Sunday, January 6, 2013

Chapter 10 Legislative Process Study Guide

Duty of Congress
Number of Representative, Senators
Special powers of the House? The Senate? Article I
Qualifications and term for House? Senate?
Implied power   
Delegated power  
Revenue                                                                                                      
Bills
Coalition
Caucus
Census
Cloture
Majority Leader
Minority Leader
Minority Whip
Majority Whip                                                                                                                                                                                        
Speaker of the House
Vice President
President Pro Tempore J
oint, Select, Standing, Conference Committees                                                                                               Committee Stage
Floor Stage
Conference Stage
House Rules Committee
Impeachment
Bicameral
trustee- delegate-partisan-politico
Committee Chairman
Pocket Veto
Veto
Where does the real "work" of Congress take place, and how is the workload divided?                   
What are the expressed powers of(l) both Houses, (2) the House, and (3) the Senate?
Describe the steps that a law must go through from the time it is first proposed to the time that it is passed by Congress
What are the advantages of a slow-in legislature?