i need help with my social studies study guide (9th grade government)(or law0

Question

Length of Terms in Congress

Qualifications for both houses

Gerrymander

4 types of committees

How a bill becomes a law

rider

expressed powers

implied powers

Bills of attainder

pork-barrel projects

filibuster

legislative branch

vice president and the Senate

Basis of Representation in House

lobbyist

term

The Census and the House

Elastic clause

Impeachment

Powers that Congress doesn’t have

3 main sources of ideas for bills

Civil Rights Act – background

Presidential veto

Veto override

Who regulates public schools

Powers of Congress

Joint Session

Writ of Habeas Corpus

Pocket veto

Cloture

Answer 1

A bill becomes a law when it is passed by majority vote of both the House of Representatives and the Senate. It is then signed into law by the President of the United States who also has the power to veto the bill and send it back to Congress.