Legislative Branch

Which below is correct about the Senate?

All the following powers belong to Congress EXCEPT

________ and________ are currently Georgia's Senators.

Regular period of time (1 year long) in which Congress conducts its business:

Who is currently the Senate Majority Leader?

T/F Congress cannot override a Pocket Veto.

Conference Committees produce what?

All are differences between House and Senate EXCEPT

What Amendment granted Congress the power to tax income?

A Rep from Cape Canaveral, FL would likely ask to be assigned to which House committee?

T/F Representatives may live anywhere in the state, even out of districts they represent.

Which body generally has a larger constituency?

What "qualification" below for the HOUSE is not in the Constitution?

Special committees made of both House and Senate members are called:

Who is the Speaker of the House, as of March 2024?

Which committee is considered the "Traffic Cop"?

Which of these guys was not impeached by the House?

T/F Each Term of Congress is divided up into two 1-year Sessions.

Which below is true about Congress?

What is the minimum age requirement for the House?

What procedure requires 60 votes in Senate to kill a filibuster?

What are the formal qualifications for Senator?

Congress shares war powers with the President.

Which one below is true about Congress?

What are the grounds for impeachment?

To override a veto, what is needed?

What powers are being used when Congress looks into an issue like waste or fraud in government?

In Congress, screening bills, debate, testimony and markup prior to floor consideration is a major duty of________

Why does Congress create committees?

Where are bills placed first in the House in order to introduce them?

Before the 17th Amendment, the Constitution provided that the States themselves choose senators.

Whose job is it to gather support of members, spokesperson for party, roll call, supervise whips?