congress and legislation
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Congress and Legislation
Mr. Newhart
THE LEGISLATIVE BRANCH
United States Congress
How Congress Is Organized
The House of Representatives
The Senate
House of Rep. Senate
Representation based on population, at least one per state
equal-- two from each state
Minimum Age 25 years 30 years
# Years Citizen 7 years 9 years
Length of Term 2 years 6 years
Total Reps 435 100
Salary $168,000
Speaker: $215,700
$168,000
Majority and Minority Leader: $186,600
House vs. Senate
Salary, Benefits and Privileges
Sessions
• Special session• Joint Session
The Leaders of Congress
Speaker of the house
House majority leader
Vice president President pro tempore
Senate majority leader
Leadership
• The Majority• The Minority
• Floor Leaders• Party Whip• Speaker of the House• President Pro Tempore• President of the Senate
How leaders flex their muscle
Committees
• Standing Committees
• Select Committees• Joint Committees
• Seniority system
The Incumbent Advantage
Joint Session of Congress
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Limits to Legislative
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Article I Section 8
• Excise Taxes• Tariffs• Naturalization• Bankruptcy• Counterfeiting• Securities• Inferior
tribunals• Declaring War• “Necessary
and proper”
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How a bill becomes a law
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How a Bill Becomes Law
The Hopper
The Committees
The Full House and Senate
• filibuster• cloture
The longest speech in the history of the Senate was made by Strom Thurmond of South Carolina. Thurmond, a Democrat who later became a Republican, spoke for twenty-four hours and eighteen minutes during a filibuster against passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1957.
The President
• Veto• Override• Pocket veto
