2.2 Congress

the people who live in a congressional district or state

• constituents
• apportionment
• appropriation
• impeachment

assigning congressional seats to each state according to its proportion of the population, following the census

• apportionment
• appropriation
• impeachment
• oversight

money that Congress has allocated to be spent

• appropriation
• impeachment
• oversight
• necessary and proper clause

Charges against a president or judge approved by a majority of the House of Representatives

• impeachment
• oversight
• necessary and proper clause
• indirect tax

the effort by Congress, through hearings, investigations, and other techniques, to exercise control over the activities of executive agencies

• oversight
• necessary and proper clause
• indirect tax
• direct tax

constitutional authorization for Congress to make any law required to carry out its powers

• necessary and proper clause
• indirect tax
• direct tax
• deficit

a tax levied on goods or services rather than on persons or organizations

• indirect tax
• direct tax
• deficit
• commerce clause

a tax an individual pays directly to the government, such as an income tax

• direct tax
• deficit
• commerce clause
• subpoenas

the amount by which something, especially a sum of money, is too small.

• deficit
• commerce clause
• subpoenas
• writ of habeas corpus

The section of the Constitution in which Congress is given the power to regulate trade among the states and with foreign countries.

• commerce clause
• subpoenas
• writ of habeas corpus
• bill of attainder