Unit 2 - Legislative Branch

Of the following, which is the THIRD step in lawmaking?

Citizen that a member of Congress represents

Impeachment responsibility is to hold the trial

Review of executive policies and programs

Formally charge a government official with misconduct in office

Presiding officer of the Senate

Uses committee chairmen

Impeachment responsibility is to charge the government official

Subgroup of Congress where most of the work gets done.

Putting aside, and ignoring, a bill until it dies

Presiding officer of the House of Representatives

Rules Committee controls the flow of bills to the floor and sets conditions for their discussion

Two year period of Congress

Addition to a bill, usually unrelated to its topic

Has majority and minority floor leaders

Assistant floor leader

Charge levied by the government to meet public needs

When Congress confirms the appointment of ambassadors, it is a check on the

Taxation is a _________ committee

Which of the following is how the judicial branch checks the legislative?

When Congress confirms treaties, it is a check on the

When Congress overrides a veto, it is a check on the

Which of the following correctly matches the chamber of Congress with its term length?

Minimum wage, regulate immigration, draft soldiers =

Which of the following is NOT a requirement for the Senate?

Of the following, which is the FIRST step in lawmaking?

Lying under oath

Limits debate on the Senate floor

President's rejection of a bill

Bill dies because the president refuses to act on it during the last 10 days of a congressional session

Of the following, which is the FINAL step in lawmaking?

Approval

Has majority and minority whips

Power Congress has over presidential nominations and treaties

Suspend Congress until the next session

Introduces bills using the Hopper

Library is a _________ committee

Most senior member of the majority party becomes the committee chairman

Does not have the force of law or require the president's signature

Which of the following is NOT a requirement for the House of Representatives?

Reassigning the number of representatives to each of the 50 states

2/3 of each house votes to pass a bill the president vetoed

What is the period of time when Congress assembles and does business?

Has 2 calendars

Regulate commerce, borrow money, tax, raise army =

Has 5 calendars

Unofficial party officer; legislative strategist

Money assigned to a particular use

When Congress uses its impeachment power, it is a check on the

When Congress sets the number of justices, it is a check on the

Talking until a bill is abandoned or modified

Minimum number of people who must be present for a vote

Appropriations is a _________ committee

Presides over the Senate when the presiding officer isn't there

If Congress cannot agree on a date to end, the president can _______ it.

Veteran's Affairs is a _________ committee

When Congress confirms the appointment of judges/justices, it is a check on the

Redrawing district boundaries to gain an advantage in elections

Proposed law

Of the following, which is the SECOND step in lawmaking?

Two chambers

Redrawing districts based on the new number of representatives and/or demographic changes within the state

Which of the following is NOT a way that the executive branch checks the legislative?

Budget is a _________ committee