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The Legislative Branch

Legislative Branch: Inception The Virginia Plan and the New Jersey Plan The “Great Compromise” Bicameral legislature: the House of Representatives and the Senate House representation based on population Senate—each state allowed two votes Length of terms for representatives, senators Roger Sherman James Madison

The first Congress met in New York City in 1789 The First Congress

The House of Representatives Seats are distributed based on population Reapportionment takes place every ten years Gerrymandering The district created by members of Governor Elbridge Gerry’s party closely resembled a salamander—hence the term “gerrymander”

Qualifications for House Membership Must be at least 25 years old Must live in the state he or she represents Must have been a U.S. citizen for at least seven years The hall of the House of Representatives

House Officers Speaker of the House Majority Floor Leader Majority Whip Minority Floor Leader Minority Whip President Carter meets with House Speaker Tip O’Neill, 1978

Standing committees: permanent committees that debate proposed bills Select committees: temporary panels created to address a specific issue or situation Committee chairmen House Committees

The Senate

A “continuous body” One-third of the Senate comes up for reelection every two years Senators can run for reelection as often as they desire The Senate: Facts The Senate in 1939

Must be at least 30 years old Must live in the state he or she represents Must have been a U.S. citizen for at least nine years Qualifications for Senate Membership The chamber of the U.S. Senate

Senate Officers President of the Senate President Pro Tempore Majority Floor Leader Majority Whip Minority Floor Leader Minority Whip James Hamilton Lewis became the first Senate Party Whip in 1913

Senate Committees

Joint Committees and Conference Committees Joint committees, such as the Joint Committee on Economics, research issues that affect both houses, such as unemployment Joint committees: Deal with issues of concern to both houses of Congress Conference committees: Created to reach a compromise on the wording of a bill that has passed both the House and the Senate

Congressional Bills Bills are named according to whether they originated in the House (HR), the Senate (SR), or the White House (WHR). They then receive a number.

How a Bill Becomes a Law: Introduction to Committee Complete House or Senate (introduction) Committee Subcommittee Complete House or Senate (debate and vote)

Calendar Rules Committee Debate House vs. Senate Filibusters cloture How a Bill Becomes a Law: Committee to Floor Debate The late Strom Thurmond holds the record for the longest filibuster in Senate history—24 hours and 18 minutes against the Civil Rights Act of 1957

How a Bill Becomes a Law: Voting Quorum Types of votes Voice vote Standing vote Roll-call vote Electronic voting (House only)

Conference committee House and Senate vote again 1.Changes cannot be made 2.Majority vote needed for passage Sent to President How a Bill Becomes a Law: From Passage to the President Conference committee House and Senate (vote) The President

The President’s Options Sign it Veto it Pocket veto Ignore it Overriding a veto President George W. Bush signs a law on corporate responsibility How a Bill Becomes a Law: The President

Expressed Powers of Congress Power to tax Power to borrow money Commerce power Currency power Bankruptcy power War powers

Naturalization Postal power Copyright and patent power Weights and measures power Territorial power Judicial power Other Expressed Powers Candidates for naturalization, early 1900s

Article I: “necessary and proper” The “Elastic Clause” Strict vs. loose interpretation Hamilton vs. Jefferson Implied Powers Alexander HamiltonThomas Jefferson

Non-Legislative Powers Investigatory Power Electoral Power Executive Powers Impeachment Power A depiction of the impeachment trial of Andrew Johnson