1. Congress

2. Formal Qualifications
House of Reps
Age: 25
Citizenship: 7 years
Residency: Live in State you Represent
Size: 435 members
Term Length: 2 years
Senate
Age: 30
Citizenship: 9 years
Residency: Live in state you represent
Size: 100 members
Term Length: 6 years

3. Leadership of Congress
House: Speaker
Senate: President of Senate
Senate: President Pro Tempore
Both: Majority and Minority Leaders
Both: Whips

4. Congressional Pay Average Members $174,000 Leadership
Speaker: $223,500
Majority/Minority Leader:$193,400

5. Congressional Elections
House of Representatives
Single member districts
Senate
Statewide elections
17th Amendment allowed for popular voting for senators

6. Demographics Members under the age of 40 Over the age of 7020
Over the age of 70 78
Most common age group
187 members

7. Gender
Men
443
Women 93

8. Race
White
458
African America 42
Hispanic 25

9. Backgrounds Education Most common degrees
95% of all members of congress have college degrees
Most common degrees
Law
MBA
27 Representatives and one senator have no degree beyond high school
269 members served in state or territorial legislatures
38 members have been mayors
Seven members were involved in music, film, or sports
Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher (Sen. Jim Bunning)
National Football League quarterback (Rep. Heath Shuler).

10. Committees
HOUSE
SENATE