AG Unit 6 Proficiency Check

The United States’s legislative branch; includes the House of Representatives and the Senate, whose job it is to make laws

Permanent committee in a legislative body to which bills in a specified subject area are referred

• Standing Committee
• Select Committee
• Joint Committee
• Investigative Committee

Proposed laws presented to a legislative body for consideration

Exclusive power of Congress to regulate interstate and foreign trade

• Taxing Power
• Commerce Power
• Borrowing Power
• Coining Power

The presiding officer of the House of Representatives, chosen by and from the majority party in the House

From below, select only the following expressed powers of Congress:

• the power to declare war.
• the power to tax exports.
• the power to coin money.
• the power to enforce laws.
• the power to borrow money.

Chief executive's power to reject a bill passed by a legislature; literally (Latin) "I forbid"

The number of Senate seats held by each state is

• fixed by the Constitution.
• set by the Census Bureau.
• based on State populations.
• the same as the number of House seats.

According to the Constitution, who has the sole power of impeachment?

• The House of Representatives
• the Vice President
• the Supreme Court
• Senate

A non-legislative power of the House to bring formal charges against an executive or judicial branch official