Legislative Branch Review

A term of Congress lasts for two years

• True
• False

Congress gets its lawmaking powers from the states.

• True
• False

The non-legislative powers of Congress include the power to check other government branches.

• True
• False

____________________ are specific powers of Congress listed in the Constitution

• pork-barrel projects
• expressed powers
• filibuster

_______________ is a person hired by a private group to influence government decisions

• filibuster
• lobbyist
• implied powers

How often does Congress adjust the number of seats each state has in the House of Representatives?

• every 2 years
• every session
• every 10 years

Permanent committees that continue their work from session to session are called

• conference committees.
• joint committees.
• standing committees.

“The provision of the Constitution giving the war-making power to Congress, was dictated, as I understand it, by the following reasons. Kings had always been involving and impoverishing [making poor] their people in wars, pretending generally, if not always, that the good of the people was the object. This, our Convention understood to be the most oppressive of all Kingly oppressions; and they resolved to so frame the Constitution that no one man should hold the power of bringing this oppression upon us.” —Abraham Lincoln, Letter to William Herndon, February 15, 1848 According to the excerpt, which branch of government has the power to declare war?

• Legislative
• Judicial
• Executive

The elastic clause allows Congress to

• make temporary treaties with foreign countries.
• regulate trade between states.
• stretch its powers to meet new needs.
• tax U.S. citizens in times of economic crisis.

In impeachment proceedings, the House may ____________ , but the Senate must ________________.

• accuse/impeach
• convict/impeach
• impeach/convict