congress

Question 1

article 1

Answer 1

established the powers and limitations of the legislative branch

Question 2

article 2

Answer 2

established the powers and the limitations of the executive branch

Question 3

article 3

Answer 3

establishes the powers of the judicial branch

Question 4

article 4

Answer 4

deals with the relations among the states and with the national government

Question 5

article 5

Answer 5

amending the constitution

Question 6

article 6

Answer 6

supremacy of national law

Question 7

article 7

Answer 7

ratification of the constitution

Question 8

the founders intended that this should be the dominant branch of government

Answer 8

congress

Question 9

to serve in the house

Answer 9

25 years old and be a citizen for 7 years

Question 10

to serve in the senate

Answer 10

30 years old and be a citizen for 9 years

Question 11

both have to be

Answer 11

members must reside in the state from which they are elected

Question 12

what congress does

Answer 12

make laws
versight
representation
budget making

Question 13

article 1, section 1, clause 1

Answer 13

vesting clause

Question 14

thousands of bills introduced, but most die

Answer 14

in committee

Question 15

tax measures

Answer 15

house only, by constitution
only members may introduce a bill

Question 16

1921; watchdog- is money being used properly

Answer 16

government accountability office

Question 17

problems with congressional oversight

Answer 17

• committee members place constituent protection and the interest of big campaign donors above rule enforcement
• party in power in congress much less likely to have good oversight if president is of the same party dont want to make the party look bad

Question 18

article 1 section 9 clause 7

Answer 18

budget making

Question 19

OMB

Answer 19

the office of management and budget

Question 20

a nonpartisan agency CBO

Answer 20

the congressional budget office

Question 21

a formal declaration by a legislative committee that a certain amount of funding may be available to an agency

Answer 21

authorizations

Question 22

the passage, by congress, of a spending bill specifying the amount of authorized funds that actually will be allocated for an agencyś use

Answer 22

appropriation

Question 23

the practice in the US of financing expenditures with funds that are currently available rather than borrowed

Answer 23

pay as you go rule

Question 24

explicit constitutional powers- powers specifically delegated to the congress by the US constitution

Answer 24

enumerated

Question 25

article 1 section 8 clause 1-17

Answer 25

• power to buy and collect taxes
  -to borrow money
  -to coin money
  -standard of weights and measures
• to declare war
  -to establish post offices
  -to provide and maintain a navy
  -to raise and support armies
  -rules for the capital

Question 26

the necessary and proper clause

Answer 26

the elastic clause (necessary and proper)

Question 27

that is powers not explicitly named in the constitution but assumed to exist due to their being necessary to implement

Answer 27

implied powers

Question 28

e of the most important safeguards of personal liberty within the american legal system

Answer 28

the writ of habeas corpus

Question 29

legislative act which punishes a person without a trial prohibits that person from inheriting or bequeathing property

Answer 29

no bill of attainder

Question 30

any law which makes criminal an act which was not criminal when committed, or which inflicts a greater punishment than when the crime was committed

Answer 30

ex post facto

Question 31

clause 8

Answer 31

ensure that the United States would never develop a formal aristocracy