18.2.2 - Exclusive powers of the House of Representatives Flashcards
Chapter 18.2.2 - exclusive powers of the House of Representatives
Chapter 18.2.2
What are 3 exclusive powers of the House of Representatives?
- Power of the purse
- Bring charges of impeachment
- Choose the president if the Electoral College is deadlocked
Power of the purse:
What does the House of Representatives have the sole power of?
Beginning appropriations bills
What does the president submit each year and to whom?
The annual budget for the US government to the House Budget Committee
What did President Trump request in the 2018 budget for the Environmental Protection Agency be cut by?
1/3
What did House Republicans propose cutting the EPA budget by?
6%
What is a limit to the House’s power of the purse?
The Senate can amend these bills and must approve them
What is the Disaster Relief Appropriations Act 2013?
Authorised $60 billion for disaster relief agencies
How large was the spending bill passed by Congress in December 2022?
$1.7 trillion
How much did the $1.7 trillion spending bill give to Ukraine?
$45 billion
How much of the $1.7 trillion spending bill was for the military?
$850 billion
Bring charges of impeachment:
Who can the House bring charges of impeachment against?
- President
- The president’s officials
- Justices of federal courts
How many different charges did Dennis Kucinich sponsor against George W. Bush in 2008?
35 different charges
How many different charges did Dennis Kucinich sponsor against VP Dick Cheney in 2008?
3 different charges
Why were impeachment charges brought against George W. Bush and Dick Cheney?
The Iraq War and the ‘War on Terror’
How many presidents have been impeached?
3
Who were the presidents to be impeached and what years?
Andrew Johnson - 1868
Bill Clinton - 1998
Donald Trump - 2019,2021
Why did the House of Representatives vote to launch an impeachment inquiry against Bill Clinton in October 1998?
Allegations that he lied under oath when being investigated in the Clinton-Lewinsky scandal
Why was Trump impeached for a second time?
He was alleged to incite a deadly attack on the United States Capitol
How many people voted for a conviction in Trump’s second impeachment trial?
57
Choose the president if the Electoral College is deadlocked:
How many Electoral College votes does a candidate need to win the presidential election?
270
What two times has the House of Representatives had to choose a president?
1800 and 1824
Who were the two presidents elected by the House of Representatives?
Thomas Jefferson and John Quincy Adams
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How much was Joe Biden’s budget he submitted to the House Budget Committee in March 2023?
$6.9 trillion
