| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Strict Constructionists | Narrow interpretation of Constitution, states keep much power, only use imply powers when needed |
| Liberal Constructionists | Broad interpretation of Constitution, favor national government, not strict coverage of powers, strong central gov. |
| Taxation | collect taxes for public needs |
| Borrowing | Money to Congress with no limit on how much and what its used for |
| Commerce Power | power for congress to regulate interstate and foreign trade |
| Currency Power | Power to regulate and coin money and determine value |
| Congress and President | Parts of Nat. Gov. share power in foreign affairs |
| President | Who is responsible for conducting foreign relations? |
| Congress | Who has power to declare war? |
| War Powers Resolution of 1973 | If a state of war does not exist means restrict forces by what resolution? |
| National Institute of Standards and Technology | Who maintains standards of weights and measurements? |
| counterfeiting, piracy, treason, offenses against international law | Four kinds of Federal Crimes |
| Alexander Hamilton | Who recommended to Congress to set up National bank in 1790? |
| Bank of the United States | What did Congress set up in 1791? |
| Second Bank of the United States | What did Congress set up on 1816? |
| tax federal institutions | The Supreme Court ruled in 1819 that states could not do what? |
| two thirds vote or national convention | Two ways Congress propose an amendment? |
| House | Who's electoral duty is to select the President if there was no majority vote? |
| Senate | Who's electoral duty is to choose a vice president if there were no majority votes.? |
| House | Who has the sole power on impeachment? |
| Senate | Who's role on impeachment is to try or judge impeachment cases? |
| Senate | These Executive powers are from which house:appointments to the office and treaties made by President? |
| Senatorial courtesy | What is it called when Senate can virtually dictate certain Presidential appointments |
| Reasons for Congressional Investigations | To gather info for legislation, oversee executive operations, focus public attention on a subject, expose questionable activity, and promote interests of some members of Congress are what? |
| January 3 every odd numbered year | Congress convenes when? |
| seniority | How is Speaker of the House determined? |
| one third | How many Senate seats up for election every two years? |
| Speaker of the House | Who debates or votes on any matter before the House? |
| Vice President | Who is the president of the Senate? |
| president of the Senate | Who oversees the Senate's sessions but cannot debate and votes only in a tie? |
| president pro tempore | When VP is absent who fills in? |
| Majority and minority floor leaders | Who are the parties' chief spokespeople who help pass laws that their parties want? |
| whips | Who aids the floor leaders? |
| specialized committee | Which committee is permanent, specialize in one subject each, and handle all bills that relate to that subject? |
| House Rules Committee | What is the most powerful committee in the House? |
| select committee | Which committee is set up for a specific and usually temporary purpose, such as an investigation? |
| joint committee | Which committee can be either temporary or permanent, includes members from both houses so that separate committees in the houses do not duplicate each other's work? |
| conference committee | Which committee is a type of temporary joint committee that is set up when the House and Senate have each passed different versions of the same law? |
| House and Rules Committee | What determines when and under what conditions the whole House will debate and vote on bills? |
| Thomas Jefferson | Who was the leader of the Strict Constructionist? |
| Alexander Hamilton | Who was the leader of the Liberal Constructionist? |
| bill | What is a proposed law that applies to the nation as a whole or to certain people or places |
| resolution | What is a measure that one house passes but that does not have the force of law? |
| concurrent resolution | What resolution lacks the force of law and deals with matters in which the House and Senate must act jointly? |
| joint resolution | What resolution does have the force of law and deals with unusual or temporary matters? |
| a rider | What is a proposal with little chance of passing on its own, so it is attached to a bill that probably will pass? |
| subcommittees | Most work on bills is done where? |
| Patent | License issued to an inventor granting the exclusive right to manufacture, use, or sell his or her invention for a limited period of time |
| Committee of the Whole | What is one large committee that has less strict rules than does the House? |
| filibuster | What is the process in which a senator delays Senate action by talking at great length? |
| cloture | Senators can stop a filibuster only if three-fifths of the senators vote for a what? |
| both houses must have passed identical versions the bill | For Congress to send a bill to the President what must have happened? |
| it is a pocket veto and it dies | If Congress adjourns before the end of the ten-day period and the President has not signed the bill what happens? |
| Copyright | Exclusive, legal right of a person to reproduce, publish, and sell his or her own literary, musical or artistic creations |
| Necessary and Proper Clause | Constitutional clause that gives congress the power to make all laws "necessary and proper" for executing its powers |
| before the term starts in caucus | Powerful positions in Congress are given to people when? |
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