Duck You Marx

Front 1

house of representatives powers Q1

Back 1

- to initiatie revenue bills
- to impeach officials
- to elect the president through electoral college

Front 2

senate powers Q1

Back 2

- approve/ratify treaties
- conduct impeachment trials
- advise and consent on presidential appointment to his cabinet and judicial posts

Front 3

House Differences Q1

Back 3

- 435 members and 2 year terms
- house members have one committee assignment and are policy specialist
- rules committee is powerful, controls time of debate, and admissibility of amendments
- debate is limited to on hour usually, filibusters are not possible

Front 4

Senate differences Q1

Back 4

- 100 members and 6 year terms
- senators have two or more major committee assignments and are policy generalists
- rules committee is weak, few limits on debate or amendments
- debate is unlimited un less ended by unanimous consent or by invoking cloture;filibusters are possible

Front 5

Speaker of the house/senate majority/minority leader Q4

Back 5

speaker of the house - decides who debates and what gets voted on

senate maj/min - organizes/schedules business, minority has the power to use filibuster

Front 6

Chairman of house rules committee Q4

Back 6

decides how long debate will last, number of amendments allowed, debate and decorum rules

Front 7

chairman of steering committee in committees Q4

Back 7

- dictates chairmen and committee members of each committee

Front 8

chairman of house ways and means Q4

Back 8

- controls taxes,medicaid,medicare etc
- decides where the money goes

Front 9

Speeding up a bill Q4

Back 9

- hotlining, majority/minority leaders agree to a bill unanimously with 15 mins to vote other wise counted as a yes
- reconciliation - 20 hours of debate allowed for budget bills

Front 10

slowing down a bill Q4

Back 10

- endless quorum calls
- filibusters
- endless amendments in committees
- not giving it a calendar date