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1 Legislative Branch Ms. Ramos

2 The US Congress House Senate # Members Basis of Size When elected Age Citizenship Legal Residence Salary CA Members Ms. Ramos

3 The US Congress House Senate 435# Members100 PopulationBasis of SizeEqual-2 2yrs allWhen elected6 yrs/ 1/3 25Age30 US 7CitizenshipUS 9 DistrictLegal ResidenceState 174,000Salary174,000 Joe BacaCA MembersBoxer & Feinstein Ms. Ramos

4 Traits of Congress Over 40 “Old white men” Educated *** It is changing!- but still not representative of the US pop Ms. Ramos

5 Benefits of Congress Office staff Insurance Pension Secret service Immunity Free travel Barber Cafeteria Health club Free parking Franking privilege Ms. Ramos

6 House Speaker-preside over House & spokesperson Maj/Min Leaders- maj:schedule leg, min:represent concerns Maj/Min Whip- close contact w/part & keep votes Ms. Ramos

7 http://riccioli.files.wordpress.com/2009/01/ 442px-nancy_pelosi_official_portrait.jpg http://judicial-inc.biz/wh.o_i3.jpg Speaker Pelosi Maj Leader Hoyer http://www.cabr.org/photos/11SealHouse01.jpg http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp- srv/politics/congress/members/photos/228/B0005 89.jpg Min Leader Boehner http://antzinpantz.com/kns/images/jan09/clyburn.jpg Maj Whip Clyburn http://rednova8.files.wordpress.com/200 9/02/eric_cantor_headshot1.jpg Min Whip Cantor House Leadership Ms. Ramos

8 Senate Presiding Officer- V.P. President Pro Tempore- fill in for VP Maj/Min Leaders Maj/Min Whip Ms. Ramos

9 http://www.whitehouse.gov/adminis tration/vice_president_biden/ http://reid.senate.gov/about/index.cfm http://durbin.senate.gov/page_images /Durbin0002.jpg http://mcconnell.senate.gov/official_photos.cfm http://kyl.senate.gov/constit_center/about.cfm Pres Biden Maj Leader Reid Min Leader McConnel Maj Whip Durbin Min Whip Kyle Senate Leadership Pres Pro Tempore Inouye http://www.congressmerge.com/onlined b/cgi- bin/membervotes.cgi?&lang=&member= HISR&site=afsa&address=&city=&state= HI&zipcode=&plusfour= Ms. Ramos

10 Designated Powers House Originate appropriations ($) Impeaching officials Decide presidential election Senate Approve treaties Approve appointments Try impeachments Decide VP election Ms. Ramos

11 Expressed Powers Declare War Approve treaties Copyright & patent Postal power Coin money Create judiciary Acuire territory Naturalization Regulate interstate commerce Ms. Ramos

12 Implied Powers Draft Tax to fund welfare, schools, housing, etc Est minimum wage Protect disabled Ban discrimination Bar shipping of x items Ms. Ramos

13 Types of Committees Standing – Permanent Select – Special issue Joint – Both houses Conference – Both houses work out bill differences Ms. Ramos

14 Committee assignment Chair – member of majority part & longest Member – reflect how well regarded & knowledge Ms. Ramos

15 Resources – Personal staff – Cmte staff – Congressional Agencies Proposal – House: Hopper – Senate: Floor Ms. Ramos

16 Types of Bills Bill – Proposed law Joint Resolution – Act w/force of law, often re: temp matter Concurrent Resolution – Statement on issue, both houses, w/o force of law Resolution – Statement on issue, one house, w/o force Ms. Ramos

17 Intro H1Intro S1 Cmte Action Standing Sub Full Rules- Conditions for debate & anmend Cmte Action Standing Sub Full Rules- Conditions for debate & anmend Floor Action Conference Cmte Congressional Approval President Ms. Ramos

18 Senate 1789: Election: Create stability 1/3 elected every 2 yrs State legislature 17 th Amendment- people elect Ms. Ramos

19 Powers denied: Ex post facto Bill of attainder Suspend habeas corpus Tax exports Laws Violate Constitution Ms. Ramos

20 Conducting Business New term begins Jan 3 Quorum: # needed to conduct business – Senate: 51 – House: 218 Ms. Ramos

21 Congressional District Apportionment – avg: 646,946 CA- 26 th District http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:United_States_House_of_Representatives,_California_District_26.png http://dreier.house.gov/cdd_bio.htm Ms. Ramos

22 Census: * Every 10 years * Used for redistricting- Gerrymandering – “ * “One person, – one vote” http://www.nospeedbumps.com/wp-images/Alabama_Splitlined.jpg Ms. Ramos

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