AP Gov Review: House or Senate (or Both)?

The Constitution stipulates that no constitutional amendment may be created to deprive a state of its equal suffrage in the ____ without that state's consent.

Senate

___ serve terms of six years each; the terms are staggered so that approximately one-third of the seats are up for election every two years.

Senate

In the ___, a three-fifths majority vote of the body is required to invoke cloture and terminate debate.

Senate

The power to consent to treaties as a precondition to their ratification.

Senate

Power to consent to or confirm the appointment of Cabinet secretaries, federal judges, other federal executive officials, military officers, regulatory officials, ambassadors, and other federal uniformed officers.

Senate

The ___ is responsible for trying federal officials who have been impeached.

Senate

1) they must be at least 30 years old, 2) they must have been citizens of the United States for at least the past nine years, and 3) they must be inhabitants of the states they seek to represent at the time of their election.

Senate

The ___ commonly waives some of its stricter rules by unanimous consent. Party leaders typically negotiate unanimous consent agreements beforehand.

Both

A "hold" is placed when the leader's office is notified that a member of the ___ intends to object to a request for unanimous consent from the ___ to consider or pass a measure. A hold may be placed for any reason and can be lifted by the elected official at any time. A official here may place a hold simply to review a bill, to negotiate changes to the bill, or to kill the bill. A bill can be held for as long as the elected official who objects to the bill wishes to block its consideration.

Senate

The _____ initiates spending bills

House

Has exclusive authority to impeach officials

House

Chooses the President in an Electoral College deadlock

House

Seats in the ___ are apportioned among the states by population, as determined by the census conducted every ten years.

House

States that are entitled to more than one member of the ____ are divided into single-member districts.

House

The ___ is more hierarchically organized, with leadership roles such as the Whips and the Minority and Majority leaders playing a bigger part.

House

The ___ has traditionally been considered a less partisan chamber because it's relatively small membership might have a better chance to broker compromises.

Senate

Legislation cannot be enacted without the consent of ___.

Both

___ has/have implied powers deriving from the Constitution's Necessary and Proper Clause

Both

___ initiate(s) revenue-raising bills

House

Broad interpretations of the Commerce Clause, the enumerated power to regulate commerce, in rulings such as McCulloch v Maryland have effectively widened the scope of ___'s legislative authority far beyond that prescribed in Section 8.

Both

One of ___'s foremost non-legislative functions is the power to investigate and oversee the executive branch.

Both

Oversight is usually delegated to committees and is facilitated by ___'s subpoena power.

Both

___ has the exclusive power of removal, allowing impeachment and removal of the president, federal judges and other federal officers.

Both

While procedures such as the ___ discharge petition process can introduce bills to the ___ floor and effectively bypass committee input, they are exceedingly difficult to implement without committee action

House

A major role for members of ___ is providing services to constituents.

Both

Congressional oversight is the review, monitoring, and supervision of federal agencies, programs, activities, and policy implementation. ___ exercises this power largely through its congressional committee system.

Both

A vetoed bill can still become law if ___ votes to override the veto with a two-thirds majority.

Both

The provision of the Constitution giving the war-making powers to ___

Both

___ get to decide the structure of the federal court system

Both

A conference committee made up of ____ members must work out a compromise acceptable on competing versions of a bill.

Both