F8: Congress Questions

A. HOUSE & SENATE DIFFERENCES

1. There are 435 seats in the House, and 100 seats in the Senate.
2. There are only 2 seats held in Senate and 11 seats in the House of Representatives
3. Representatives get two years in office, while Senators get six..
4. The Senate can conduct filibusterers and approve treaties made by the executive branch.
5. The House can Impeach a President and also vote for a president in the electoral college.
6. The House can ask to Impeach a President, but only the Senate is allowed to carry out the trial. .

B. IMPORTANT COMMITTEES: Look up standing committees and conference committees.

1. United States Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
2. The Committee on Government Operations
3. The conference committee, which works out any difference between the House and Senate bills
4. The United States House Committee on Rules

C. MORE FROM THE CONSTITUTION

1. If Congress adjourns within the 10 day period of the pocket veto
2. The President can be impeached if he has committed treason, bribery, or other high crimes.
3. Congress can declare war as well as override President's veto.
4. Congress can Impeach and remove judges and can create lower federal courts.
5. The 17th amendment allowed a direct vote to pick US Senators.

D. OTHER VOCABULARY

1. This is when Congress reviews and monitors government agencies and the like.
2. They are there to vote for the "greater common good" even if it interferes with their own short term goal.
3. The president as full control over how World War II would be handled.
4. The congressional budget office provides economic data to congress.

E. IMPORTANT JOBS

1. A whip ensures that there is party discipline in the Legislative branch.
2. The job goes to the senior member of the majority party in the senate.
3. The President of the Senate is also the Vice President of the United States.

EXTRA CREDIT: WHO HOLDS THE JOBS? (This can earn you extra points on the quiz).

1. Speaker of the House of Representatives: John Boenher
2. House Majority Leader & House Majority Whip: Eric Cantor, Kevin McCarthy.
3. House Minority Leader & House Minority Whip: Nancy Pelosi, Steny Hoyer
4. Senate Majority Leader & Senate Majority Whip: Harry Reid, Richard Durbin
5. Senate Minority Leader & Senate Minority Whip: Mitch McConnell, John Cornyn
6. Senate President Pro Tempore: Patrick Leahy
7. President of the Senate: Joe Biden