Civics: Ch. 10-12

Majority leader

Floor leader of the majority party

Conference committees come up with a compromise version of a bill

What is the purpose of a conference committee?

eminent domain

taking private property for public use

In emergency situations

A President may call Congress into special session...

Party caucus

A closed meeting of the members of each party in each house

Life of author plus 70 years

A copyright is good for what length of time?\

Consensus

A general agreement among the majority

Subpoena

A legal order directing someone to appear before a committee or court

Senate

A major presidential appointment must be approved by...

Quorum

A majority of the full membership of the house

Recess

A pause or halt of a session

Only by an act of Congress

According to the Constitution, how can the United States declare war?

The President

According to the Constitution, who has the main responsibility for foreign policy?

Speaker of the House

After the Vice President, who is next in line to become President of the United States?

Levied at the same rate in every part of the country

All indirect taxes passed by Congress must be...

Whip

An assistant floor leader

Commerce power

Applied to all types of economic activity

Franking privilege

Benefit for members of Congress

each house of Congress

Constitutional amendments can be proposed by a two-thirds vote of which of the following?

Rules committee

Controls the flow of bills to the house floor

Subcommittee

Division of standing committee that does most of the committees work

Population

Each State's representation in the House of Representatives is based on...

Term

Has two sessions. The two year period during which the U.S. Congress meets, starting on noon of the 3rd day of January of each odd-numbered year

Patent

How can an inventor protect the right to manufacture and sell an invention he or she has made?

with a two-thirds vote in each house

How may Congress propose a constitutional amendment?

Every 2 years

How often does Congress begin a new term?

The House decides who will become President

If no candidate receives a majority of the electoral votes for President, what happens

Gerrymandering

In the map above, what is the most likely explanation for the shape of Congressional District 2? (Oddly shaped)

Help people in from their district or state deal with the national gov

In their role as servants of their constituents, members of Congress...

Senate

In which house of Congress does each state have the same number of votes, no matter how large or small its population?

Conference committee

Irons out the differences between house and senate versions of a bill

a large national government

Liberal construction has led to which of the following in the United States?

Cloture

Limits debate in the senate

Seniority rule

Members are chosen based on experience

Joint committee

Members of both houses working together

The President is tried in the Senate

Once a President has been impeached, what happens next?

Standing committee

Permanent committees/ Panel that considers all bills related to certain policy matters

territories

Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Virgin Islands

Patent

Sole right to use or sell an invention

Implied powers

Some congressional powers are not written in the Constitution but are suggested by the powers that are written there. What are they called?

Select committee

Special committee set up for a limited time

Bill

Suggested law

So there is equal representation

The House of Representatives has 435 members. Why does the Constitution allow only two senators from each state?

it is the basis for the existence of the implied powers

The Necessary and Proper Clause is important because

decision to run for reelection

The Senate can neither confirm nor reject the President's...

Apportion

The act of distributing

Deficit financing

The act of spending more than is taken in during a year and borrowing money to make up the difference

Deficit financing

The federal government often spends more money than it takes in each year. It then borrows money to make up the difference. What is this called?

Incumbent

The person who currently holds a political office

Gerrymander

The practice of drawing district lines to favor one political party

Oversight function

The process by which Congress, through its executive committees, ensures that executive branch agencies are carrying out the policies that Congress has set by law

6 years

The term of office for senators is...

Pigeonhole

To allow a bill to die in committee

Congress regularly raises the debt ceiling in order to sweep debt "under the rug"

What criticism of the Federal Government does the cartoon imply?

Assistant floor leaders - Serve as the liaison, a two-way link between the party's leadership and its rank-and-file members

What do party whips do?

The Senate must approve treaties negotiated by the President

What is Congress' role in making treaties with foreign powers?

It limited the number in the House to 435

What was the effect of the Reapportionment Act of 1929 on the House of Representatives?

Floor consideration

When a bill goes before the full House or Senate

In the Commerce Clause

Where has Congress found the authority to stop a tax on Internet sales?

Control foreign trade

Which can Congress do through its commerce power?

Conference committee

Which is a joint committee that finalizes a bill so it can go to the President?

the approval of presidential appointments

Which is an executive power given to Congress by the Constitution?

legal tender

Which is another name for money that a creditor must by law accept in payment for debts?

Eminent domain

Which is the federal government's power to take private property for public use?

The House is larger than the Senate

Which of the following comparisons of the House and Senate is true?

Those that have been in Congress longer have a better chance of gaining more powerful positions

Which of the following does the seniority rule favor?

to select presidential nominees for the major parties

Which of the following is not a reason why Congress may choose to conduct investigations?

a tax on an individual income

Which of the following types of taxes is allowable under the taxing power?

So the House and Senate could check each other

Which of the following was an important reason that the Framers favored a bicameral legislature?

Ways and Means Committee

Which standing committee in the House decides how to raise money for the federal government?

Expressed powers

Which type of congressional powers are clearly spelled out in the Constitution?

Committee chairmen have a major say in what bills the committee consider, if public hearings would be held, and what witnesses will be called.

Why are committee chairmen important in the legislative?

So there would be a single, national system of hard money

Why did the Framers give Congress the power to coin money?

so there would be a single, national system of hard money

Why did the Framers give Congress the power to issue currency?

Its decides whether or not a bill will get a vote by the full House

Why is the House Rules Committee so powerful?

tax

a charge to meet public needs

Commerce Clause

applied to all types of economic activity

copyright

author's exclusive rights to a creative work

strict constructionist

believe in limiting federal power

liberal constructionist

believe in the growth of federal power

Necessary and Proper Clause

called the Elastic Clause

minimum wage

created under the commerce power

Federal Reserve System

created under the power to borrow money

bankruptcy

legal procedure to resolve debts

perjury

lying under oath

legal tender

money creditors must accept as payment

public debt

money owed by the federal government

expressed powers

powers spelled out in the Constitution

naturalization

process by which citizens of one country become citizens of another

postal powers

provides for the carrying of the mail

Commerce Clause

regulate trade among states

patent

sole rights to use or sell an invention

impeach

to accuse or bring charges against

Prorogue

to end or discontinue; The President has this power regarding a session of Congress

strict construction

view that favors narrow powers for the national government

cloture

way to stop a filibuster