AG Unit 6 Proficiency Check

The United States’s legislative branch; includes the House of Representatives and the Senate, whose job it is to make laws

(a)  

Permanent committee in a legislative body to which bills in a specified subject area are referred

• Standing Committee
• Select Committee
• Joint Committee
• Investigative Committee

Proposed laws presented to a legislative body for consideration

(a)  

Exclusive power of Congress to regulate interstate and foreign trade

• Taxing Power
• Commerce Power
• Borrowing Power
• Coining Power

The presiding officer of the House of Representatives, chosen by and from the majority party in the House

(a)  

From below, select only the following expressed powers of Congress:

• the power to declare war.
• the power to tax exports.
• the power to coin money.
• the power to enforce laws.
• the power to borrow money.

Chief executive's power to reject a bill passed by a legislature; literally (Latin) "I forbid"

(a)  

The number of Senate seats held by each state is

• fixed by the Constitution.
• set by the Census Bureau.
• based on State populations.
• the same as the number of House seats.

According to the Constitution, who has the sole power of impeachment?

• The House of Representatives
• the Vice President
• the Supreme Court
• Senate

A non-legislative power of the House to bring formal charges against an executive or judicial branch official

(a)