The Legislative Branch of Government

Powers denied to Congress include:

restrictions import and export taxes peacetime and war restraints

Congress' delegated powers include:

taxation credit commerce naturalization and bankruptcy money counterfeiting post office patents and copyrights courts international law war army navy regulation of Military Militia Regulation of the Militia District of Columbia Necessary and proper clause

The Elastic Clause, Art. 1, Sect. 8, Clause 18, is very important to Congress because:

this gives Congress a way to adapt/meet to changing circumstancces.

What is the function of the legislative branch?

to make laws

The Legislative Branch is described in Article _____ of the U.S. Constitution.

1

With every official U.S. Census, held every _______ years, the members of the House are reapportioned. The last U.S. Census was held in 2010. The next U.S. Census will be held in _________.

10 2020

There are currently ___________ members of the Senate. They are apportioned, or divided, among the states based on _______________.

100 equal representation

Members of the House are elected every _______ years.

2

Missouri has how many Senators?

2

The qualifications to be a member of the House include: age- citizenship- residency-

25 years old 7 years of U.S. live in the state representing

The qualifications to be a member of the Senate include: age- citizenship- residency-

30 years old 9 years USA Citizen lives in state representing

There are currently _____________ members of the House of Representatives. They are apportioned, or divided, among the states based on the ________________ of the state.

435 population

Members of the Senate are elected every _______ years.

6

Missouri currently has how many Representatives?

8

Who represents you and your family in the House of Representatives?

Ann Wagner

What state has the most representatives? How many?

Califorina 53

Congress meets in a building in Washington, DC called the ______________.

Capitol Building

The Legislative Branch is called the __________ and is divided into the houses: the ____________________ and the ___________.

Congress House of Representatives Senate

The current leader's name is _______________.

Joe Biden

The current leader's (of the House) name is ________________.

Paul D. Ryan

When the official leader is not present, who presides over the Senate?

President Pro Tempore

The leader of the Senate is called the ___________________.

President of the Senate

Who represents Missouri in the U.S. Senate?

Roy Blunt and Claire McCaskill

The leader of the House is called the ________________.

Speaker of the House

What specific job does this person have outside the Senate?

Vice President of the United States