The Legislative Branch Test Review Game

1
The Legislative BranchTest Review Game
2

• How long are the terms of the House of
  Representatives and the Senate?
• House 2 years
• Senate 6 years

3

• Members of Congress are limited to serving how
  many terms?
• No limit!!

4

• Name one non-legislative power of Congress
• Amendments ratify treaties approve
  presidential appointments impeachment charges
  try impeachment cases investigate and oversight

5

• A congressional committee set up to deal with a
  current issue.
• Select committee

6

• What is the practice of voting for a bill in
  return for a future vote on another issue called?
• Log-rolling

7

• Permanent committees in Congress
• Standing Committees

8

• Who has the power to give members of Congress a
  pay raise?
• Congress

9

• In committee what is the phase called where
  experts are brought in to give their expertise on
  a specific bill being considered
• Hearing

10

• What factors are considered when choosing the
  chairman of a committee?
• Person with the most seniority from the majority
  party

11

• What are the different actions that a president
  can take when a bill makes it to his/her desk?
• Sign it into law, veto it, take no action
  (Congress in session 10 days later it passes
  Congress not in session 10 days later ? pocket
  veto)

12

• After a bill is written by a conference
  committee, who has to approve it before it ends
  up on the Presidents desk?
• Both the House and the Senate

13

• At what stage does the largest amount of
  legislative work take place?
• In committee action!

14

• The person who has the most power in the Senate
• Senate Majority Leader

15

• Who assigns proposed bills to a specific
  committee in the House of Representatives?
• Speaker of the House

16

• How many members are there in the House and the
  Senate currently?
• House 435
• Senate 100

17

• What do we call the powers given to Congress by
  the necessary and proper or elastic clause?
• Implied Powers

18

• Name an expressed (delegated) power of Congress
  as spelled out by Article I Section 8 of the U.S.
  Constitution
• Collect taxes borrow Regulate commerce
  coin money create federal courts immigration
  D.C. postal system declare war raise
  Army/Navy organize militia

19

• The person who presides over the Senate when the
  president of the Senate is not there
• President Pro Tempore

20

• Name the three qualifications to be a member of
  the House of Representatives
• 25 years old
• U.S. citizen for 7 years
• Live in the district they represent

21

• The house of Congress that approves most
  presidential appointments
• Senate

22

• How long does a congressional term last?
• 2 years

23

• The person who is the spokesperson for the party
  who has less than 50 of the members in the House
  or Senate
• Minority Leader

24

• A congressional floor leader whose job is to
  inform and influence members of his/her own party
  on legislation
• Whip

25

• Name the three qualifications to be a member of
  the Senate
• 30 years old
• U.S. citizen for 9 years
• Live in the state they represent

26

• How many members does Indiana have in the House
  of Representatives?
• 9

27

• What committee determines when and how long a
  bill will be debated during floor action?
• House Rules Committee

28

• Who is the president of the Senate?
• The Vice President

29

• What is it called when a committee decides to
  not even consider a bill and sets it aside?
  (happens to many bills)
• Pigeonhole

30

• The presiding officer of the House of
  Representatives
• Speaker of the House

31

• How many Senators would it take to remove a
  President from office who has been impeached?
• 2/3 or 67 Senators

32

• Which house has the power to originate tax and
  appropriations () bills?
• House of Representatives

33

• After a bill is introduced in either house where
  is it sent next?
• To committee

34

• What is legislation called that benefits a
  legislators home district for the purpose of
  gaining the support of his/her constituents
  called?
• Pork Barrel Legislation

35

• How can Congress override a presidential veto?
• 2/3 vote in both houses

36

• A committee who meets to compromise on
  differences between a House and Senate bill
• Conference committee

37

• What do we call it when a president takes no
  action and the bill dies because Congress is not
  in session?
• Pocket Veto