Chapter 6 Vocabulary

1. ______ bills start in the House always and then go to the Senate.
3. Because these _____ powers have allowed Congress to expand its role to meet the nation's needs, the "necessary and proper clause" has often been called the elastic clause.
6. The House is the chamber with power over _____, formal accusation of misconduct while in office.
9. Committees may also punish those who aren't willing to testify by holding them in _____ of Congress.
10. These _____ powers of Congress are sometimes called enumerated powers.
11. A _____ is a legal order that requires a person to appear or produce requested documents.
12. For years, Congress exercised oversight power by using the ______ veto.
13. Witnesses who don't tell the truth can be criminally prosecuted, or ______.

2. The yearly financial budget for the government is the _____ budget.
4. The legislative process for ______ bills, meaning that laws proposed to authorize spending money, is not spelled out in the Constitution.
5. Article I, Section 8, Clause 3, authorizes Congress to regulate foreign commerce and _____ commerce among the states.
6. _______ is the president's refusal to spend money Congress has voted for a program.
7. This _____ implies that Congress has powers beyond those in the first 17 clauses.
8. ______ is freedom from prosecution for people whose testimony ties them to criminal acts.