| A | B |
|---|
| Legislative Branch | Bicameral |
| The Senate has ______ Senators | 100 |
| The House of Representatives has ____ Representatives | 435 |
| Duty of the US Congress | Appoints Supreme Court Justices |
| The Supreme Court excercises the power of... | Judicial Review |
| Federal courts try cases involving... | Federal law and questions involving interpretation of the Constitution |
| Can override presidential vetoes | Legislative branch |
| Can impeach Justices | Legislative Branch |
| 1st step of the lawmaking process | Introducing the Bill |
| 2nd step of the lawmaking process | Working in committees |
| 3rd step of the lawmaking process | Debating the bill on the floor of each house |
| 4th step of the lawmaking process | Voting on the Bill in each house |
| 5th step of the lawmaking process | sending the Bill to the President/Governor |
| Cities have ____________ listing their powers | Charters |
| What is a Mandate? | A Command |
| Executive branch (state) exercises the formal powers granted by the... | Virginia Constiution |
| The group who oversees the operation of K-12 public schools | School Board |
| The President's power is ___________ in domestic and foreign affairs | Broad |
| Most states have a ______________ system for their elctoral votes | winner-takes-all |
| Congress can only impeach the President if he has... | broken a law |
| Who declares war? | Congress |
| Congress needs a ____ vote to override a presidential veto | 2/3 |
| The VA legislature is called the... | General Assembly |
| The division of power between the states and the national gov't | Federalism |
| The house of Congress that has 2 votes per state | The Senate |
| The house of Congress where representation is determined by population | The House of Representatives |
