Unit IV - The Legislative Branch

A quorum is

The House Rules Committee can place all of the following rules to amend a bill EXCEPT

How long are US Representatives' terms of office?

Permanent Congressional committee that address major areas in which most laws fall

When a president doesn't sign a bill for 10 business days, and Congress is out of session

How old must an individual be to be elected to the House of Representatives?

How many members of the House of Representatives are there in total?

Oversight is defined as

Gerrymandering is defined as

The Seventeenth Amendment

Typically, US representatives can serve on how many subcommittees?

What fraction of both chambers of Congress is necessary to override a presidential veto?

All of the following are crimes in the Constitution that could lead to impeachment EXCEPT

The process of assigning a bill to committee

This type of resolution is like a law, but is used for special circumstances

The people living in a certain geographic area that are represented by members of Congress

Which Congressional leader "encourages" fellow party members to vote as party leadership wants?

Which statement about Committees of the Whole is NOT true?

Reapportionment, or the redistribution of Congressional seats among the states, occurs

The Vice President of the US is also given this position in Congress

A roll-call vote

When a senator continues to talk to prevent an opposed bill from coming to a vote

How many Senators are there from each state?

A meeting of all members of a party within a chamber of Congress

This person is 2nd in the line of presidential succession

Deficit is a condition in which

Reapportionment is a process by which

Which of the following does NOT occur in a full committee's markup process?

Which of the following is NOT a power held by the Speaker of the House?

Type of committee used to resolve differences between two versions of a bill passed by Congress

What definition BEST fits the term 'rider'?

Which of the following is NOT true about the powers granted to Congress in the Constitution?

This position is given to the longest tenured member of the majority party

Typically, senators can serve on how many committees?

Ideas for bills can come from all of the following sources EXCEPT

Which of the following is NOT a check and balance Congress has vs. other branches of govt?

Congress can't pass these laws, which punish an action that legally took place in the past

If a committee supports a bill, they will cast this type of report

How old must an individual be to be elected to the Senate?

This type of resolution is not like a law and is used to deliver a combined message of Congress

Who serves as the judge in a Senate impeachment trial of the President of the United States?

How long are US Senators' terms of office?

A vote in Congress forcing a bill out of committee

The removal of a member of Congress, which requires a 2/3 vote

In order to be a US Representative, a person must have been a US citizen for at least

Bills that set aside funds for a specific purpose

How many members of the Senate are there in total?

Congressional committee that meets for a limited time to deal with things like investigations

Naturalization is a process by which

A subpoena is a document that