Unit III Lesson 4

Exclusive Powers of The U.S. House of

Representatives

Essential Question:

• What are the institutions and

policy-making processes of

the national government?

• What are the links between

the branches of the national

government, political parties,

interest groups, public

opinion, the media, and state

and local governments?

or “Expressed” Powers“Enumerated”

“Enumerated”

Exclusive Powers of the U.S. House of Representatives

Only the House Can:

Article I Section 7

1. Only the House can introduce “revenue bills”

(Legislation that would raise national taxes)

“Revenue

Bills”

“Revenue

Bills”

House =

Most Responsive To The

Will Of Voters

Directly

Indirectly

“Obamacare”

“Revenue Bill”

2009

The Affordable Care Act

2009233 202

2010193 242

435

“Mid-Term Election”

House =

Most Responsive

To The Will Of

Voters

The second exclusive power of the House…

Article I

270

221167 150

538

“Popular Vote”

“Majority”

“Majority”

2. The House elects the President if no candidate

receives a “majority” in the Electoral College

“Electoral College”

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Unit IV

“Majority”

Andrew

JacksonJohn Quincy

Adams

Henry

Clay

William

Crawford

30% 41%

13% 11%

1 2

3 4John

Quincy

Adams

“The Corrupt Bargain”

One more exclusive power of the House…

Article I Article II

3. Only the House can “impeach” federal officials (Impeach: Charge them with misconduct; they’re not removed

from office until they are convicted by the Senate)

Article II Section 4 “The President, Vice President and all other civil Officers of the

United States, shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, AND Conviction of, Treason,

Bribery, or other High crimes and Misdemeanors”

President Vice-President Federal Judges Cabinet Members

1 2Article I Section 2 and 3 “The House of

Representatives shall have the sole power of Impeachment” and “The Senate shall have the sole

power to TRY all impeachments”

“Treason, Bribery, or other High crimes and

Misdemeanors”

“Impeached”

“Convicted”

Unit IV

Which of the following statements about

revenue bills is correct?

A. They must originate in the House

B. They must originate in the Senate

C. They must originate with the President

D. They must originate in the Senate Finance

Committee

According to the Twelfth Amendment, if no candidate receives a majority in the electoral

college:

A. A run-off election will be held between the top two candidates

B. The current vice-president will become acting president until a recount is held

C. The president will be chosen by the House, with each state receiving one vote

D. Each state will hold a convention to determine which electors are sent to the electoral college

The U.S. Constitution is specific about the roles of the House and Senate in the

impeachment process:

A. The Senate acts as the grand jury and the House conducts the trial

B. After the House and Senate impeach the Supreme Court conducts the trial

C. The House impeaches and the Senate conducts the trial acting as the jury

D. The House has the sole power to impeach and convict