1. Today’s Agenda Course Selection Options for Next Year
Intro to Psych and Sociology
Intro to Law
Current Issues
4.1 Legislative Branch slide show
Current Events
Homework
Complete questions 1-6 (neatly written) on page 74
#6 must be in paragraph form

2. Chapter 4 The Legislative Branch
4.1 The Congress (Smith 72-74)

3. What impression of Congress do you have?

4. Objectives Define Congress Describe the powers of the Senate
Describe the powers of the House of Representatives

5. What does this mean for President Obama?
What is Congress?
Legislative branch of government
Power to make and pass laws
535 Members
Made up of
Senate
100 members
House of Representatives
435 members
Senate political groups
     Republican (54)
     Democratic (44)
     Independent (caucusing with Democrats) (2)
What does this mean for President Obama?
House of Representatives political groups
     Republican (246)
     Democratic (188)
     vacant (1)

6. President Pro Tempore Pat Leahy
Describe the Senate.
Each state has 2 senators
No matter how big or small their population
Elected for 6 year term
Must be
at least 30 years old
US citizen for 9 years
Live in state
Vice President
Leader of Senate (but only during important debates)
Tie breaking vote
President pro tempore
Leader of the Senate when VP is absent
Calls members to speak, presides over debates
President Pro Tempore Pat Leahy

7. Describe the House of Representatives.
435 members in Congress
Number each state gets based on population
California – 53
Delaware- 1
Elected every 2 years
Must be
At least 25 years old
Be a citizen for 7 years
Resident of the district
Speaker of the House
Leader of the House of Representatives
3rd in line to be president
Leads debates
decides who may speak
Chooses members to committees
Who is the current Speaker of the House?
Answer: John Boehner

8. Homework Complete questions 1-6 (neatly written) on page 74
#6 must be in paragraph form

9. Current Events Chapel Hill shooting
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Craig Stephen Hicks shot three Muslim neighbors
Two shot in the head
police in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, say the Tuesday evening shooting appeared to be fueled by rage over a parking space
When is something a hate crime?
Violence fueled by racism
Sentences tend to be much harsher
Allows Federal Government to try case if the state does not get a conviction
Was this a hate Crime?
Deah Shaddy Barakat, 23; Yusor Deah Shaddy Barakat, 23; Yusor Mohammad, 21; and Razan Mohammad Abu-Salha, 19,
Mohammad, 21; and Razan Mohammad Abu-Salha, 19,

10. 14th Amendment
Section 1. All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.

11. Civil Rights Act of 1964