2. The Senate

3. How Many Members Per State Equal 2

4. Ohio Portman Brown

5. How Many Members Total 100

6. Length of Term 6 years Advantage: Stability - They have time to settle in and accomplish much Disadvantage: Too much time between elections; less accountability

7. Election Originally chosen by State Legislatures Changed by the 17 th Amendment –Now chosen by popular vote

8. Punishing Bad boys and girls in Congress  “disorderly conduct”  Majority vote necessary

9. Disorderly Conduct examples:  1990 Dave Durenburger (R-MN) – Financial Misconduct  1990 Barney Frank (D-MA) – Male Prostitute  1997 Newt Gingrich (R-GA) – Lying, Financial Misconduct

10. Punishing Bad boys and girls in Congress  “expel”  Two-thirds (2/3) vote necessary

11. Expulsion examples:  1995 Bob Packwood (R-OR) – Sex with a female Page  2002 James Traficant (D-OH) – Misuse of government funds, etc.