Part I: Short-Answer Questions 1. This passage provides an inaccurate description of the legislative process used in Congress.

Part I: Short-Answer Questions

1. This passage provides an inaccurate description of the legislative process used in Congress. Briefly explain which part of the passage is inaccurate and describe how you would fix the error. Then describe one element of the legislative process that has been left out of the passage.

When a bill has been introduced to the House of Representatives, its strengths and weaknesses are debated. During this process, supporters and opponents of the bill have an opportunity to influence their fellow representatives to support their positions. After the debate process, the bill is sent to a congressional committee, where committee members decide what to do with it. They can report it favorably and send it to the House for a vote, or kill it in a number of different ways. They can also make changes to the bill before presenting the final version. If the bill makes it out of committee, all members of the House get to vote on it. If a majority of representatives vote for the bill, it passes and is sent to the president to be signed.

2. Read this passage from the U.S. Constitution:

The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States . . . [and] To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States.1

Describe the two types of powers given to Congress in the passage. Explain how the types are different from each other and describe situations in which Congress makes use of each type of power.