Congress Chapter 4

Question 1

Article 1

Answer 1

Establishes the powers of the Legislative Branch

Question 2

Article 2

Answer 2

Establishes the powers of the Executive Branch

Question 3

Article 3

Answer 3

Establishes the powers of the Judicial Branch

Question 4

Article 4

Answer 4

Deals with the relations among the states and with the national government

Question 5

Article 5

Answer 5

Amending the Constitution

Question 6

Article 6

Answer 6

Supremacy of National Law

Question 7

Article 7

Answer 7

Ratification of the Constitution

Question 8

The founders intended ________ to be the dominant branch of Government.
- Half of the Constitution describes congress and its powers.

Answer 8

Congress

Question 9

To serve in the House

Answer 9

25 years old

Question 10

Senate

Answer 10

Citizen for 9 years

Question 11

To serve in the Senate

Answer 11

30 years old
-Members must reside in the state from which they are elected

Question 12

House

Answer 12

Citizen for at least 7 years

Question 13

What Congress does….

Answer 13

1. make laws
2. oversight
3. Representation

Question 14

Article 1 Section 1 Clause 1:

Answer 14

Vesting Clause

Question 15

Thousands of bills introduced; but most die ….

Answer 15

in committee

Question 16

Tax measures

Answer 16

• House- only by Constitution
• Only members may introduce a bill

Question 17

1921
- Watchdog- is money being used properly

Answer 17

Government Accountability office

Question 18

Problems with Congressional Oversight

Answer 18

• committee members place constituent protection and the interest of big campaign donors above rule enforcement
  -Party in power in Congress much less likely to have good oversight if president is of the same party- don’t want to make the party look bad

Question 19

Article 1 Section 9 Clause 7:

Answer 19

Budget making

Question 20

OMB

Answer 20

The Office of Management and Budget

Question 21

CBO- a nonpartisan agency

Answer 21

The Congressional Budget Office

Question 22

A formal declaration by a legislative committee that a certain amount of funding may be available to an agency

Answer 22

Authorization

Question 23

The passage, by Congress of a spending bill specifying the amount of authorized funds that actually will be allocated for an agency’s issue

Answer 23

Appropriation

Question 24

The practice in the US financing expenditures with funds that currently available rather than borrowed

Answer 24

Pay as you go rule

Question 25

Explicit constitutional powers _____ - Powers specifically delegated to the Congress by the US constitution

Answer 25

Enumerated Powers

Question 26

Article 1 Section 8 Clauses 1-17 (Write 9)

Answer 26

1. Power to lay and collect taxes 2. Power to borrow money 3. To coin money 4. Organizing militia 5. Punishment of counterfeiting 6. Establish post 7. To declare war 8. Raise and support armies 9. To provide and maintain a navy

Question 27

The Necessary and proper clause

Answer 27

The Elastic Clause -necessary and proper

Question 28

That is, powers not explicitly named in the constitution but assumed to exist due to their being necessary to implement

Answer 28

Implied Powers

Question 29

One of the most important safe guards of personal liberty within the American legal system

Answer 29

The Writ of Habeas Corpus

Question 30

A legislative act which punishes a person without a trial and prohibits that person from inheriting or bequeathing property

Answer 30

No bill attainder

Question 31

Any low which makes criminal an act which was not criminal when committed or which inflicts a greater punishment than when the crime was committed

Answer 31

Ex post Facto

Question 32

Clause 8

Answer 32

Ensure that the US would never develop a formal aristocracy