18.2.1 - Concurrent powers of Congress

Question 1

Concurrent powers of Congress

Answer 1

concurrent powers of congress

Question 2

What are 6 concurrent powers of Congress?

Answer 2

• Create legislation
• Override the president’s veto
• Propose constitutional amendments
• Declare war
• Confirm a new VP
• Investigation

Question 3

Create legislation:
Where does Congress have power over creating legislation?

Answer 3

Congress can only legislate within the Constitution

Question 4

What did Trump ask Congress to pass legislation to do?

Answer 4

To repeal and replace Obamacare

Question 5

Who voted against the bill to repeal and replace Obamacare?

Answer 5

All Senate Democrats and 9 Republicans

Question 6

How many Republicans voted against a partial repeal of Obamacare?

Answer 6

7

Question 7

What did President Obama do to go along with Congress’ amendment of Obamacare?

Answer 7

He issued Executive Order number 13535 to ensure that abortion would not be funded with federal money

Question 8

How many public laws were enacted in the 117th Congress, in which the Democrats held both houses as well as the presidency?

Answer 8

362

Question 9

Override the president’s veto:
What is required once a bill has passed Congress?

Answer 9

The president’s assent for it to become law

Question 10

How can Congress overturn a presidential veto?

Answer 10

A 2/3 vote in both houses

Question 11

How many times did George Bush use the veto?

Answer 11

12

Question 12

How many times did Congress attempt to overturn Bush’s veto and how many were successful?

Answer 12

10 times, 4 successful

Question 13

How many times did Obama use the veto?

Answer 13

12

Question 14

How many of Obama’s vetoes were successfully overridden?

Answer 14

1

Question 15

In his first 6 years as president, how many vetoes did Obama threaten and how many times did he actually use it?

Answer 15

Threatened 148 vetoes, only used the power twice

Question 16

What bill was overridden in 2016 with strong bipartisanship?

Answer 16

9/11 Victims Bill

Question 17

How many senators voted to override the veto on the 9/11 Victims Bill?

Answer 17

97

Question 18

What was the vote in the House of Representatives on the veto override of the 9/11 Victims Bill?

Answer 18

348-77 in favour of override

Question 19

What did Trump threaten to veto in February 2018?

Answer 19

Any immigration bill that did not contain the ‘four pillars’ laid out by his administration

Question 20

How many times did Donald Trump veto a bill and how many were successfully overridden?

Answer 20

10 vetoes, 1 override

Question 21

What veto by Trump was overridden and when was it overridden?

Answer 21

The National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) - 1st January 2021

Question 22

How many times did Franklin D.Roosevelt use the veto and what % were successfully overridden?

Answer 22

635 times, overridden 2% of time

Question 23

Propose constitutional amendments:
What is required for Congress to propose a constitutional amendment?

Answer 23

A 2/3 vote in both houses

Question 24

When was the last constitutional amendment?

Answer 24

1992

Question 25

What does the 27th amendment do?

Answer 25

Prevents members of Congress from granting themselves pay raises during the current session

Question 26

Declare War:
When was this power last used?

Answer 26

In 1942 to declare war on Romania

Question 27

How did president Franklin D. Roosevelt finish his address to Congress after the attack on Pearl Harbor?

Answer 27

‘I, therefore, ask that Congress declare that since the unprovoked and dastardly attack by Japan on Sunday, December seventh, a state of war has existed between the United States and the Japanese Empire’

Question 28

How many times has Congress declared war?

Answer 28

11 times

Question 29

When was the first time Congress declared war and who on?

Answer 29

Declared war on Great Britain in 1812

Question 30

Confirm a new vice president:
What allows for a simple majority vote in both houses for a new vice president?

Answer 30

The 25th Amendment

Question 31

What are two times Congress had to confirm a new vice president?

Answer 31

When the vice president stepped up to become president meaning there was a vacancy:
- Assassination of JFK in 1963
- Resignation of Richard M.Nixon in 1974

Question 32

Investigation:
What does Congress’ power to subpoena mean?

Answer 32

The ability of Congress to order someone to attend a hearing and compel them to give evidence

Question 33

What are 2 recent investigations by Congress?

Answer 33

• Reviewing of 9/11
• Role of the US intelligence community and the response to Hurricane Katrina

Question 34

How many different congressional committees investigated the alleged Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election?

Answer 34

4

Question 35

What billionaire tried to escape a subpoena by staying on his yacht?

Answer 35

Dan Snyder