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The Legislative Branch
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Legislative Branch: Inception• The Virginia Plan and the
New Jersey Plan
• The “Great Compromise”• Bicameral legislature: the
House of Representatives and the Senate
• House representation based on population
• Senate—each state allowed two votes
• Length of terms for representatives, senators
Roger Sherman
James Madison
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The first Congress met in New York City in
1789
The First Congress
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Legislative Branch
• Majority
• Minority
• Privilege
• A Congressional Term is two years
• Sessions start January 3rd of every odd year
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Jobs
• Legislator
• Committee Member
• Representative of their constituents
• Servant of their constituents
• Politician
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Job
• Salary - $133,600
• Allowances:
• Staff
• Travel
• Office
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On Average…
• Male
• Age 50+
• Married
• Two Kids
• College Grad
• Attorney
• Church Goer
• Prior Political Experience
• Wealthy
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The House of Representatives
• Seats are distributed based on population
• Reapportionment takes place every ten years
• Gerrymandering
The district created by members of Governor Elbridge Gerry’s party closely resembled a salamander—hence the term
“gerrymander”
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House
• 435 Members
• Elected from single member districts
• Districts average 550,000 people
• Wisconsin has 8 Districts
• A states number of districts are based on it size in each decennial census.
• The drawing of state Congressional district lines is known as apportionment.
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Qualifications for House Membership
• Must be at least 25 years old
• Must live in the state he or she represents
• Must have been a U.S. citizen for at least seven years
The hall of the House of Representatives
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House Officers
• Speaker of the House
• Majority Floor Leader
• Majority Whip
• Minority Floor Leader • Minority Whip
• http://www.rose-hulman.edu/~casey1/Congress.pdf
President Carter meets with House Speaker Tip O’Neill, 1978
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• Standing committees: permanent committees that debate proposed bills
• Select committees: temporary panels created to address a specific issue or situation
• Committee chairmen
House Committees
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The Senate
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• A “continuous body”
• One-third of the Senate comes up for reelection every two years
• Senators can run for reelection as often as they desire
The Senate: Facts
The Senate in 1939
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• Must be at least 30 years old
• Must live in the state he or she represents
• Must have been a U.S. citizen for at least nine years
Qualifications for Senate Membership
The chamber of the U.S. Senate
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Senate Officers
• President of the Senate
• President Pro Tempore
• Majority Floor Leader
• Majority Whip
• Minority Floor Leader
• Minority Whip
James Hamilton Lewis became the first Senate Party Whip in
1913
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Senate Committees
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Joint Committees and Conference Committees
Joint committees, such as the Joint Committee on Economics, research issues that affect both houses,
such as unemployment
• Joint committees: Deal with issues of concern to both houses of Congress
• Conference committees: Created to reach a compromise on the wording of a bill that has passed both the House and the Senate
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Congressional Bills
Bills are named according to whether they originated in the House (HR), the Senate (SR), or the White House (WHR). They then receive a number.
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How a Bill Becomes a Law: Introduction to Committee
Complete House or Senate
(introduction)
Committee
Subcommittee
Complete House or Senate
(debate and vote)
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• Calendar
• Rules Committee
• Debate• House vs. Senate
• Filibusters
• cloture
How a Bill Becomes a Law: Committee to Floor Debate
The late Strom Thurmond holds the record for the longest filibuster in Senate history—24 hours and
18 minutes against the Civil
Rights Act of 1957
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How a Bill Becomes a Law: Voting
• Quorum
Types of votes
• Voice vote
• Standing vote
• Roll-call vote
• Electronic voting (House only)
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• Conference committee
• House and Senate vote again1. Changes cannot be made
2. Majority vote needed for passage
• Sent to President
How a Bill Becomes a Law: From Passage to the President
Conference committee
House and Senate (vote)
The President
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The President’s Options• Sign it • Veto it • Pocket veto • Ignore it
• Overriding a veto
President George W. Bush signs a law on corporate responsibility
How a Bill Becomes a Law: The President
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Expressed Powers of Congress
• Power to tax
• Power to borrow money
• Commerce power
• Currency power
• Bankruptcy power
• War powers
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• Naturalization
• Postal power
• Copyright and patent power
• Weights and measures power
• Territorial power
• Judicial power
Other Expressed Powers
Candidates for naturalization, early 1900s
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• Article I: “necessary and proper”
• The “Elastic Clause”
• Strict vs. loose interpretation
• Hamilton vs. Jefferson
Implied Powers
Alexander Hamilton Thomas Jefferson
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Non-Legislative Powers
• Investigatory Power
• Electoral Power
• Executive Powers
• Impeachment Power
A depiction of the impeachment trial of Andrew Johnson