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