1. Congress
Article One: Legislative Branch
Makes laws

2. Review
Enumerated/expressed/delegated
Implied powers
Inherent powers

3. 115th Congress
Republicans
Democrats
SENATE 52 48
SENATE
241
194
HOUSE

4. Approval: Impeachment
Presidential appointments that must be approved by the Senate
Treaties (negotiated by the President) must be approved by 2/3 of Senate
Impeachment
Bringing charges against an official in executive or judicial branches by the House.
requires a 2/3 vote of Senate to convict in a trial

5. Representation & Reapportionment
Constituents
Census = 10 yr count of pop.
Reapportionment: re-distribution of House seats based on the census
Re-district = re-draw boundaries of districts so that all are equal in the state

6. Gerrymandering http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YcUDBgYodIE
Districts that are odd shapes or boundaries to favor a particular party
Divided by:
Race
Language
Religion
Class
Can be used for good  increasing the voting power of a particular group
1812 illustration depicting the odd districting of Massachusetts that looked like a salamander or gerrymander created by Governor Elbridge Gerry

7. Any Gerrymandering in Georgia??

8. 115th US House by district – any gerrymandering in the US??

9. Staying in Office Incumbents: those already in office
Usually re-elected again and again
Can stay in office as LONG as you want (as long as you are re-elected )
Do Incumbents have an advantage in an election?

10. Leadership
House:
Speaker of the House (also the majority party leader)
Majority Leader
Minority leader
Senate:
VP = president of the Senate
President Pro Tempore (leader when the VP is absent)

11. ARRR Congress haz Power!!
The Powers of Congress
ARRR Congress haz Power!!

12. Tape chart onto notes page and make arrows and notes around the chart

13. Money Powers Revenue bills Appropriations bills National debt

16. Commerce Powers Commerce ???? What is it?
Interstate commerce (Gibbons vs. Ogden 1824)
Gibbons vs Ogden
The state of New York had granted Robert Fulton and Robert Livingston the exclusive rights to operate steamboats on New York waters. This monopoly granted Aaron Ogden a permit for steamboat travel across the Hudson River between New York and New Jersey. Thomas Gibbons, operating a competing line, had a coasting license from the federal government. Ogden sued Gibbons, and the state of New York held that Gibbons could not sail in its waters. Gibbons appealed, claiming that Congress, not the state of New York, had the power to regulate commerce. ** The Court ruled that all forms of business across state lines comes under the commence clause of the Constitution.

17. Military & Foreign Policy Powers
Congress has only declared war 5 times
The President (as commander in chief) has used military force more than 200 times
War Powers Act (1973)
Wars = war of 1812, Mexican war, spanish american war, WWI, WWII
War Powers Act law forbids the president to commit American forces to combat for more than 60 days w/o congressional notification w/in 48hours
(Use reading)
Military force = Korea (50-53), Vietnam (64-73), cambodia 75, iran 80, lebanon 82, grenada 83, libya 86, persian gulf 87, panama 89, iraq , somalia 93, haiti 94, balkans 95, yugoslavia 99, afgahnistan 01-11

18. Other Legislative Powers
Naturalization = ??
Copyright = ??
Patents = ??

19. Check & Balance Powers Approve appointments (high officials & judges)
Power to impeach (president & judges)
Power to override presidential veto
Power to establish lower federal courts