Congress Flashcards
(22 cards)
Create and collect taxes
Both
Coin money
Both
Borrow money
Both
Regulate the value of currency
Both
Regulate interstate and foreign commerce
Both
Use the necessary and proper clause to carry out enumerated powers
Both
Generate bills to raise revenue
House
Propose budgetary amendments
Senate
Regulate trade with other nations
Both
Confirm ambassadors with a majority vote
Senate
Ratify treaties entered into by a president with two-thirds vote
Senate
Declare war
Both
Raise and support armies with a naval force, and call up the military to suppress insurrection
Both
Punish piracies/felonies on the high seas
Both
Issue articles of impeachment for president, vice president, and other executive branch officers
House
Confirm presidential nominees of executive branch officers with a majority vote
Senate
Convict impeached officials with a two-thirds vote
Senate
Create levels of judicial branch under SCOTUS
Both
Establish number of SCOTUS judges
Both
Issues articles of impeachment against members of the Federal judiciary
House
Confirms nominees to federal judiciary with majority vote
Senate
Tries members of federal judiciary that have been impeached
Senate