WorksheetsCongress & President
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
What is the process of enacting a law?
Veto
A Representative Sponsors a Bill
Bills
Bicameral Structure of Congress
What is the structure and organization of congress?
Majority Party, Speaker of the House, The Maturity Leader, The Minority Whip
Bills
Speaker of the House
Congress
What is the Senate's role in lawmaking?
To make money
To kick people out
A senator's work includes debating bills (proposed laws), proposing amendments (changes) to bills.
To take over everything
Debate on _______ is usually limited.
Bills
Veto
Congress
a law
What purpose do congressional committees serve?
Identify issues suitable for legislative review, gather and evaluate information.
Bicameral Structure of Congress
Veto
Representative Sponsors a Bill
What is the structure of congress?
Bicameral structure of congress
Congress
The People
The Citizens
A law giving the president the power to ______ individual in spending bills.
Serve
Senate
Bill
Veto
When one party controls the white House and the other controls the House and Senate is ...
Divided Powers
Limited Government
Divided Government
President
The yearly financial plan for the federal government?
Bill
National Budget
Divided government
An veto
The power of an executive to reject one or more items in a bill without vetoing the entire bill ...
congress
veto
line-item veto
bill
What are the 3 qualifications for you to be in the House of Representatives?
- Have to be 25.
- At least 7 months of citizenship
- Live in the state you represent.
- Have to be 40
- At least 7 years of citizenship.
- Can represent any state of your choice.
- Have to be 25.
- At least 7 years of citizenship
- Have to live in the state you represent
- You can be no older than 50.
- Can't be an immigrant.
- Live in the state you represent.
What are the veto powers?
The line item veto
President veto
Legislative veto
Pocket veto
What are the emergency powers?
Congress gives extra powers to the President.
President have the ability to declare martial law.
They can seize property.
Government controls transportation and communication in crisis.
What is the President responsible for?
Collecting taxes.
Implementing and enforcing laws written by congress.
Punishing criminals.
Writing laws.
What can cause tension between the President and Congress?
The President and Congress are opposing parties.
The President does not sign Congress bill.
They can have different views about a political issues.
Congress doesn't like the President.
