"Which article of the consitution outlines the legislative branch?", "Article 1" "What is the main job of the legislaitve branch?", "Make laws,declare war" "Casework", "The work that a law maker does to help constutents w/ a problem" "why do members of congress dediate so much time to casework", "to focus on laws" "pork-barrel project", "govt project grant that primarly benefits the home districs or state" "U.S Capital", "Washington D.C" "bicameral", "a goernment that has a 2 house legislature system" "census", "every 10 years a population count is taken by the census bureau" "constutuent", "legislatures are required to grow around the smae # of ppl represented" "gerrmandering", "oddy shaped district increasing voting strengh" "who presides over the senate<br /> do they get to vote", "vice president of the U.S.<br /> Cant vote" "who currently holds this position", "kamala Harris" "how is representation determined in the senate", "that it should have 2 senators" "identifiy wisconsins us senators", "tammy baldwin and ron johnson" "how many total members are in the senate", "100 members" "who is the current senate majority leader", "charles schumer (dem)" "who is the current senate minority leader", "miton mucconnell (reb)" "which party currently controls the senate", "dem" "how is representation determined in the HOR", "population" "how many total members are in the HOR", "435" "what do we call the leader of the HOR", "the speaker of the house" "who currently holds this postition", "nancy pelosi" "who is the current house minority leader", "kevin miccarthy (reb)" "how many representatives does wisconsin have", "8-5 reb 3 dem" "who represents distric #1 in wi", "bryan steil" "which party currently controls the HOR", "dem" "committee", "group of ppl appointed consists of members from larger groups" "what is the purplse/functions of committtees in congress", "to monitor identify issues ather and evaluate info" "what factors influence committee assingnments", "assigned by each party" "non legislative powers of congress", "1. creating laws<br /> 2. deal w foreign contries" "elastic clause", "clause in article 1 section 8 of the consitution gives congress the right to make all laws proper to carry out expressed powers" "expressed powers", "pwoer that the us congress has that is specifically listed in the constatution" "identify 3 examples of expressed pwers", "declare war<br /> conduct foreign relations<br /> coin $" "implied powers", "power that congress has that isnt started explicityly in the consitution" "identify 3 examples of implied pwers", "declare war<br /> control immigration<br /> levy taxes" "identify 2 things that congress cannot do", "cant pass laws<br /> cant favor certain states" "explain the relationship between this branch of govt and the other two (how might it check or limit one of the other branches)", "becuase if we didnt have this branch there wouldnt be a way to make laws" "impeach", "to accuse govt officlas of misconduct in office" "impeachment process", "after house sends articles to senate senate sits @ high court of impeahment to consider evidence" "have there been any impeached presidents", "no" "what are the 3 constitutional qualificaations for a member of the HOR", "must be 25 years old<br /> US citizen for the past 7 years<br /> inhabitant of the sate he/she represented<br /> length: 2 year terms Are there term limites: 6 terms" "what are the 3 constitional wualifications fora member of the senate", "must be 30 years old<br /> us citizen for the past 9 years<br /> resident of state a senator represents<br /> length: 6 years term limits: 2 terms" "bill", "legislative purposal before congress" "lobbyist", "represenatives of an interest group contracts law amers to influence policy making" "veto", "done by president if they dont approve of the law" "filibuster", "a tactic for defeating a bill in the senate to limit debate on the bill" "closture", "a procedure used in the senate to limit debate on a bill" "1st step to becoming a law", "idea- presendted by anyone" "2nd step to becoming a law", "bill- a member of congress drafts into a bill" "3rd step to becoming a law", "committee- decides" "4th step to becoming a law", "vote: voted on by senate and HOR" "5th step to becoming a law", "confrince committee" "6tth step to becoming a law", "signed: by president or veto"
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