3.7 Legislative branch

Match the following

• members of both houses

• Standing Committee

• "select"

• Special Committee

• permanent

• Conference Committee

Bill introduced --> ​ ​ (a)   --> Debate, discuss, vote on floor

• Standing committee
• conference committee
• special committee

To overturn a veto a ​ ​ (a)   vote in both houses is needed.

• 2/3
• majority
• 3/4

Reorder the following

• goes to other house

• Introduce bill

• standing committee

• debate, discuss, vote on floor

• conference committee

What is the role of the President pro tempore of the Senate?

• Vote in the Senate in case of a tie vote

• make sure fellow party members vote on important bills

• preside over Senate proceedings if the Vice President is absent

• become the next President of the United States if the President dies

Which official chairs the proceedings of the US House of Representatives?

• Sergeant-at-Arms

• Speaker of the House

• President pro tempore

• Vice President of the United States

Which is an example of a check on congressional power?

• the power of Congress to declare war

• the power of the President to veto a bill

• the power of the states to collect their own taxes

• the power of the Supreme Court to try cases between the states

Why do most of the bills introduced to Congress never become a law?

• they are defeated in floor votes

• they never get out of committee

• they are vetoed by the President

• they are overruled by the US Supreme Court

Match the following

• passed by congress and became a law

• act

• a rule to regulate people's conduct

• statute

• law enacted at the state level

• ordinance

• law enacted at the local level

• law

A (a)   vote is required for a bill to become a law.