unit test ch 5

Question 1

house leadership

Answer 1

-speaker of the house
-minority leader
-majority leader

Question 2

senate leadership

Answer 2

-president pro tempore
-majority leader
-minority leader

Question 3

Speaker of the house

Answer 3

mike Johnson (r)

Question 4

minority leader house

Answer 4

Hakeem Jeffries (D)

Question 5

majority leader house

Answer 5

Steve scales R

Question 6

president pro tempore

Answer 6

Chuck Grassley R (senate)

Question 7

majority leader senate

Answer 7

John thune

Question 8

minority leader senate

Answer 8

chuck Schumer D

Question 9

First portion of house getting a bill

Answer 9

referral to committee
hearings (open to public)
markup (private and time consuming)
floor consideration (out of committee to whole house)

Question 10

first portion of senate making bill

Answer 10

referral to committee (senate majority leader)
hearings
markup
floor consideration (filibuster)

Question 11

middle ground of making bill

Answer 11

conference committee (two parts combine and tweak the bill)
back to separate house and senate to be approved

Question 12

final part of making bill

Answer 12

executive action
-approve
-veto (override 2/3)
-pocket veto (let legislative change for 10 days essentially veto)
-sit for 10 days then is automatically approved

Question 13

step one of impeachment process

Answer 13

committee debates charges
votes to send to full house- need majority vote

Question 14

step 2 of impeachment process

Answer 14

acts like grand jury in house
brings in witnesses (subpoena must be there) and evidence and debates evidence
*all in house 435 people

Question 15

step 3 of impeachment process

Answer 15

votes on each article
simple majority vote needed to be impeached
sends article of impeachment to senate
(still all In house)

Question 16

step 4 of impeachment

Answer 16

house is done now in senate
senate tries the case
if the president Is being tried chief justice of the United States presides
selected members of the house act as prosecutors

Question 17

step 5 of impeachment

Answer 17

senators hear testimony and evidence
house prosecutors and lawyers for both sides present case
additionally witnesses may be called
senators can also vote to curb testimony

Question 18

step 6 of impeachment

Answer 18

senate debates articles publicly or privately
doesn’t need a render or verdict
could vote to drop case or censure the official
2/3s vote is needed for conviction (removal from office)