Legislative Branch

Question 1

What is the minimum age to become a Representative?

Answer 1

25 years old.

Question 2

How long does a person have to be a US citizen before they can be a Representative?

Answer 2

7 years.

Question 3

Does the Representative have to live in the state they are elected from?

Answer 3

Yes.

Question 4

What determines the number of Representative a state receives?

Answer 4

Its population.

Question 5

What determines the number of Senators a state receives?

Answer 5

The Constitution declares all states get 2 Senators.

Question 6

What is the minimum age to become a Senator?

Answer 6

30 years old

Question 7

How long does a person have to be a US citizen before they can be a Senator?

Answer 7

9 years.

Question 8

What is the main job of the Legislative Branch?

Answer 8

To make laws.

Question 9

Who is third in line for the President’s position.

Answer 9

Speaker of the House.

Question 10

Who is in charge of the House of Representatives?

Answer 10

Speaker of the House.

Question 11

How does the Speaker of the House receive his/her position?

Answer 11

Whichever party has the most Representatives vote for their leader (The Speaker of the House).

Question 12

Who is in charge of the Senate?

Answer 12

The Vice-President.

Question 13

Define impeachment.

Answer 13

To abuse ones power.

Question 14

Who bring charges of impeachment against an official?

Answer 14

The Representatives.

Question 15

Who is the jury during an impeachment trial against an official?

Answer 15

The Senators.

Question 16

What happens if the Senate votes in favor of impeachment?

Answer 16

The official loses his or her position in the government.

Question 17

Who presents to Congress an idea for a bill (law)?

Answer 17

A Representative or Senator.

Question 18

Once a bill has been discussed in a committee what percent vote has to approve the bill in order for it to be voted on in Congress?

Answer 18

51%; a majority.

Question 19

Once a bill has been discussed in the House of Representatives, what percent vote has to approve the bill in order for it to go to the Senate?

Answer 19

51%; a majority.

Question 20

Once a bill has been discussed in the Senate , what percent vote has to approve the bill in order for it to go to the House of Representatives?

Answer 20

51%; a majority.

Question 21

If both houses in Congress vote to pass a bill, what is the next step?

Answer 21

It goes to the President.

Question 22

The President has three choices when a bill has passed Congress. What are these three choices?

Answer 22

The President can sign the bill into law.
The President can ignore the bill and it goes into law in 10 days (Pocket Veto).
The President can veto the bill.

Question 23

What happens to a bill that the President has vetoed?

Answer 23

It goes back to Congress for a re-vote.

Question 24

Congress has to achieve what percent vote to pass a Presidential vetoed bill?

Answer 24

66% (2/3)

Question 25

What is Ex Post Facto?

Answer 25

If a law is created after a crime has been committed; people who committed the crime BEFORE the law was enacted cannot be charged with a crime.