Federal Legislative Review

The Necessary and Proper Clause is also called the:

• Amendment Clause

• Elastic Clause

• Congress Clause

• Non-Compete Clause

____________ in the constitution describes the legislative branch.

• Article I

• Article II

• Article III

• Article IV

A floor debate is when:

• a committee in either side of Congress votes on a bill.

• everybody in one side of Congress is voting on a bill.

• a Congressman is proposing a bill to Congress

• the President signs a bill into law.

The Speaker of the House gets the job:

• by being randomly chosen.

• through votes by the people in their district.

• through votes by members of their party in the House of Representatives

• by the President of the United States.

The Speaker of the House would NOT:

• organize the minority party.

• preside over the House of Representatives.

• forward bills to their committees.

• be the most powerful member of the House of Representatives.

The Vice President of the United States is also the:

• President Pro-Tempore.

• Speaker of the House.

• a Supreme Court justice.

• President of the U.S. Senate

When the Vice President is absent:

• the President Pro-Tempore leads the Senate.

• the President Pro-Tempore leads the House of Representatives.

• the House Majority Leader leads the Senate.

• the Senate Majority Leader leads the Senate.

All tax bills must start in the Senate.

• True

• False

Anyone can have an idea for a bill/law.

• True

• False

Before a bill is voted on in a floor debate, it will be voted upon in:  

• all of the Senate

• committee.

• all of the House of Representatives

• the president's office.