Governemnt Quiz 10/6/2021

Question 1

What is the legislative branch?

• Congress

Answer 1

House of Representatives 435 members

Senate 100 members

Question 2

• Both House and Senate can

Answer 2

Make laws

Hold sessions beginning January 3rd of every year

Quorum – 51% of members present

Question 3

Special Powers of the House of Representatives

Answer 3

All Money Bills

Select the President if no one gets 51% of the electoral votes

Investigate and write article for impeachment of high ranking officials

Question 4

Special Powers of the Senate

Answer 4

Approve all treaties

Approve all appointments

Select the Vice President if no one gets 51% of the electoral votes

Acts as the jury in trials of impeachment

Question 5

House of Representatives

Answer 5

• Number of members based on population

Question 6

House of Representatives Qualifications

Answer 6

25 years old

7 years US Citizen

Resident in the state you are running

• 2 years per term

IMPORTANT Changes in representatives occurs frequently to the mood of the general population

Question 7

Senate

Answer 7

(2 members per states)

Question 8

Senate Qualifications

Answer 8

30 years old

9 years US Citizen

Resident in the state you are running

• 6 years per terms (1/3 of Senators are in election every 2 years)

IMPORTANT So the general population does not change the Senate too quickly

Question 9

Average salary of someone in Congress annually

Answer 9

1. Salary = $174,000 per year base pay

Question 10

Congress privileges’

Answer 10

1. Franking privilege free postage on all mail to Constituents.
   
   • Constituents = people that vote for you.
2. Cannot be arrested for minor offenses while Congress is in session.
3. May not hold another political office at the same time.

Question 11

Powers of Congress (House)

Answer 11

Raise and collect taxes (House of Representatives)
Coin Money (House of Representatives)

Question 12

Powers of Congress (Senate)

Answer 12

Declare War (Senate)
Punish pirates (Senate)

Question 13

Elastic Clause

Answer 13

The necessary and proper clause gives Congress the power to make laws “necessary and proper” to carry out the delegated duties

Question 14

Powers denied to Congress

Answer 14

1. Congress cannot make laws concerning slave trade until 1808
2. Cannot suspend Writ of Habeas Corpus – must be told and set trial for a crime committed (cannot be held in jail without cause)
3. No Ex Post facto law – Cannot punish a person for an act committed before there was a law against it
4. No titles of nobility

Question 15

Powers denied to the States

Answer 15

1. Cannot make treaties

2. Cannot pass any laws that the Federal government is not allowed to pass

Question 16

Officer Position in both the Senate and the House of the Representatives. Purpose is to make sure how members of their political party are voting and to make sure they vote on a bill (either to make into a law or stop it from happening)

Answer 16

Whip

Question 17

A person who is already in office and trying to be re-elected

Answer 17

Incumbent

Question 18

A person running for office against an incumbent

Answer 18

Challenger

Question 19

Speaker of the House(House of Representatives)

Answer 19

Nancy Pelosi (D - CA)

Question 20

Minority Leader(House of Representatives)

Answer 20

Kevin McCarthy (R - CA)

Question 21

President Pro Tempore(Senate)

Answer 21

Chuck Grassley (R – IA)

Question 22

Minority Leader(Senate)

Answer 22

Chuck Schumer (D – NY)

Question 23

Fact IMPORTANT

Answer 23

Understand the Legislative Process of how a bill becomes a law. I will put the diagram on the test with deleted elements. You must fill in the missing parts.