Civics Ch. 5 Review

to charge a government official with misconduct

Members of the House of Representatives must be all of the following EXCEPT

the removal of a person from an institution, such as Congress, for serious misconduct

The president pro tempore

A member of the Senate must

Regular elections for members of the House of Representatives are held

To ensure that the majority of all senators are experienced

Which of the following does not apply to the Senate?

The Speaker of the House

The writers of the Constitution established a bicameral legislature in order to

powers not specifically granted to Congress by the Constitution that are suggested as necessary

a law

legal protection

A 32-year-old member of Congress has recently been reelected for her 2nd term in office. She is

a method of delaying action on a bill in the Senate by making long speeches

Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution; known as "necessary and proper" clause

consisting of 2 houses, as in a lawmaking body

Censured members of Congress

the process of drawing congressional district lines to favor a political party

The function of each party's caucus is to

a refusal by the president or a governor to sign a bill

a bill approving the spending of extra public money

The senior senator from each state is the

Congress is NOT allowed to

proposed law being considered by a lawmaking body

For a bill to become a law, the

Permanent congressional committees that meet regularly are called

The impeachment process can be used to impeach

the official who presides over the Senate in the vice president's absence

the presiding officer of the House of Representatives

to be distributed, as in the seats in the House of Representatives

If a state's population decreases, its number of senators

a limit on the debate of a bill in the Senate

meeting of Congress

Conference committees are formed

Congress determines how the seats in the House are to be apportioned

After a bill is introduced, it is usually

an act that betrays and endangers one's country

meetings of party leaders to determine party policy or to choose party candidates for office

the formal disapproval of the actions of a member of Congress by the other members