Under the Constitution, which body alone can impeach a president, meaning bring the formal charges against him?

A House committee has approved articles of impeachment against a president. What vote does the full House need in order to impeach him?

The Senate is trying an impeached president and all 100 senators are present. How many votes are needed to convict and remove him?

Who presides over the Senate trial of a president who has been impeached?

When the House impeaches a federal official, what are the formal charges it votes on called?

At the end of a Senate impeachment trial, senators vote 55 to 45 to convict the president. What is the result?

The House has voted to impeach a president. What happens next in the process?

Article I says: "Judgment in Cases of Impeachment shall not extend further than to removal from Office, and disqualification to hold and enjoy any Office of honor, Trust or Profit under the United States." What does this clause do?

Article II gives the president power "to grant Reprieves and Pardons for Offences against the United States, except in Cases of Impeachment." What does the final phrase mean?

Article I, Section 9 reads: "No Money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations made by Law." What power does this give Congress over the executive branch?

Article I, Section 7 says: "If after such Reconsideration two thirds of that House shall agree to pass the Bill, it shall be sent, together with the Objections, to the other House." What power does this describe?

Article II says the president may make treaties "by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate" if "two thirds of the Senators present concur." With 90 senators present, the Senate votes 58 to 32 for a treaty. What is the result?

A House committee subpoenas a senior agency official, who then refuses to appear and testify. What can the committee ask the full House to do?

The president nominates a Secretary of Defense, and the Senate votes 45 to 55 against the nomination, so the nominee cannot take office. Which constitutional power is the Senate using?

Congress appropriates $500 million for a housing program and the president decides not to spend it. Under the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974, what must he do?

A president concludes a written agreement with a foreign government without submitting it to the Senate as a treaty. As first passed in 1972, what did the Case-Zablocki Act require?

Without any vote by Congress, a president orders US combat aircraft into hostilities abroad. What does the War Powers Resolution of 1973 require of him?

A vice president resigns partway through a term, leaving the office vacant. Under Section 2 of the Twenty-Fifth Amendment, how is it filled?

Congress dislikes a rule issued by an executive agency, and the House alone votes to cancel it. Under INS v. Chadha (1983), why does that vote have no legal effect?

In 1974 the Supreme Court ruled unanimously against a president who claimed his confidential conversations could not be subpoenaed as evidence in a federal criminal trial. What did United States v. Nixon hold?

Which 1978 law let the attorney general ask a special three-judge panel to appoint an outside special prosecutor, later called an independent counsel, to investigate senior executive branch officials?

Which 1978 law created independent watchdog offices inside federal departments to audit and investigate their own agencies and report findings to both the agency head and Congress?

In 1974 Congress strengthened the Freedom of Information Act by passing amendments over a presidential veto. What does that law give the public?

Which 1978 law made a president's official records the property of the United States and placed them in the custody of the Archivist of the United States when the term ends?

In 1952 the Supreme Court struck down a president's order seizing the country's steel mills during a strike, because no statute authorized it. What did Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. v. Sawyer establish?