AG Unit 6 Test Bank

Exclusive power of Congress to regulate interstate and foreign trade

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

Exclusive power of Congress to collect revenue to pay debts and to provide for common defense and the general welfare

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

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

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

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

Proposed laws presented to a legislative body for consideration

The lower chamber of Congress, in which the number of representatives per state is determined by the state’s population

The upper chamber of Congress, in which each state has two representatives regardless of population size

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

Those delegated responsibilities of the National Government that are spelled out in the text of the Constitution; also called the "enumerated"

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