UNIT 3 STUDY GUIDE ANSWERS QUALIFICATIONS Senate House

UNIT 3 STUDY GUIDE ANSWERS

QUALIFICATIONS Senate House of Representatives • 30 Years Old • 25 Years old • 9 Years Citizen • 7 Years Citizen U. S. • Resident of District • Resident of State

5 LIMITATIONS OF GOVERNMENT • Bill of Attainder • Ex Post facto Laws • Suspend Habeas Corpus • Grant Nobility, • Tax Exports

MOST POWERFUL MEMBER OF SENATE • Majority Leader

IMPLIED POWERS • Not written but inferred

ELASTIC CLAUSE • The Necessary and proper clause

CONCURRENT POWERS • Powers that are shared • Collect taxes, Borrow money, and make laws

WHAT IS THE NAME OF GEORGIA LEGISLATURE • General Assembly

DELEGATED POWERS • Those powers expressed, implied, or inherent, granted to the national government by the constitution. • Coin Money • Declare War • Levi Tariffs/taxes • Regulate trade

CHECKS AND BALANCES • System of overlapping the powers of the branches

HOW DO THEY CHECK • President can veto laws created by congress • Congress approves appointments by president

4 POWERS OF SENATE • Electoral College for Vice President, Impeachment Trial, Treaties, and Presidential appointments

HOUSE POWERS • Appropriations • Impeachment investigation • Electoral College President

PRESIDENT OF SENATE • Always the VP

REPRESENTATION FOR EACH STATE • Population

VOTE REQUIRED TO OVERRIDE PRESIDENT • 2/3

LIMITED GOVERNMENT • The government can only do those things that are delegated to it

CABINET MAKEUP • Secretaries of Executive Departments

NAACP IS • Special interest Group

EPA IS • Regulatory Commission

GOVERNMENT CORPORATION • A legal entity created by a government to undertake commercial activities

CABINET MEETINGS LED BY • President

MAIN PURPOSE OF LEGISLATIVE BRANCH • Make Laws

RESERVED POWERS • Powers not given to the national government • Education, License, Marriage

ROLE OF SPEAKER OF HOUSE • To preside and keep order

1/3 OF SENATORS ELECTED WHY • To make sure there are experience senators within the senate

CONFERENCE COMMITTEE • TO resolve issues

MEMBERS OF HOUSE • 435

INTEREST GROUPS DO • Campaign Contributions, • Encourage members to write their reps • Hire Lobbyists to speak

LOBBYISTS • Support bills they favor and oppose bills they do not like for their special interest group

DISCLOSURE ACT • Tighten government control on lobbying and made lobbyist register

GEORGIA REPS • 180

PURPOSE OF COMMITTEES • Divide the work of congress among smaller groups

MAIN JOB OF SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS • Influence government decision to benefit their group members

TERM LENGTH FOR CONGRESS • 2 years

BILL ON PRESIDENT DESK, 10 DAYS, NOT SIGNED • Pocket veto

BICAMERAL LEGISLATION • 2 houses

PURPOSE OF CABINET • TO advise the president

EXAMPLE OF GOV’T CORPORATION • USPS, TVA

PETA, NRA, MADD, NAACP • Special Interest Group