Legislative Branch Flashcards
2 functions of Congress
Legislative oversight and makes laws
Legislative branch is under which article
1st
What body has the authority to regulate commerce
Congress
The U.S has two houses, making it ___
Bicameral
The House has how many members
435
The third in line to succeed presidency is ___
Speaker of the House
Who pressure congress
Lobbyists
The four voting options
Trustees, delegates, partisans, and politicos
Qualifications for the House
25 years old, 7 years a U.S citizen, and state resident
States are guaranteed at least how many representatives
1
How many Tennessee members are in the House
9
Clarksville is in which Congressional districts
7th
The representative of the Congressional District is
Mark Green
U.S senator qualifications
30 years old, 9 years U.S citizen, and state resident
The Senate has how many members
100
Two senators from Tennessee
Marsha Blackburn and Lamar Alexander
Term length for the House and Senate
2
6
Three powers that Congress is gifted
Expressed, implied, and inherent
Who believed in strict interpretation
Thomas Jefferson
Alexander Hamilton favored what kind of interpretation
Liberal
Power to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts and exercises, to pay debts, etc.
The power of tax
The power to borrow money on credit
Borrowing power
To make laws which shall be necessary and proper…
Necessary and proper clause
To remove the president from office
impeachment
Why is the constitution a living document
It can be amended and changed throughout the times
Veto means
I forbid
To override the presidents veto, what needs to happen
Congress needs 2/3 majority vote
How can the Supreme Court stop a Congressional Bill from becoming a law
They can declare the law unconstitutional
