Legislative Branch Flashcards
Ways and means and rules committee are what type of committee
Standing committee
Who is Cabot’s representative to Congress
Rick Crawford
The Senate just confirmed a new supreme court justice Brett Kavanaugh. What gives the Senate the right to do this
Checks and balances; power to confirm supreme court judges
What does bicameral mean
To Chambers/US Congress has a bicameral legislature
What are the qualifications to be a US senator
At least 30 years old, legal resident of the state where you are elected, citizen of the United States for at least nine years
What are the qualifications to be a member of the House of Representatives
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
What are people in districts and states represented in Congress called
Constituents
What are the duties of the speaker of the house
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
During the Civil War, Congress instituted the draft. What type of powers being exercised
Implied power
What are the expressed powers of Congress
Declare war, to raise revenue and coin money, establish post offices, to raise an army, to ratify treaties, to investigate counterfeiters
What are the special powers of the sun
Approves all treaties, hold impeachment trials, hold confirmation hearings for presidential appointments
What is gerrymandering
Manipulate The boundaries of (an electoral constituency) so as to favor one party or class
What are examples of federalism
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
Powers are denied to the states
Coin money, issues titles of nobility, enter into a treaty, alliance or confederation
A law was just passed that suspended jury trials for individuals convicted of aiding terrorist groups. What powers being exercised
None– – it is illegal for jury trials to be suspended
I 40 in Arkansas has undergone extension repairs. Which of the expressed powers is being exercise
Power to establish post offices
The US Congress just increased money to increase border security, what expressed power gives them the right
Establishing naturalization laws
And what portion of the constitution can you find the powers of Congress
Article 1 section 8
How does the legislative branch check the president
Override presidential veto with a 2/3 vote in both houses, reject presidential appointments, ratify treaties, appropriate money
How does the senate and a filibuster
A cloture vote of 3/5 of the Senate
What is the purpose of a filibuster
To defeat a bill on the Senate floor
How is a bill introduced in the house
Bill is placed in the hopper. The clerk gives it a number and it goes to committee
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
A conference committee
Congress reverse the net neutrality laws in 2018. What expressed powers being exercise
Power to regulate commerce and industry
What can the president do to a bill
Sign it, veto it, pocket veto it
If you were a lobbyist, where would it be easiest to kill a bill
Before it leaves committee
How many standing committees does the senate have
16
How many standing committees does the house have
20
What are the main types of gerrymandering
Cracking and packing
What is a select committee
A temporary committee created to carry out a specific task
How does the legislative branch check the judicial branch
Create lower courts, create constitutional amendments, impeach judges
What is true about committees in the senate
Senators serve at least three standing committees, senators serve at least five subcommittees, there are 16 standing committees
Who presides over the Senate when the president of the Senate is absent
President pro tempore
What are characteristics of the house
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
What are the characteristics of the senate
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
What types of voting are used in the house
Standing boat, voice vote, recorded vote
What types of voting are used in the Senate
Roll call vote, standing vote on the voice vote
What happens to a bill in committee
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
How does congress stretch its power
Necessary and proper clause
What happens to a bill in the house when it leaves committee
It goes to the rules committee where the rules for debate of the bill are set
Who are Arkansas’s two US senators
Tom cotton, John Boozman
How many representatives does Arkansas sent to the US house
Four
Are the current congressional floor leaders
In the house the majority leader is stephanie Hoyer minority leader Kevin McCarthy in the Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell minority leader Chuck Schumer
What actions does the constitution prohibit Congress from doing
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
What are the non-legislative powers of Congress
Impeachment powers, proposing constitutional amendments, confirmation powers, powers to govern and monitor government agencies
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
- The versions must match before being sent to the president, so the bill goes to confederance
- The bill then is voted on again and both the House and the Senate
- 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
- 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
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
Power to regulate trade and commerce
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
The power to regulate the army and navy
In 1964, Congress established anti-discrimination standards in businesses. Which of the expressed powers allows Congress to do this
The power to regulate trade and commerce
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
The power to establish post offices
In 1862, congress created the Internal Revenue Service. Which of the expressed powers gave Congress the right to do this
Power to collect taxes
what Is true about redistricting
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
Votes are up for redistricting every 10 years
385
Congress passed the reapportionment act that set the number of representatives to 435
1929
