FEB. 22
• 1. VOCAB. QUIZ
• 2. ARTICLE (WASHINGTON POST – THIS IS WHAT AMERICA WOULD LIKE
WITHOUT GERRYMANDERING)
• 3. NOTES/DISCUSSION OVER CONGRESSIONAL POWERS
• 4. CONGRESS QUIZ TUESDAY, FEB. 23 AND CONGRESS TEST MONDAY, FEB.
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• YOU WILL BE ABLE TO DESCRIBE THE DIFFERENT POWERS OF CONGRESS.
•THE MOST POWERFUL PERSON IN THE SENATE IS THE ______.
•THE MOST POWERFUL PERSON IN THE HOUSE IS THE _______.
•THE RULES COMMITTEE IS FOUND IN THE _______________.
•THE ________________ EMPHASIZES FOREIGN POLICY.
• 1. TO COLLECT TAXES
• 2. BORROW MONEY
• 3. REGULATE FOREIGN AND INTERSTATE COMMERCE
• 4. PROVIDE FOR NATURALIZATION
• 5. COIN MONEY
• 6. TO PUNISH COUNTERFEITERS OF FEDERAL MONEY
• 7. TO ESTABLISH POST OFFICES
• 8. GRANT PATENTS AND COPYRIGHTS
• 9. CREATE COURTS INFERIOR TO THE SUPREME COURT
• 10. DEFINE AND PUNISH CRIMES AT SEA
• 17. EXERCISE EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OVER DC AND OTHER FEDERAL PROPERTIES
• 18. MAKE ALL LAWS NECESSARY AND PROPER TO THE EXECUTION OF ANY OTHER EXPRESSED POWERS
THE NON-LEGISLATIVE POWERS
•CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS
•ELECTORAL DUTIES
•IMPEACHMENT
•EXECUTIVE POWERS
•INVESTIGATORY POWER
ELECTORAL DUTIES
• THE 12TH AMENDMENT SAYS THAT IF NO CANDIDATE RECEIVES A MAJORITY OF THE ELECTORAL
VOTES FOR PRESIDENT, THE HOR, VOTING BY STATES, MUST DECIDE THE ISSUE. (HAS BEEN
USED TWICE)
• THE SENATE MUST ALSO CHOOSE A VICE PRESIDENT WHEN NO CANDIDATE WINS A MAJORITY
OF THE ELECTORAL VOTES. THE VOTE IS NOT BY STATES BUT BY INDIVIDUAL SENATORS. (HAS
BEEN USED ONCE)
• THE 25TH AMENDMENT PROVIDES FOR THE FILLING OF A VACANCY IN THE VICE PRESIDENCY.
THE PRESIDENT NOMINATES A SUCCESSOR, SUBJECT TO A MAJORITY VOTE IN BOTH HOUSES
OF CONGRESS. (HAS BEEN USED TWICE)
IMPEACHMENT
• THE HOUSE HAS THE SOLE POWER OF IMPEACHMENT, TO ACCUSE OR BRING CHARGES.
• THE SENATE HAS THE SOLE POWER TO TRY, TO JUDGE, SIT AS A COURT IN IMPEACHMENT
CASES
• IMPEACHMENT REQUIRES ONLY A MAJORITY VOTE IN THE HOUSE; CONVICTION REQUIRES
A 2/3 VOTE IN THE SENATE.
• THE PENALTY FOR CONVICTION IS REMOVAL FROM OFFICE.
• 17 IMPEACHMENTS, 2 WERE PRESIDENTS (ANDREW JOHNSON AND BILL CLINTON) THE
REST WERE FEDERAL JUDGES. 7 FEDERAL JUDGES HAVE BEEN REMOVED FROM OFFICE.
EXECUTIVE POWERS
•ALL MAJOR APPOINTMENTS MADE BY THE PRESIDENT MUST BE
CONFIRMED BY THE SENATE BY A MAJORITY VOTE,
•THE PRESIDENT MAKES TREATIES “BY AND WITH THE ADVICE
AND CONSENT OF THE SENATE,… PROVIDED TWO THIRDS OF THE
SENATORS PRESENT CONCUR.”
INVESTIGATORY POWER
•CONGRESS HAS THE POWER TO INVESTIGATE ANY MATTER
THAT FALLS WITHIN THE SCOPE OF ITS LEGISLATIVE
POWERS. CONGRESS EXERCISES THIS AUTHORITY
THROUGH ITS STANDING COMMITTEES, AND THEIR
SUBCOMMITTEES, AND OFTEN THROUGH SPECIAL
COMMITTEES, AS WELL.