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Jeopardy Vocabulary Powers Know your Leg. Br. Potpourri House v Senate Bill to Law 100 100 100 100 100 100 200 200 200 200 200 200 300 300 300 300 300 300 400 400 400 400 400 400 500 500 500 500 500 500

This is the term for the regular period of time during which Congress conducts business.

Session A 100

This is the term for how seats are distributed to States for the House of Rep.

Apportioned A 200

This is the term for the Senate since only a fraction are up for election at any one time.

Continuous body A 300

This is who presides over the Senate when the Vice President is absent.

President Pro Tempore A 400

This is a committee made up of members from both houses and may send reports to both the House and the Senate. A 500

Joint committee A 500

The power to tax is this type of power. B 100

Expressed B 100

The power to draft Americans to the armed forces is this type of power. B 200

Implied B 200

This group has the power to propose Constitutional amendments. B 300

Congress B 300

The power to approve or reject major presidential appointments belongs solely to this group.

Senate B 400

This gives Congress the power to pass laws needed to carry out the expressed laws. B 500

The Necessary and Proper Clause or The Elastic Clause B 500

This is the average race, age and gender of the majority of Congress members.

White, middle-aged males C 100

This is how many Senators each state has.

Two C 200

This leadership position is the elected presiding officer of the House and leader of the majority party. C 300

The Speaker of the House C 300

DAILY DOUBLE Place A Wager C 400

These are the qualifications for a member of the House as required by the Constitution.

25 yrs. old, 7 yr US citizen, resident of state

This is the person that determines how many votes their party can count on for a vote on a bill.

Whip C 500

Screening for bills for floor debate is a major duty of this group

Committees D 100

This is when congressional elections occur. D 200

The Tuesday after the first Monday in November of even-numbered years

The rule that majority party members with the longest service records become committee chairpersons is this. D 300

Seniority rule D 300

This court case ruled that all congressional districts must have about the same number of people so one person’s vote is equal to another’s. D 400

Wesberry v Sanders D 400

Before the 17th amendment, this group selected US Senators.

State legislators D 500

This is how long a US Senator serves for a term.

6 years E 100

This is the method or source of election for both the House and Senate.

Popular vote or the people

These are the qualifications for being a US Senator according to the Constitution.

30 yrs old, 9 yr citizen, reside in state

This is the difference between the House and Senate debate rules.

The Senate can debate unlimited or filibuster.

This group has the sole power to impeach the President.

The House of Representatives

Most bills in the House die at this step in the process. F 100

Committee F 100

To prevent a vote or action on a bill, Senators may do this. F 200

Filibuster F 200

This is the main reason Congress creates committees. F 300

To divide the workload F 300

This is the purpose of a conference committee.

To create a compromise bill that both the House and Senate will accept. F 400

This how a President may prevent a bill passed by Congress from becoming a law.

Refuse to sign and attach a veto message

The Final Jeopardy Category is: Framers Please record your wager. Click on screen to begin

Click on screen to continue Why did the Framers of the Constitution establish a bicameral Congress? Click on screen to continue

Historical, practical and theoretical reasons Click on screen to continue

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