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23 Cards in this Set
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the United States legislative branch is __________, meaning it has two houses.
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Bicameral |
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The main role of the legislative branch is to ____________________.
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Make Laws |
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The principle of democracy demonstrated in the legislative process is __________________ because ___________________________.
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the President can veto a bill |
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What are the two houses in the federal Congress |
Senate and House of Representatives |
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How many members does the US Senate have? What is it based on?
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2 per state |
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How many members does the US house of representatives have? What is it based on?
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The population of each state. |
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The US House of Representatives? |
HOR: Speaker of the House |
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What are the qualifications to be in the US Senate? |
30 years old, 9 years citizen, live in the state you represent. |
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What are the qualifications to be in the US House of Representatives? |
25 years old, 7 years citizen, live in the district you represent. |
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What are the two houses called? |
Ga. House of Representatives and Ga. Senate |
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Who is the leader of the Ga Senate? Who is the leader of the Ga HOR |
Speaker of the House |
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What are the qualifications to be in the Ga Senate? |
25 years old, 2 years citizen, live in the state |
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What are the qualifications to be in the Ga House of Representatives? |
21 years old, 2 years citizen, live in the district. |
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Who is the leader? |
the Mayor |
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What are the qualifications to be a member of the Marietta City Council?
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18 years old, live in the ward you represent. |
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What are the terms for the following: US Senate? Us House of Representatives? Ga State Senate? Ga State House of Representatives? Marietta City Council? |
2 years 2 years 2 years 2 years |
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Expressed powers are..... |
Specifically written in the constitution |
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Implied powers are ..... |
Necessary and proper to carry out the expressed powers, found in Article 1 sec. 8 |
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Denied powers are....
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Stated in the constitution and are powers that congress does not have. |
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the purposes of Congressional committees are |
2. Study a bill, hold public hearings 3. Make the best bill possible |
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What are the 5 types of committees
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2. Sub-committee - standing further divided 3. Select or special committee - temporary 4. Joint Committee - members of both houses 5. Conference - work out different versions of the same bill. |
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What are the steps in the bill making process
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Introduce - written and numbered Committee - debated and discussed Entire - house votes if yes goes to other house Introduce - in the other house Committee - debated and discussed Entire - other house votes if yes goes to the president President - Enrolled - President either signs or veto. |
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Where does the bill go if the Presidents vetoes it? |
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