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Warm UpWarm Up
Have out your Decoding the Have out your Decoding the Constitution WorksheetConstitution Worksheet
Prepare for NotesPrepare for Notes
Warm Up – Cite From Warm Up – Cite From ConstitutionConstitution
Art. Sect. ClauseArt. Sect. Clause Senate – Senate –
How many legislators?How many legislators? Requirements for eligibility?Requirements for eligibility?
House of RepresentativesHouse of Representatives How Many legislators?How Many legislators? Requirements for entry?Requirements for entry?
What are some of the powers of What are some of the powers of Congress?Congress?
Know this for the quiz fo’
real!
The Legislative BranchThe Legislative Branch
The Workings of CongressThe Workings of Congress
The Role of CongressThe Role of Congress
Two Main RolesTwo Main Roles Control Government SpendingControl Government Spending Make LawsMake Laws
Government SpendingGovernment Spending
Congress Congress appropriates all tax appropriates all tax fundsfunds
Tax and spending Tax and spending bills start in Housebills start in House
This is a check!This is a check!
Making LawsMaking Laws
A bill is a proposed lawA bill is a proposed law Thousands are proposed each yearThousands are proposed each year
The Legislative ProcessThe Legislative Process
Bill is submitted by legislatorBill is submitted by legislator Goes to a standing committeeGoes to a standing committee Sent to subcommitteeSent to subcommittee Goes to floor for debateGoes to floor for debate
Legislative Process (cont’d)Legislative Process (cont’d)
If passes one house, it goes to the If passes one house, it goes to the otherother
Must pass both houses as same billMust pass both houses as same bill If not same bill a joint committee If not same bill a joint committee
meetsmeets Goes to president for signatureGoes to president for signature If vetoed 2/3 over ride voteIf vetoed 2/3 over ride vote
Legislative Process (cont’d)Legislative Process (cont’d)
At any time a bill can be killedAt any time a bill can be killed At any time a bill can be added to At any time a bill can be added to
(rider)(rider) At any time the bill can be sent back At any time the bill can be sent back
to committeeto committee At any time the bill can be changed At any time the bill can be changed
(amended)(amended)
School House Rock!School House Rock!
Warm UpWarm Up
Grab a Legislative Process Grab a Legislative Process Handout and ReadHandout and Read
Prepare for NotesPrepare for Notes
The Senate and the HouseThe Senate and the House
Roles of The House and Roles of The House and SenateSenate
Both Representative bodies of the Both Representative bodies of the peoplepeople
Different powers in ConstitutionDifferent powers in ConstitutionI wrote the Constitution while eating pancakes…
Oh how I love pancakes! Oh yeah, and
different roles of the House and Senate was a good idea, wasn’t it!
Constitutional RolesConstitutional Roles
What article deals with the What article deals with the Legislative Branch?Legislative Branch?
What roles are given to each house What roles are given to each house by the Constitution?by the Constitution?
CHECK IT OUT! (Page 233)CHECK IT OUT! (Page 233)
House of RepresentativesHouse of Representatives
All tax and spending billsAll tax and spending bills Bring charges against (impeach) Bring charges against (impeach)
PresidentPresident
I’ll get you House of
Representatives !
The SenateThe Senate
Try all impeachmentsTry all impeachments May propose or concur on May propose or concur on
AmendmentsAmendments Approves all foreign treatiesApproves all foreign treaties Approve Supreme CourtApprove Supreme Court
I was impeached, but those Senators
couldn’t get the votes!
Committees in CongressCommittees in Congress
4 Types of Committees4 Types of Committees Standing CommitteesStanding Committees
SubcomitteeSubcomittee Select CommitteesSelect Committees Joint CommitteeJoint Committee Conference CommitteeConference Committee
I served on the first Foreign Affairs
committee.
Standing CommitteeStanding Committee
Permanent groups that specialize in a Permanent groups that specialize in a certain topiccertain topic
Example: The House Committee on Example: The House Committee on AgricultureAgriculture
http://www.house.gov/agriculture/
SubcommitteeSubcommittee
Smaller portion of committee that Smaller portion of committee that focuses on one particular aspectfocuses on one particular aspect
Example: The House Committee on Example: The House Committee on AgricultureAgriculture
http://www.house.gov/agriculture/
Subcommittee on Livestock and Horticulture Subcommittee on Livestock and Horticulture
Select CommitteeSelect Committee
Meet to focus on special issuesMeet to focus on special issues
Can we think of an example of a Can we think of an example of a special issue?special issue?
I was a special issue.
Currently there is a House
Select Committee on
me!
Joint CommitteeJoint Committee
A committee that meets between A committee that meets between House and Senate to discuss issuesHouse and Senate to discuss issues
Conference CommitteeConference Committee
Special meeting between House and Special meeting between House and Senate that corrects differences Senate that corrects differences between similar billsbetween similar bills
What type of committees exist What type of committees exist today?today?
20 Senate Committees20 Senate Committees 22 House Committees22 House Committees
http://www.senate.gov/ http://www.house.gov/
The Executive BranchThe Executive Branch
Our Nations Leader & A Man Our Nations Leader & A Man of Many Hatsof Many Hats
““The Leader of the Free The Leader of the Free World”World”
The President is The President is our first and our first and foremost foremost representative to representative to our country and to our country and to the worldthe world
The President The President decides our decides our country’s policies country’s policies both foreign and both foreign and domesticdomestic
The PresidentThe President
The Chief Executive of our GovernmentThe Chief Executive of our Government Some of the Roles the President has:Some of the Roles the President has:
Chief ExecutiveChief Executive Chief LegislatorChief Legislator Chief DiplomatChief Diplomat Chief of StateChief of State Commander in ChiefCommander in Chief Policy MakerPolicy Maker Leader of his PartyLeader of his Party
Chief ExecutiveChief Executive
Appoints several Appoints several thousand officialsthousand officials
Oversees Oversees executive executive departmentdepartment
Executes the lawsExecutes the laws
Hey Bill, wanna
hang out later?
YOU KNOW IT! As soon as I
am done jamming out! Lets go knock
over some mailboxes!
Chief LegislatorChief Legislator
Has ability to Has ability to propose and propose and introduce introduce legislationlegislation
What is the What is the Presidents role in Presidents role in checks and checks and balances?balances?
The President as our The President as our Representative AbroadRepresentative Abroad
Mostly as Chief Mostly as Chief DiplomatDiplomat
Sets up trade Sets up trade agreementsagreements
Peace treatiesPeace treaties
Chief of StateChief of State Represents the whole nationRepresents the whole nation
particularly when the Presidentparticularly when the President
attends meetings and attends meetings and conferencesconferences
that involve other countries andthat involve other countries and
governments.governments.
Military LeaderMilitary Leader
Head of all Head of all military branches military branches of governmentof government
““Commander in Commander in Chief”Chief”
Policy MakerPolicy Maker
The President The President determines how determines how our country work our country work on a variety of on a variety of issuesissues
Ex. Social Ex. Social Security, Trade, Security, Trade, Workers rightsWorkers rights
Leader of PartyLeader of Party
In more recent In more recent times, the times, the President is the President is the Leader of his Leader of his political partypolitical party
Represents all of Represents all of the goals and the goals and aspirations of his aspirations of his party party
A Man of Many HatsA Man of Many Hats
Design 2 Hats that illustrate a Design 2 Hats that illustrate a different constitutional role/power of different constitutional role/power of the Presidentthe President
Make it colorful, and informativeMake it colorful, and informative
Use page 225 in book to help.Use page 225 in book to help.
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Grab a Worksheet from table up frontGrab a Worksheet from table up front
Read overRead over
How does the President get How does the President get Elected?Elected?
The Electoral CollegeThe Electoral College