The Legislative Branch

The main job of the Legislative branch is to _______ laws.

Organize the following into expressed powers, inherent powers, or limits on powers of Congress

Groups:

(a) Expressed Powers

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(b) Inherent Powers

,

(c) Limits on Powers

• regulate commerce

• acquire new territory

• establish federal courts

• suspending writ of habbeas corpus

• regulate immigration

• tax exports

• grant diplomatic recognition to other countries

• finance the national government

• favor the trade of one state over another state

• grant titles of nobility

• withdraw money from the treasury without a law

• bills of attainder

• establish Post Offices

• borrow money

• ex post facto laws

• declare war

• defend the nation

• protect the nation from rebellion

• coin money

• lay and collect taxes

Organize these special powers into the right house of Congress

Groups:

(a) House of Representatives

,

(b) Senate

• approve all foreign treaties

• act as a jury for impeachment proceedings

• elect the Vice President from top 2 electoral vote recipients if necessary

• all bills raising money

• approve presidential appointments

• initiate charges of impeachment

• elect the President from top 3 electoral vote recipients if necessary

A proposed law is known as a ______

Arrange the following positions as to how they are organized in the House of Representatives

• Majority Leader

• Minority Leader

• Party Whip

• Speaker of the House

Arrange the following positions as to how they are ordered in the Senate

• Majority Leader

• Party Whip

• Minority Leader

• President Pro-Tempore

• Vice President

A ​ (a)   is a legislative body with members from both the House and the Senate, formed to address topics of mutual interest, streamline communication, and coordinate action between the two chambers.

A ​ (b)   is a temporary, joint committee formed by members from both the House and Senate to reconcile differences between versions of a bill that has passed each chamber separately. The committee's goal is to create a single, compromise version of the bill, which is then sent back to both the House and Senate for approval.

A ​ (c)   is a temporary or permanent legislative committee appointed to investigate or consider a specific issue that falls outside the scope of regular committees.

1. A ​ (d)   is a permanent committee that meets regularly.

• joint committee
• conference committee
• select committee
• standing committee

How a bill gets to the Senate

a

b

c

d

e

House debates then votes on bill

Committee approves, changes, or kills

A bill is written based on the idea

Bill is sent to committee

It begins with an idea

From the Senate to law

a

b

c

d

President can sign or veto

Different version passes then conference

Bill is sent to a Senate committee

If passed by both, goes to the President

How many members are there in the House of Representatives?