Legislative Branch 3.3, 3.8, 3.9

What happens when the House and Senate pass different versions of the same bill?

• A Standing Committee from the House is chosen to resolve the differences

• The House Bill is changed to conform the Senate version

• The Senate Bill is changed to conform the House version

• A Conference Committee is appointed to resolve the differences

"Congress shall have power… to make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing power"

What is this statement from the U.S. Constitution referring to?

• Non-legislative powers

• Limits on government power

• The elastic clause

• An executive privilege

After an idea for a law is introduced to the House of Representatives in Congress, it becomes a bill. Where is it debated and discussed next?

HINT: Most bills die here

• Standing Committee in the House of Representatives

• The floor of the House

• The Senate

• The Presidents Oval Office

If a President has done something illegal, Congress has the power of _________________ in order to remove him from office.

HINT: President Richard Nixon resigned from the Presidency before this could happen to him.

• Impeachment

• Veto

• Nomination

• Election

True or False. The president has the power to arrange Treaties with other countries. However, the House of Representatives has to approve the Treaty before it becomes official.

• True

• False

Both the House and the Senate pass a bill. The bill is then submitted to the president. Which is NOT an option for the President?

• sign it into law

• make changes to the bill

• veto the bill

• let the bill die by refusing sign it (pocket veto)

Who is the head of the Senate?

• Speaker of the House

• Speaker of the Senate

• Vice President

• Supreme Court

Which is not an enumerated power of congress?

• Power to establish lower courts

• power to declare war

• power to maintain highways

• power to collect taxes

True or False. An enumerated power of congress is a power that can be explicitly found in Article I of the Constitution.

• True

• False

• Maybe

What is the name of a legislature with two chambers (houses)?

• Unicameral

• Multicameral

• Duocameral

• Bicameral