Congress, The Legislature

Question 1

Article _ of the constitution covers the perimeters of power for the congress/legislative.

Answer 1

Article 1

Question 2

What are the 3 main types of committees from the U.S Congress?

Answer 2

• Select
• House rules
• Standing

Question 3

Committees are ____________ to the makeup of congress

Answer 3

Proportional.

Question 4

Who selects the chairmen of the committees?

Answer 4

The House speaker.

Question 5

What are the requirements to be a representative?

Answer 5

. You must be 25 years old
. You must have lived in the country for 7 years.

Question 6

What are the requirements to be a senator?

Answer 6

. You must be 30 years old.
. You must have been a citizen for 9 years.

Question 7

What are the requirements to be Presidents.

Answer 7

. You must be a “natural born citizen” born in the U.S.
. You must be 35 years upwards years old.
. You must have been chosen via winning the primaries and or caucuses of presidential nominees if you’re party affiliated.

Question 8

What powers does the senate have in relation to the president?

Answer 8

• They have to ratify nominations for Secretary of the treasury.
• They have to ratify the decision to go to war made by the President (eg: Commander in chief)
• The ability to ratify impeachments, make the final verdict of whether its lawful to remove the president from office.
• To formally ratify the presidential election that the would be president appears to have won, as a legitimate election.

Question 9

The legislative system in the congress is c__________ whereas in the U.K parliament its based on p__________ __________.
This is because of a s________ of powers vs a f_____ of powers

Answer 9

Concurrent.

Parliamentary sovereignty.

Separation vs fusion.

Question 10

How long is a senator’s term?

Answer 10

6 years

Question 11

How many seats are in the …
. Senate
. House of representatives
. Supreme Court

Compared to the U.Ks…
. House of Commons
. House of Lords
. Supreme court

Answer 11

. 435 seats
. 100 seats
. 9 seats

Vs

. 650 seats
. 800 seats
. 12 seats

Question 12

What do the 7 articles of the U.S constitution cover?
In order.

Answer 12

Article 1: The Legislative

Article 2: The Executive

Article 3: The Judicary

Article 4: The extent of Federalism’s powers.

Article 5: The Ammendment process

Article 6: Establishing that the constitution cannot be amended without proper process. They must be ratified.

Article 7: Clarifying that 2/3 of state must agree to an ammendment. At the time 9/13.

Question 13

How many years does a representative’s term have compared to the MPs in the U.K?

Why is this a problem (think about why justices and peers have a security of tenure)

Answer 13

2 years compared to 5 years (maximum if the PM prolongs calling the election and one isn’t forced)

This is an issue for the representatives because it’s probable that they’ll the spend what time they’re afforded thinking mostly about what actions will allow them to keep their position when their seat is up for election again, distracting them from duties.

Question 14

Both Congress and Parliament are b_________

Answer 14

bicameral

Question 15

Who chairs the Senate?
Who has the defacto preciding vote?

Answer 15

The vice president
The vice president

Question 16

What position does the U.K parliament have that the Congress doesn’t that majorly affects MPs?

Answer 16

The chief Whip. There’s no 3 line Whip, formal disciplinary process in the Congress, representatives can vote how they want unpunished (formally that is).
This makes it easier for factions to form, for people to think individualistically.

Question 17

The House of representatives has sole “_____ __ ___ _____”

The President sets the “______ _____

Answer 17

“Power of the purse”

They can release the funding for the agenda promoted by the Executive.

“Fiscal ceiling”

The agenda for the country’s spending, recommendations and usually the will/consensus of the party they belong to.