1. The Legislative Branch
Article I
Congress

2. House of Representatives
Term: 2 years
Qualifications
25 years old
7 years as a U.S. citizen
Resident of represented state

3. House of Representatives
Number of representatives: 435
Head of House of Representatives
Speaker of the House
Decides the committees each member will serve on
Decides the order in which bills will be heard

4. House of Representatives
Special Powers of the House of Representatives
All money (appropriations) bills start here
Select the President in an Electoral College tie
Write the article of impeachment against high ranking officials

5. Senate Term of office: 6 years Qualifications: 30 years old
9 years a citizen of the U.S.
Resident of the represented state

6. Senate Number of Senators: 100 Head of the Senate: U.S. Vice President
Day to day head of Senate: President Pro Tempore
Power: Decides committee members and order bill are debated.

7. Senate Special Powers Approves all treaties Approves all appointments
Chooses the Vice President in an Electoral College tie
Acts as the jury in all trials of impeachment

8. Congress...Senate and HOR
Both houses make their own rules for behavior and punishments
Censure: formally reprimand, written in the record
Fines and penalties may be set for some offenses
Expulsion: members with gross misconduct may be thrown out of office

9. Smart Start; HOR
What are the requirements to be elected in the House of Representatives?
How many HoR are there?
What are the responisibilities of the HOR?
The title for the leader of the HOR is?
Who fills that position?
How is the above position chosen?

10. Smart Start: Senate How many Senators are there?
What are the requirements to be a member of the Senate?
What responisibilities are just for the Senate?
Who is the deciding vote in the Senate if there is a tie?
Who is the President of the Senate?
If number 5 is not available who is in charge of the Senate?
What is his name?

11. Congress...Senate and HOR
Both houses:
Must keep a Journal:
The Congressional Record
Must hold sessions at the same time:
Sessions begin January 3rd each year
Must have a quorum to do business:
51% of members present on the floor

12. Privileges and Compensation of Congress members:
Salary $147,000 per year
Medical and dental benefits
Free office, parking, and trips to home state
Staff budget
Tax break on second home
Franking privilege- free postage on all mail to constituents

13. Privileges and Compensation of Congress members:
Immunity or legal protection:
Cannot be sued of anything they say or write while carrying out their duties
Cannot be arrested for minor offenses while Congress is in session
May not hold in other political office at the same time

14. Powers of Congress Raise and collect taxes Borrow money
Regulate commerce
Set laws for Naturalization and Bankruptcy
Coin Money
Punish counterfeiting
Post office
Copyrights and patents
Set up courts
Declare war
Establish the military and National guard
Make rules and allot funds for the military and National guard
Punish pirates
Run Washington D.C. and all federal property
Elastic clause- implied power

15. ELASTIC CLAUSE
The necessary and proper clause gives Congress the power to make laws “necessary and proper” to carry out the delegated duties
Also known as the ‘elastic clause’ it stretches the power given Congress

16. Powers denied Congress
Congress cannot make laws concerning slave trade until 1808
Cannot suspend the writ of Habeas Corpus- must show cause for holding a suspect except in wartime; provide a trial and jury for accused.
No ex post facto law- cannot punish a person for an act committed before there was a law against it.

17. Powers denied Congress
No direct tax- the 16th amendment allows income tax
No tax on exports
All states must be treated the same
Congress must approve all expenditures of the President through laws
No titles of nobility

18. Powers denied the States
Cannot coin money
Cannot have a state militia, troops, or navy
Cannot make treaties
No ex post facto law
Cannot suspend the Writ of Habeas Corpus
No import or export tax
No titles of nobility
Cannot pass any law that the Federal government is not allowed to pass

19. House of Representatives
Speaker of the House
Paul Ryan
Republicans: 247 Seats
Democrats: 188 Seats

20. Senate President Vice President of the United States
Democrat: Joe Biden

21. Senate Leadership President Pro Tempore Orrin Hatch: Republican
Leader of the majority party in the Senate
Presiding officer in absence of the Vice President
Republicans: 54 Seats
Democrats: 44 Seats

22. Manitowoc County's U.S. Representative; House of Representatives;District 6
Glen Grothman

23. Wisconsin's U.S. Senators
Ron Johnson & Tammy Baldwin