attainder
• National Debt

Which is the best example of the use of legislative oversight by Congress?

• the Supreme Court ruling an act of Congress is unconstitutional
• a member of the FBI appears before a Congressional Committee
• Congress votes to approve a declaration of war
• a Presidential veto of a Congressional bill

VOCABULARY: Political tactic of delivering long speeches in an effort to prevent the call of a final vote on a bill.Political tactic of delivering long speeches in an effort to prevent the call of a final vote on a bill.

• Gerrymandering
• Filibuster
• Lobbying
• Veto

VOCABULARY: An official count of the population.

• Partisan
• Gerrymandering
• Census
• Draft