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29 Cards in this Set
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Number of Senators |
100 |
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Number of people in the House of representatives |
435 |
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Number of people in the US Congress |
535 |
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Number of senators per state |
2 |
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When the new session begins |
January 3rd |
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Speaker of the house |
John Boehner |
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President and leader of the senate also vice president |
Joe Biden |
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President pro tempor |
orrin hatch |
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Senate Majority |
Mitch Mconnel |
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Senate Minority |
Harry Reed |
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Purpose of the state of the union |
for the president to address the current state of the union and to tell his future plans. |
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What is clause 1? |
congress has the power to collect taxes,duties and excises. |
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What is clause 2? |
congress has the power to borrow money. |
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What is clause 3? |
congress has the power to control commerce with foreign nations and in the states |
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What is clause 4? |
congress can set up rules regarding naturalization the process making a immigrant a citizen. congress also has the power to make rules covering bankruptcy. |
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What is clause 5? |
congress has power to charter national banks establish the federal reserve and to print money. |
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What is clause 6? |
congress has the power to create laws to establish laws to punish persons guilty of countering money or securities. |
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What is clause 7 |
congress has the power to initiate a postal system. |
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What is clause 8 |
congress has the power to give patents and copyrights. a patent gives the creators control of their inventions and sail of it. a copyright gives the inventor to publication reproduction and sale. |
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What is clause 9 |
congress has the power to create federal courts. judiciary act of 1789 |
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What is clause 10 |
congress has control over crimes committed at sea and crimes commited in the united states that break the laws of other nations |
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What is clause 11 |
has power to declare war make rules on captures on land and water |
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What is clause 12 |
congress has power to raise and support armies but no amount of money shall be used longer than 2 years |
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What is clause 13 |
congress has power to establish a navy and maintain it |
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What is clause 14 |
congress has power to make rules for the government and laws of the land and naval forces. |
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What is clause 15 |
has power to ask the militia to carry out the laws of the union suppress revolts and invasions |
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What is clause 16 |
can organize provide arm and train the militia for governing can be used to serve the US restricted to the states only the officers and the authority of training the militia according to the responsibility assigned to the Congress. |
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What is clause 17 |
congress has the power to use exclusive legislation in all cases |
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How a bill becomes a law |
1. introduced- in either house or senate(exception- all appropriations/tax bills must start in the house) 2. bill assigned a name/number- either H.R. or S. with number and short title 3. in the house, bill put into hopper, senate bill given to the clerk of senate 4. bills are either public or private- public one deals with nation as a whole...private one deals with an individual or organization...examples of each? 5. more bills die in committee than make it through the entire process. 6. in the process, bills may have riders attached(AKA earmarks)...often referred to as pork barrel legislation 7. sometimes bills may be joint resolutions- have same effect as laws do and go through same process...used to propose amendments and for special circumstances. 8. concurrent resolutions- passed by both senate/house, deals with a procedure, not signed by president |
