FREE AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT CONGRESS TEST STUDY

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FREE AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT CONGRESS TEST STUDY

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Question 1: How many Senators come from each state? How many Reps? How and why

are the numbers different?

Answer:

Each state sends two Senators to represent their state in the U.S. Senate. However, in the House of Representatives, a state's representation is based on its population. Bigger states get more, while smaller states have less.

Question 2: What are the expressed powers of congress?

Answer:

The expressed powers of congress are to: tax, borrow money, regulate commerce, currency, declare war, raise armies, and maintain navy.

Question 3: What are the roles Speaker of the House?

Answer:

The Speaker of the House is the presiding officer of the house of representatives, chosen by and from the majority party in the house.

Question 4: What are the roles of the Rules Committee?

Answer:

The roles of the Rule Committee are to speed up or slow down the bill.

Question 5: What is the process by which a bill becomes a law?

Answer:

If a bill has passed in both the U.S. House of Reps and the U.S. Senate and has been approved by the President, or if a presidential veto has been overridden, the bill becomes a law and is enforced by the government and is given an official number.

Question 6: How are committee chairpersons selected?

Answer:

Committee chairpersons are selected through the seniority rule.

Question 7: Who and how are treaties approved?

Answer:

Treaties are approved by the President of the senate by a 2/3 vote.

Question 8: What are the qualifications for members of the House of Reps?

Answer:

The qualifications for members of the House of Representatives are you have to be at least 25 years old, be a US citizen for at least 7 years, live in the state they represent, and take an oath to support the Constitution.

Question 9: When may the House refuse to seat a member-elect?

Answer:

The house refuses to seat a member-elect when they don't meet constitutional standards of age, citizenship, and residency.Question 10: What options does the President have when a bill signed by congress reaches his/her desk?

Answer:

The options that the president have when a bill signed by congress reaches his/her desk is to sign it, veto it, pocket veto, or don't sign it.

Question 11: What is a conference committee? Why is it necessary?

Answer:

The conference committee settles differences in the same bill.

Question 12: What are the roles of Party whips?

Answer:

Party whips are assistant of the floor leader in the house and senate, responsible for monitoring and marshaling vote.

Question 13: What are the roles President pro tempore?

Answer:

President pro-tempore are members of the U.S. senate or of upper house of states legislators chosen to preside in the absence of the president of the senate.

Question 14: Why did the framers of the Constitution favor bicameralism?

Answer:

The framers of the Constitution favored bicameralism so the houses could act as a check and balance on each other.

Question 15: Does the Constitution limit our nation's debt level?

Answer:

The Constitution does not limit our nation's debt level.

Question 16: How long are the terms for Senators? Representatives?

Answer:

The number of terms for senators are 6 years. The number of of terms for Representatives are 2 years.Question 17: How is the power to impeach distributed between the two houses of congress?

Answer:

The power to impeach is distributed between the two houses of congress by the constitution gives the house of representatives the power to impeach an official, and it makes the senate the sole court for impeachment.

Question 18: Where do most bills (that do not become laws) die?

Answer:

Most bills that do not become laws, die in the committee.

Question 19: Which house of congress has few or no limits on debate?

Answer:

The senate has few or no limits on debate.

Question 20: Why did congress create committees?

Answer:

Congress created committees to organize and share the work.Question 21: Does the make up of congress truly represent of the general population of the country?

Answer:

No, the make up of congress does not truly represent the general population of the country.

Question 22: What is the minimum number of Representatives a state may have?

Answer:

The minimum number of representatives a state may have is at least one.

Question 23: What is a "session" of congress?

Answer:

A session of Congress is one year long. Each term has two sessions, which are referred to as "1st" or "2nd." Being "in session" refers to when Congress is meeting during the session.

Question 24: What power does the Necessary and Proper Clause give to congress?

Answer:

It gives powers not stated in the constitution to congress, "make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution the [enumerated] powers, and all other powers vested by the Constitution in the government of the United States." Question 25: Where and who screens proposed bills for consideration on the floor?

Answer:

Senators and representatives screen bills on the house floor. Also, including the committee chairmen.