AP GOV Review: Key Gov. Players: Congress

Powers and check and balances of congress

Enumerated powers:

specifically listed and granted powers in the constitution

Implied Powers:

Not listed in constitution put are understood and necessary to run a country

Congress checks: (5)

Overrides vetos (2/3), Impeach judges and president, confirm presidential appointments and treaties, Budget and spending, investigate and oversight powers

How much of Congress is needed to override a presidential veto

2/3 of both HOR and Senate

Who has the power to impeach a judge or president?

HOR

Who confirms presidential appointments and treaties?

Senate

Who controls the purse (taxing and spending)?

House and Senate commitees

How can Congress get checked?

Presidential veto and judicial review,

Congress implied powers?

Elastic Cause

Congress enumerated powers? (10)

Tax/spending, borrow money, regulate interstate congress, coning money and its value, establish post offices/roads, declare war, raise and support and army, create courts, patents and copyrights, and immigration rules

Who makes up the Legislative Branch?

Senate and House of Representatives

Who presides over the senate chamber when the vice president is absent?

President Pro Tempore

HOR requirements?

age: 25, terms: 2

Senate requirements?

age: 30, terms: 6

Who leads the House of representatives majority house?

Speaker of the house

Who is the speaker of the house?

Mike Johnson

Senate powers: (3)

Approve treaties, confirm appointments, conducting impeachment trials

HOR powers: (2)

initiate tax bills, and impeach federal officers

What is a STANDING committee?

Permeate committees that conduct bills and investigations

What is a SELECT committee?

Temporary committees formed for a specific purpose

What is a JOINT committee?

committees with both chambers members

What is CONFERENCE committee?

temporary committees that resolve differences in bills passed by both chambers

What is a RULES committee?

Sets rules for debate and considers bills in House

What is a WAYS AND MEANS committee?

House committee responsible for revenue and tax legislation

Who has the power to fillibuster?

Senate

What is a cloture?

to end a filibuster and bring a debate to a vote

Apportionment?

process of distributing congressional seats based on population.

Allocate (funds)

spend money on a particularpurpose or project.

Appropriations

Legislative that provides funding for gov. activites

Office of Management and Budget (OMB)

Prepares the presidents budget proposal of Congress to hear

Revenue?

income generated by government mainly through taxes

Expenditures?

Government spending

Payroll taxes?

taxes collected for entitlement programs

Discretionary spending?

government spending that isn’t required by law and can be adjusted annually (defense and non-defense)

Mandatory Spending?

spending required by law (Entitlement programs)

Inflation?

rate in Which prices of supplies rise over time, reducing purchasing power.

Deficit Spending?

spending more than they have

Debt?

total amount of money the gov owes from borrowing

Earnings statement?

summary of employees earnings