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Congress & President

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the process of enacting a law?

a)

Veto

b)

A Representative Sponsors a Bill

c)

Bills

d)

Bicameral Structure of Congress

2.

What is the structure and organization of congress?

a)

Majority Party, Speaker of the House, The Maturity Leader, The Minority Whip

b)

Bills

c)

Speaker of the House

d)

Congress

3.

What is the Senate's role in lawmaking?

a)

To make money

b)

To kick people out

c)

A senator's work includes debating bills (proposed laws), proposing amendments (changes) to bills.

d)

To take over everything

4.

Debate on _______ is usually limited.

a)

Bills

b)

Veto

c)

Congress

d)

a law

5.

What purpose do congressional committees serve?

a)

Identify issues suitable for legislative review, gather and evaluate information.

b)

Bicameral Structure of Congress

c)

Veto

d)

Representative Sponsors a Bill

6.

What is the structure of congress?

a)

Bicameral structure of congress

b)

Congress

c)

The People

d)

The Citizens

7.

A law giving the president the power to ______ individual in spending bills.

a)

Serve

b)

Senate

c)

Bill

d)

Veto

8.

When one party controls the white House and the other controls the House and Senate is ...

a)

Divided Powers

b)

Limited Government

c)

Divided Government

d)

President

9.

The yearly financial plan for the federal government?

a)

Bill

b)

National Budget

c)

Divided government

d)

An veto

10.

The power of an executive to reject one or more items in a bill without vetoing the entire bill ...

a)

congress

b)

veto

c)

line-item veto

d)

bill

11.

What are the 3 qualifications for you to be in the House of Representatives?

a)
  1. Have to be 25.
  2. At least 7 months of citizenship
  3. Live in the state you represent.
b)
  1. Have to be 40
  2. At least 7 years of citizenship.
  3. Can represent any state of your choice.
c)
  1. Have to be 25.
  2. At least 7 years of citizenship
  3. Have to live in the state you represent
d)
  1. You can be no older than 50.
  2. Can't be an immigrant.
  3. Live in the state you represent.
12.

What are the veto powers?

a)

The line item veto

b)

President veto

c)

Legislative veto

d)

Pocket veto

13.

What are the emergency powers?

a)

Congress gives extra powers to the President.

b)

President have the ability to declare martial law.

c)

They can seize property.

d)

Government controls transportation and communication in crisis.

14.

What is the President responsible for?

a)

Collecting taxes.

b)

Implementing and enforcing laws written by congress.

c)

Punishing criminals.

d)

Writing laws.

15.

What can cause tension between the President and Congress?

a)

The President and Congress are opposing parties.

b)

The President does not sign Congress bill.

c)

They can have different views about a political issues.

d)

Congress doesn't like the President.