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What is the minimum age to run for the House of Representatives?
21
25
30
35
Members of the House represent this:
All represent their entire state
a district
An area of their choice
In order to run for the Senate, you must be at this age:
21
25
30
35
In order to run for the Senate, a person must be a citizen for at least how long?
7 years
9 years
12 years
20 years
Which of these correctly outlines the impeachment process of the president?
House of Representatives votes for impeachment, Supreme Court holds a trial, Senate votes to acquit or find guilty
Senate votes for impeachment, House of Representatives holds a trial with the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court presiding over the trial
The Supreme Court presides over all proceedings of an impeachment
House of Representatives votes for impeachment, Senate holds a trial with the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court presiding
What is the process of counting the residents of the United States, conducted every TEN years?
Survey
Census
Roll call
Reapportionment
What did the 17th amendment grant:
Set the number of seats in Congress
Senators were elected by their state voters
Voting for all men
The starting time for Congress
Impeachment of a federal judge is an example of Congress' power of the judiciary through?
Expressed Power
Implied Power
Legislative Check
What does the Legislative Branch have the right to do?
Interpret the Constitution
Declare War
Enforce laws
All of the above
Which of the following is a list of the types of committees Congress has?
Standing, Joint, Select, Conference
Standing and Conference only
Standing, Joint, Secret
Joint, Special, Select
Gerrymandering is:
When district boundaries are drawn in order to benefit the party in power and help it stay in power
When seats in the House of Representatives are redistributed among states because of changes in population
When district boundaries are redrawn to reflect changes in population.
A measurement of the US population that occurs every ten years
The implied powers doctrine, upheld in McCulloch v. Maryland, gives Congress the power to do
only what is absolutely necessary to carry out the expressed powers.
only what the Supreme Court authorizes it to do.
anything it decides is in the public interest.
anything reasonably related to carrying out the expressed powers.
In McCulloch v. Maryland, the Supreme Court
ruled the doctrine of implied powers to be unconstitutional.
upheld the doctrine of implied powers.
upheld the right of the State of Maryland to tax a federal agency.
ruled the creation of a bank by Congress to be unconstitutional.
Federal Reserve Board’s control over interest rates
Practice of permitting senators to preview lists of judicial nominees
Practice whereby legislators with the most seniority select the committees on which they want to serve
Right of members of Congress to send mail to their constituents at the government’s expense
Representatives
president pro tempore
Whips
Vice President of the US
Every January starts a new _______ of Congress. Two of these together, starting in the odd numbered year comprise a ______ of Congress.
term / fiscal period
session / term
session / fiscal period
fiscal period / session
Those powers the Constitution is presumed to have delegated to the National Government because it is the government of a sovereign state within the world community
Inherent powers
Expressed powers
Implied powers
Those delegated powers of the National Government that are suggested by the expressed powers set out in the Constitution; those "necessary and proper" to carry out the expressed powers
Inherent powers
Expressed powers
Implied powers
Those delegated powers of the National Government that are spelled out, expressly, in the Constitution; also called the "enumerated powers"
Expressed powers
Implied powers
Inherent powers
______ of Congress must vote to override a President's veto.
2/3's
1/2
3/4's
1/4
There are four broad ways in which lawmakers choose to represent the people when they vote
Delegates, Trustees, Partisans, Politicos
Politicos, Senators, Trustees, Delegates
Delegates, Representatives, Politics, Party members
Party members, Congressmen, Politicians, Policy makers
Which explains why Congress has powers in the area of foreign affairs?
The Constitution grants it expressed powers relating to foreign policy
Congress often goes against the Constitution to conduct foreign relations.
Congress applies its domestic powers to foreign affairs.
Congress gets foreign relations powers upon request from a foreign nation .
Which is an executive power given to Congress by the Constitution?
the approval of the hiring of the White House staff
the power to balance the federal budget
the power to choose the Vice President
the approval of presidential appointments
The currency power can be best described as
the power of Congress to regulate debt proceedings against individuals and businesses
the power of Congress to regulate interstate trade and transactions
the power of Congress to coin money and print legal tender
the power of Congress to borrow money to pay debts incurred by the government
All of the following are powers of Congress except
implied powers
expressed powers
inherent powers
judicial powers
The time in which Congress conducts its business, lasting from a few months to nearly an entire year is referred to as a
session
term
special session
special term
After a bill is introduced in the Senate, where does it go?
A House committee studies the bill
A Senate committtee studies the bill
To the full House votes
to the full Senate votes
After a bill is introduced in the House, where does it go?
A House committee studies the bill
A Senate committtee studies the bill
To the full House votes
to the full Senate votes
What happens if the Senate votes no to the bill?
It goes to the President to sign
It goes to the full House for a vote
It goes to a House committee to study
The bill dies
If the president vetoes a bill, what happens?
It goes back to the side of congress where it started
It goes to the Supreme Court
Nothing, the bill is already a law
It goes to the Vice President
A filibuster can be ended by
floor debate
a roll-call vote
three-fifths of the senators voting cloture
a two-thirds vote of the members
What power allows a senator to speak for as long as they want to delay voting on a bill?
Commitee
Veto
Filibuster
Override
In this part of the process of approving a bill the subcommittee would invite experts and interested parties speak for or against the bill. We call this part of the process
Hearing
Indictment
Grand Jury
Impeachment
Once a bill goes before the full committee describe which one of these actions would not happen to it.
approve the bill for further action
Rewrite and approve the bill for further action
Send the bill to the president to be signed
Reject the bill this is what happens to many of these
