Dec. 14, Decide the fate of proposed bills? - Standing committees

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Glencoe.com  Self-check quiz Ch. 6

Review Game 3 Q/A  Row 1 Terms I need to know  Row 2 Answer the following  Row 3 Lincoln’s Excerpt  Row 4 Terms I need to know  Row 5 Answer the following  Row 6 Anywhere on the study guide

Ch. 6 Study Guide  Terms I need to know!!  1. Elastic clause- gives congress implied powers  2. Constituents- Each congressional district must include about the same number of these  3. Senators- Power to approve or reject presidential nominees  4. Population- Basis of representation in the House of Representatives  5. Impeach- accuse officials of misconduct in office

 6. Lobbyist- Person hired by private group to influence government decision  7. Pork-barrel projects- Federal govt. projects that benefit home district or state  8. Gerrymander- a way to draw district boundaries that favors one party over another  9. Veto- President’s refusal to sign a bill  10. Filibuster- Senatorial practice of talking a bill to death

 11. Expressed powers- specific powers of Congress listed in the Constitution  12. Seniority- system in which longer- serving members get the best committee assignments  13. Census- Population count every 10 years  14. Implied powers- powers not explicitly stated in the Constitution  15. Standing Committees- Permanent, decide the fate of proposed bills

 16. Cloture- Senate can end a filibuster if 3/5 of the members vote  17. Pork-barrel projects- Federal govt. projects that benefit home district or state  18. Representatives- Focus on their districts rather than the entire state

Answer the following  1. Why is Congress bicameral?  Framers sought a compromise on the issue of state representation in Congress  2. Where does a bill move after being introduced on the floor?  Appropriate standing committee  3. T/F: Bills are not debated on the floor of Congress.  False---- Bills are debated on the floor of Congress  4. Where does Congress’s lawmaking powers come from?  Constitution

 5. How long does a term of Congress last?  2 years  6. Explain how a bill becomes a law. P. 201  Committee Action – Floor action – conference action

 7. During impeachment proceedings who impeaches and who convicts?  House impeaches, Senate convicts  8. According to Article I. Congress is not allowed to? P. 188  Favor one state over another state  9. Who decides the fate of proposed bills?  Standing committees

 “The provision of the Constitution giving the war-making power to Congress, was dictated, as I understand it, by the following reasons. Kings had always been involving and impoverishing [making poor] their people in wars, pretending generally, if not always, that the good of the people was the object. This, our Convention understood to be the most oppressive of all Kingly oppressions; and they resolved to so frame the Constitution that no one man should hold the power of bringing this oppression upon us.”   —Abraham Lincoln, Letter to William Herndon, February 15, 1848  1. What were the Framers trying to avoid?   2. In Lincoln’s letter who was he referring to? From where?   3. Which branch has the power to declare war?

 “The provision of the Constitution giving the war-making power to Congress, was dictated, as I understand it, by the following reasons. Kings had always been involving and impoverishing [making poor] their people in wars, pretending generally, if not always, that the good of the people was the object. This, our Convention understood to be the most oppressive of all Kingly oppressions; and they resolved to so frame the Constitution that no one man should hold the power of bringing this oppression upon us.”   —Abraham Lincoln, Letter to William Herndon, February 15, 1848  1. What were the Framers trying to avoid?  Oppression  2. In Lincoln’s letter who was he referring to? From where?  Kings, Europe  3. Which branch has the power to declare war?  Legislative Branch – Congress