Legislative Branch

Question 1

Name the two branches of congress

Answer 1

Senate and House of Representatives

Question 2

How many years can the senate serve and how many members does it have?

Answer 2

Serve 6 years, 100 members

Question 3

What does Congress write?

Answer 3

Laws

Question 4

What are constituents?

Answer 4

Citizens

Question 5

Name five powers of Congress

Answer 5

1. Raise and collect taxes
2. Borrow money
3. Coin money
4. Post office
5. Declare war

Question 6

Who is the current speaker of the house? And what are his jobs?

Answer 6

Paul Ryan, reps decide the committees each member will serve on and the order in which bills are read (all money bills start at the house)

Question 7

Who is the head of the Senate? And what are his jobs?

Answer 7

Mike Pence, he decides the committees each member will serve on and the order in which bills are read

Question 8

Name for senate powers

Answer 8

1. Senate approves all treaties
2. Approves all appointments for the president
3. Acts as a jury in all trials of impeachment
4. Cannot be arrested in Congress for minor offenses while Congress is in session

Question 9

What is a bill?

Answer 9

A proposed law that applies to everyone

Question 10

What is joint resolution?

Answer 10

Hey proposed action that acts as a law for a special circumstance (temporary)

Question 11

What is step one on how a bill becomes a law?

Answer 11

Think of an idea

Question 12

Step two?

Answer 12

Write a bill

Question 13

Step three?

Answer 13

Please fill in the hopper (wooden mailbox)

Question 14

Step four?

Answer 14

Clerk takes bill and gives it a number and either a S or a HR

Question 15

Step five?

Answer 15

Speakers sends to committee (speaker appoints committee chair)

Question 16

Step six?

Answer 16

Chair determines order they are read

Question 17

Step seven?

Answer 17

1. Pass the bill to the floor
2. Pigeonhole (refuse to read it)
3. Report an amended bill (add to it)
4. Report unfavorable (we don’t like it, but…)
5. Report a committee (Committee rewrites it)

Question 18

Step eight?

Answer 18

Rules committee makes for bill on the floor

Question 19

Step nine?

Answer 19

Debate on the floor

Question 20

Step ten? What is Quorum

Answer 20

Vote; a certain number of people necessary to vote

Question 21

What happens after step 10?

Answer 21

The bill goes to the opposite house (step 3)

Question 22

Step eleven?

Answer 22

Goes to president:

1. Sign it
2. Veto it
3. Not sign (after 10 days it becomes a law anyway)
4. Pocket veto (9 days or less before recess - it disappears)

Question 23

Who is the speaker of the house elected by?

Answer 23

Party in control

Question 24

Who becomes the president of the Senate?

Answer 24

Vice President

Question 25

What is president protempore?

Answer 25

Takes over when Vice President is gone

Question 26

What is a party caucus?

Answer 26

Close the meeting of party members

Question 27

What is a floor leader?

Answer 27

Legislative strategist in their legislative house

Question 28

What is a whip?

Answer 28

Carry out leaders task to get votes in line for Bill votes

Question 29

What is a standing committee?

Answer 29

Permanent committee

Question 30

What is a joint committee?

Answer 30

Senate + house combined

Question 31

What is a select committee?

Answer 31

A special committee

Question 32

What does seniority rule mean?

Answer 32

Unwritten rule: oldest member gets the good positions