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Ways and means and rules committee are what type of committee

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Standing committee

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Who is Cabot’s representative to Congress

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Rick Crawford

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The Senate just confirmed a new supreme court justice Brett Kavanaugh. What gives the Senate the right to do this

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Checks and balances; power to confirm supreme court judges

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What does bicameral mean

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To Chambers/US Congress has a bicameral legislature

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What are the qualifications to be a US senator

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At least 30 years old, legal resident of the state where you are elected, citizen of the United States for at least nine years

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What are the qualifications to be a member of the House of Representatives

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Be at least 25 years old, live in the district where you are elected, legal resident of the state, be a citizen for at least seven years

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What are people in districts and states represented in Congress called

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Constituents

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What are the duties of the speaker of the house

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To administer the oath of office to all newly elected members of the house, to refer legislation to committee and set deadlines for committee actions, to control appointments to committees

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During the Civil War, Congress instituted the draft. What type of powers being exercised

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Implied power

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What are the expressed powers of Congress

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Declare war, to raise revenue and coin money, establish post offices, to raise an army, to ratify treaties, to investigate counterfeiters

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What are the special powers of the sun

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Approves all treaties, hold impeachment trials, hold confirmation hearings for presidential appointments

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What is gerrymandering

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Manipulate The boundaries of (an electoral constituency) so as to favor one party or class

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What are examples of federalism

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Federal government imposes Terrace, the state and poses the gas tax, and cabinet has a property tax, federal government creates a maintains I 40, Arkansas created a maintains Highway five, and Cabot created and maintained Main Street, the federal government creates anti-monopoly loss, Arkansas regulates corporations, and Cabot is she’s building permits

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Powers are denied to the states

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Coin money, issues titles of nobility, enter into a treaty, alliance or confederation

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A law was just passed that suspended jury trials for individuals convicted of aiding terrorist groups. What powers being exercised

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None– – it is illegal for jury trials to be suspended

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I 40 in Arkansas has undergone extension repairs. Which of the expressed powers is being exercise

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Power to establish post offices

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The US Congress just increased money to increase border security, what expressed power gives them the right

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Establishing naturalization laws

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And what portion of the constitution can you find the powers of Congress

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Article 1 section 8

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How does the legislative branch check the president

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Override presidential veto with a 2/3 vote in both houses, reject presidential appointments, ratify treaties, appropriate money

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How does the senate and a filibuster

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A cloture vote of 3/5 of the Senate

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What is the purpose of a filibuster

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To defeat a bill on the Senate floor

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How is a bill introduced in the house

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Bill is placed in the hopper. The clerk gives it a number and it goes to committee

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What is the name of the committee where bills go after they pass both the House and the Senate where differences are ironed out and a final bill is created

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A conference committee

24
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Congress reverse the net neutrality laws in 2018. What expressed powers being exercise

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Power to regulate commerce and industry

25
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What can the president do to a bill

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Sign it, veto it, pocket veto it

26
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If you were a lobbyist, where would it be easiest to kill a bill

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Before it leaves committee

27
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How many standing committees does the senate have

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16

28
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How many standing committees does the house have

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20

29
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What are the main types of gerrymandering

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Cracking and packing

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What is a select committee

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A temporary committee created to carry out a specific task

31
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How does the legislative branch check the judicial branch

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Create lower courts, create constitutional amendments, impeach judges

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What is true about committees in the senate

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Senators serve at least three standing committees, senators serve at least five subcommittees, there are 16 standing committees

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Who presides over the Senate when the president of the Senate is absent

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President pro tempore

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What are characteristics of the house

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435 members headed by the speaker of the house, state population-based, term limit is two years, but I am 435 must be real acted during November elections, considered the peoples branch, so they start all revenue bills, morals, structure and organization then the Senate, initiate impeachment, but I need 51% vote for approval, select president if no one receives a majority

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What are the characteristics of the senate

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100 members; two from each state regardless of population, vice president and president of the Senate, term is six years; only 1/3 run for real lection in a two-year period, do the advice and consent on presidential nominees, and also if I treaties, less rules and structure, more deliberative; filibuster, harder to pass legislation, conduct impeachment trial; 2/3 vote required for removal, select vice president of no one receives a majority

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What types of voting are used in the house

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Standing boat, voice vote, recorded vote

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What types of voting are used in the Senate

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Roll call vote, standing vote on the voice vote

38
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What happens to a bill in committee

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Changes and additions made to the bill, public hearing set up in subcommittees, expert testimony called in about the topic of the bill, Bill can be reported favorably, unfavorably, or tabled by committee/pigeonholed

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How does congress stretch its power

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Necessary and proper clause

40
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What happens to a bill in the house when it leaves committee

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It goes to the rules committee where the rules for debate of the bill are set

41
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Who are Arkansas’s two US senators

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Tom cotton, John Boozman

42
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How many representatives does Arkansas sent to the US house

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Four

43
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Are the current congressional floor leaders

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In the house the majority leader is stephanie Hoyer minority leader Kevin McCarthy in the Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell minority leader Chuck Schumer

44
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What actions does the constitution prohibit Congress from doing

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Issuing titles of nobility, favoring one stay over another, suspending jury trials, suspending rid of habeas corpus, making an action illegal after someone already does it

45
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What are the non-legislative powers of Congress

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Impeachment powers, proposing constitutional amendments, confirmation powers, powers to govern and monitor government agencies

46
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The house of representatives passed their version of the tax bill; the Senate will vote on a slightly different version in the next few days. Once both houses of Congress have passed tax bills, what must happen for the new tax plan is to become law

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  1. The versions must match before being sent to the president, so the bill goes to confederance
  2. The bill then is voted on again and both the House and the Senate
  3. The bill is sent to the president wants the passes both houses. If the president signed the bill or let it sit for 10 days without signing it it becomes law
  4. If the president vetoes a bill, goes back to Congress, where I can be altered and then voted on again or Congress can override a veto with a 2/3 vote of each house
47
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2001, Congress authorize the creation of the TSA and authorize the creation of security inspection stations at all airports. Which of the following expressed powers is being exercised

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Power to regulate trade and commerce

48
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In 1817, Congress authorize the creation of Fort Smith as a garrison to deal with the Osage – Cherokee war. Which of the expressed powers allows them to do this

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The power to regulate the army and navy

49
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In 1964, Congress established anti-discrimination standards in businesses. Which of the expressed powers allows Congress to do this

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The power to regulate trade and commerce

50
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In 1824, Congress authorize the creation of roads between West Memphis and Fort Smith. Which of the expressed powers gave Congress the power to do this

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The power to establish post offices

51
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In 1862, congress created the Internal Revenue Service. Which of the expressed powers gave Congress the right to do this

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Power to collect taxes

52
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what Is true about redistricting

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All districts must have approximately the same population, redistricting can be done to favor one party over another, redistricting happens in a state that loses or gains a representative, redistricting happens in a state that has a change in population distribution

53
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Votes are up for redistricting every 10 years

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385

54
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Congress passed the reapportionment act that set the number of representatives to 435

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1929

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