legislative and executive branch quiz

nj member of the house representative

donald norcross

nj members of the senate

bob menendez and cory booker

president

joe biden

vice president

kamala harris

speaker of the house

kevin mccarthy

majority leader of the house

steve scalise

majority leader of the senate

charles e. schumer

president qualifications

- 35 or older
- natural born citizen
- lived in US for at least 14 years

vice president qualifications

- 35 or older
- natural born citizen
- lived in US for at least 14 years

member of the senate qualifications

- live in the state which they are elected
- 30 or older
- been a US citizen for at least 9 years

member of the house qualifications

- live in the state which they are elected
- 25 or older
- been a US citizen for at least 7 years

president power

- sign/veto legislation
- send troops to battle
- negotiate treaties
- appoint people to positions
- call sessions of congress/adjourn congress if house can not agree on date
- grant different actions
- sign agreements w/ other countries
- executive privilege
- executive orders

who can the president appoint?

cabinet members, ambassadors, supreme court justices, federal judges, us marshals

what can the president grant?

pardons, reprieves, clemency, commute sentences

what is executive privilege?

president does not have to release information pertaining the executive branch

what is executive orders?

directives issued by the president that has the force of law

both senate and house powers

- finance national government
- lay/collect taxes
- borrow money
- regulate commerce
- coin money
- establish standards of weights/measures
- issue patents/copyrights
- establish post offices/postal records
- defend nation
- declare war
- maintain armed forces
- enact/pass laws
- establish federal courts
- naturalization

steps for bill to become law

1. introduced to congress
2. either goes to house or senate
3. committee
4. back to either house or senate to vote
5. if passed, goes to other part of congress
6. discussed, amended, voted on
7. conference committee to work out differences
8. back for final vote
9. given to president if passed
10. president signs, vetoes (or lets sit on desk for 10 day the approved)
11. if vetoed, house and senate need 2/3 vote to pass law

presidental cabinet

department of...
state, treasury, war and defense, interior, justice, agriculture, commerce, labor, health and human services, housing and urban development, transportation, energy, education, veterans affairs, homeland security