Test 3

Congress

proposes

President

Disposes

Congress is the _________ branch

Leadership

Minimum age for house

25

Minimum age for senate

30

U.S. Citzenship for house

7 years

U.S. Citzenship for senate

9 years

The term length for house

2 years

The term length for senate

6 years

How many house members for each state?

1-52

How many senators from each state?

2

The constituency of the house is ______

local

The constituency of the senate is ______

State

Powers of house is ___________

Purse ($)

Powers of senate is __________

Sword

Can you remove a congressman from house?

No — must vote against them!

Can you remove a senator from senate?

No — must vote against them!

What is the term limit for congressman in the house?

No term limit — can keep running

What is the term limit for senators in the senate?

No term limit — can keep running

There is _______ congressman in the house

435

There are _____ senators in the senate

100

There are no more than 435 congressmen because there is no more ______

Desks

The house powers include:

Taxes, money, copyright

The senates powers include:

Safety

The declaration of war must begin in __________

Senate

We go to war when the _______ wants to

President

The house and senate have some __________

Joint powers

The most important joint power in the house/senate is _________________

Legislation

Another joint power in the house/senate is _________________

Power of oversight (rest of the government doing what it should be doing)

The four reasons you can impeach

Treason, bribery, high crimes, and misdemeanor

The process of impeachment is filed by the _____

House

It takes ____ votes in the house to move to senate

218 votes (51%)

It takes ____ votes in senate

2/3rds votes

An issue in congress is ________

Representation

Members of congress work for 3 groups:

Individuals, groups, whole district/state

Congress is made up of _______________

House of reps

The head of congress is ____________

Speaker of the house

Speaker of the house is ______ most powerful behind president

2nd

The speaker is the ___________

Dictator

Under the speaker is _____________

Majority leader, then majority whip

The majority leader _____________

Assists speaker and wrangle majority

The majority whip __________

Keeps members of party in line

How does speaker use offices power?

Acts as neutral umpire

If a speaker makes their party always win, they are using the _____________

Hastert Rule

If a speaker is just running the meeting they are using ______________________

Neutral umpire

The head of the senate is ___________

Vice president (president of senate)

The president of the senate can ____________

Run the meeting, break ties, and count electoral college

Under the president of the senate is ____________

President pro temp: the longest securing member of the majority group

Under president pro temp is ____________

The real “head”, who is the majority leader. They are closest to the speaker but not speaker

The primary way to get things done in congress is through __________

Committees

The speaker of the house assigns ________ every 2 years

Committees 

Name the 4 types of committees

Standing, select, joint, ad conference

legislation starts in _____ by a member proposal

House

Legislation must submit bill to ___________

Speaker

Most bills die in

Committee

An open rule lets a debate go on for _____________

However long

A closed rule lets a debate go on for ____________

1/2-1 hour

The _________ decides if an open or closed rule is used

Speaker of the house

A ____________ passes in house

Simple majority

A ______ must open the idea of the legislation

Member proposal

Any ______ can object about sending the legislative to committee

Senator

A _____ stats that as long as you keep talking, you can stay talking on floor

Filibuster

Filibustering can be shut down with ________

60 votes

Legislative can go from senate to the house or _______

House to senate

If a bill is “more important” you can have a ________

Conference committee

If it passes both senate and house the bill goes to _______

The president

Laws made to have us spend less are called __________

Campaign finance reform

Expressed powers fall into 5 categories:

Military, judicial, diplomatic, executive, legislative

This power is one that can be said to be necessary to allow presidents to exercise expressed powers

Implied powers

Constitution powers that are assigned to 1 government agency but are exercised by another agency with express permission of the first

Delegated powers

These powers are not listed in the constitution but are inferred from it. (Ex: war, national emergency)

Inherent powers

_____ have gone public

Modern presidents

Min. Age for vp/presidents is ______

35

You must be a _________ to be vp/president

Natural born citizen

Term length of a vp/president is

4 years

Both the vp/president must be from _______

different states

The vp/president represent the _________

Nation

constituency

Who you represent

Vp/president powers are _______

executive

Vp/president can be removed from office via _________

impeachment

Term limit of a vp/president is ________

2 terms or 10 years

Natural born

born on American soil or born to a single American parent

Presidency has two types of powers _______ __and__ ________

constitutional and persuasive

Persuasive powers ________

exist

Constitutional power: military

President is commander in chief of military in U.S

The president is the ______ when it comes to military powers. Congress can’t say no

Dictator

Congress passes Gulf of Tonkin Resolution stating _______

President can’t do whatever thy want with military

Wars Powers Resolution (1973)

President must notify congress within 60 days of anything with military

After congress is notified about military (wars powers resolution) they either _________

Vote to keep going

Vote against and send home

Constitutional power: judicial

Presidents can appoint judges with advice and consent from senate

Judicial powers include __________

reprieves, amnesties and pardons

Reprieves are when a president lessens a _______

sentence in federal crimes

Amnesties are when a president decides ___________

not to prosecute someone

Pardons are when a president

Grants a clemency for a conviction or temporary postponement of punishment

Constitutional power: diplomatic

Power to recognize new nations

Treaties are a force of ______

law (congress is involved)

executive agreements

No force of law and can’t fret new relationships (just president)

President has the ability to __________

receive ambassadors

Neutrality becomes _________

Policy

Constitutional power: executive

president runs executive branch/fundamental power