Final Prep VI

VI

House Leadership

Nancy PelosiSpeaker of the House

House Leadership

Steny HoyerMajority Leader

House Leadership

John BoehnerMinority Leader

Senate Leadership

Robert ByrdPresident Pro Tempore

Senate Leadership

Harry ReidMajority Leader

Senate Leadership

Mitch McConnellMinority Leader

Term Definition

EXPRESSED POWERS

IMPLIED POWERS

INHERENT POWERS

POWERS ACTUALLY WRITTEN OUT IN THE CONSTITUTION

THOSE POWERS THAT ARE NOT EXPLICITLY STATED, BUT ARE ASSUMED

POWERS THAT EXIST BECAUSE IT IS A NATIONAL GOVERNMENT

What is gerrymandering?

Drawing congressional districts in order to gain an advantages for one political party

I’m Thomas Jefferson. I am a STRICT constructionist. The expressed powers and only

absolutely necessary implied powers should be granted to

Congress.

I’m Alexander Hamilton. I am a

LIBERAL constructionist. The

Constitution should be interpreted loosely to allow for a powerful

government to do what it needs to do

HAMILTON and the LIBERAL CONSTRUCTIONISTS win the battle

17th Amendment

Clause 1. The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each

State, elected by the people thereof, for six years; and each Senator shall have one vote.