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1. Did the founding fathers intend for a limited or a powerful legislative branch? What is it now, powerful or limited?

Use what you heard from Peter Sagel, the constitution and what you know about founding fathers (think of your US history class) to answer this question in 2-3 sentences.

2. Who is in charge of congress?

Take this as literally or figuratively as you want. DO NOT LOOK THIS UP. I want to see where you head is at for tomorrow's lesson

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National Constitution Center - The 1st Article of the U.S. Constitution

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Section 1: Congress

All legislative Powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States, which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives.

Section 2: The House of Representatives

The House of Representatives shall be composed of Members chosen every second Year by the People of the several States, and the Electors in each State shall have the Qualifications requisite for Electors of the most numerous Branch of the State Legislature.

No Person shall be a Representative who shall not have attained to the Age of twenty five Years, and been seven Years a Citizen of the United States, and who shall not, when elected, be an Inhabitant of that State in which he shall be chosen.

Representatives and direct Taxes shall be apportioned among the several States which may be included within this Union, according to their respective Numbers, which shall be determined by adding to the whole Number of free Persons, including those bound to Service for a Term of Years, and excluding Indians not taxed, three fifths of all other Persons. The actual Enumeration shall be made within three Years after the first Meeting of the Congress of the United States, and within every subsequent Term of ten Years, in such Manner as they shall by Law direct.The number of Representatives shall not exceed one for every thirty Thousand, but each State shall have at Least one Representative; and until such enumeration shall be made, the State of New Hampshire shall be entitled to chuse three, Massachusetts eight, Rhode-Island and Providence Plantations one, Connecticut five, New-York six, New Jersey four, Pennsylvania eight, Delaware one, Maryland six, Virginia ten, North Carolina five, South Carolina five, and Georgia three.

When vacancies happen in the Representation from any State, the Executive Authority thereof shall issue Writs of Election to fill such Vacancies.

The House of Representatives shall chuse their Speaker and other Officers;and shall have the sole Power of Impeachment.

Section 3: The Senate

The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each State, chosen by the Legislature thereof, for six Years; and each Senator shall have one Vote.

Immediately after they shall be assembled in Consequence of the first Election, they shall be divided as equally as may be into three Classes. The Seats of the Senators of the first Class shall be vacated at the Expiration of the second Year, of the second Class at the Expiration of the fourth Year, and of the third Class at the Expiration of the sixth Year, so that one third may be chosen every second Year; and if Vacancies happen by Resignation, or otherwise, during the Recess of the Legislature of any State, the Executive thereof may make temporary Appointments until the next Meeting of the Legislature, which shall then fill such Vacancies.

No Person shall be a Senator who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty Years, and been nine Years a Citizen of the United States, and who shall not, when elected, be an Inhabitant of that State for which he shall be chosen.

The Vice President of the United States shall be President of the Senate, but shall have no Vote, unless they be equally divided.

The Senate shall chuse their other Officers, and also a President pro tempore, in the Absence of the Vice President, or when he shall exercise the Office of President of the United States.

The Senate shall have the sole Power to try all Impeachments. When sitting for that Purpose, they shall be on Oath or Affirmation. When the President of the United States is tried, the Chief Justice shall preside: And no Person shall be convicted without the Concurrence of two thirds of the Members present.

Judgment in Cases of Impeachment shall not extend further than to removal from Office, and disqualification to hold and enjoy any Office of honor, Trust or Profit under the United States: but the Party convicted shall nevertheless be liable and subject to Indictment, Trial, Judgment and Punishment, according to Law.

Section 4: Elections

The Times, Places and Manner of holding Elections for Senators and Representatives, shall be prescribed in each State by the Legislature thereof; but the Congress may at any time by Law make or alter such Regulations, except as to the Places of chusing Senators.

The Congress shall assemble at least once in every Year, and such Meeting shall be on the first Monday in December, unless they shall by Law appoint a different Day.

Section 5: Powers and Duties of Congress

Each House shall be the Judge of the Elections, Returns and Qualifications of its own Members,and a Majority of each shall constitute a Quorum to do Business; but a smaller Number may adjourn from day to day, and may be authorized to compel the Attendance of absent Members, in such Manner, and under such Penalties as each House may provide.

Each House may determine the Rules of its Proceedings, punish its Members for disorderly Behaviour, and, with the Concurrence of two thirds, expel a Member.

Each House shall keep a Journal of its Proceedings, and from time to time publish the same, excepting such Parts as may in their Judgment require Secrecy; and the Yeas and Nays of the Members of either House on any question shall, at the Desire of one fifth of those Present, be entered on the Journal.

Neither House, during the Session of Congress, shall, without the Consent of the other, adjourn for more than three days, nor to any other Place than that in which the two Houses shall be sitting.

Section 6: Rights and Disabilities of Members

The Senators and Representatives shall receive a Compensation for their Services, to be ascertained by Law, and paid out of the Treasury of the United States.They shall in all Cases, except Treason, Felony and Breach of the Peace, be privileged from Arrest during their Attendance at the Session of their respective Houses, and in going to and returning from the same; and for any Speech or Debate in either House, they shall not be questioned in any other Place.

No Senator or Representative shall, during the Time for which he was elected, be appointed to any civil Office under the Authority of the United States, which shall have been created, or the Emoluments whereof shall have been encreased during such time; and no Person holding any Office under the United States, shall be a Member of either House during his Continuance in Office.

Section 7: Legislative Process

All Bills for raising Revenue shall originate in the House of Representatives; but the Senate may propose or concur with Amendments as on other Bills.

Every Bill which shall have passed the House of Representatives and the Senate, shall, before it become a Law, be presented to the President of the United States; If he approve he shall sign it, but if not he shall return it, with his Objections to that House in which it shall have originated, who shall enter the Objections at large on their Journal, and proceed to reconsider it. If after such Reconsideration two thirds of that House shall agree to pass the Bill, it shall be sent, together with the Objections, to the other House, by which it shall likewise be reconsidered, and if approved by two thirds of that House, it shall become a Law. But in all such Cases the Votes of both Houses shall be determined by Yeas and Nays, and the Names of the Persons voting for and against the Bill shall be entered on the Journal of each House respectively. If any Bill shall not be returned by the President within ten Days (Sundays excepted) after it shall have been presented to him, the Same shall be a Law, in like Manner as if he had signed it, unless the Congress by their Adjournment prevent its Return, in which Case it shall not be a Law.

Every Order, Resolution, or Vote to which the Concurrence of the Senate and House of Representatives may be necessary (except on a question of Adjournment) shall be presented to the President of the United States; and before the Same shall take Effect, shall be approved by him, or being disapproved by him, shall be repassed by two thirds of the Senate and House of Representatives, according to the Rules and Limitations prescribed in the Case of a Bill.

Section 8: Powers of Congress

The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States;

To borrow Money on the credit of the United States;

To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes;

To establish a uniform Rule of Naturalization, and uniform Laws on the subject of Bankruptcies throughout the United States;

To coin Money, regulate the Value thereof, and of foreign Coin, and fix the Standard of Weights and Measures;

To provide for the Punishment of counterfeiting the Securities and current Coin of the United States;

To establish Post Offices and post Roads;

To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries;

To constitute Tribunals inferior to the supreme Court;

To define and punish Piracies and Felonies committed on the high Seas, and Offenses against the Law of Nations;

To declare War, grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal, and make Rules concerning Captures on Land and Water;

To raise and support Armies, but no Appropriation of Money to that Use shall be for a longer Term than two Years;

To provide and maintain a Navy;

To make Rules for the Government and Regulation of the land and naval Forces;

To provide for calling forth the Militia to execute the Laws of the Union, suppress Insurrections and repel Invasions;

To provide for organizing, arming, and disciplining, the Militia, and for governing such Part of them as may be employed in the Service of the United States, reserving to the States respectively, the Appointment of the Officers, and the Authority of training the Militia according to the discipline prescribed by Congress;

To exercise exclusive Legislation in all Cases whatsoever, over such District (not exceeding ten Miles square) as may, by Cession of particular States, and the Acceptance of Congress, become the Seat of the Government of the United States, and to exercise like Authority over all Places purchased by the Consent of the Legislature of the State in which the Same shall be, for the Erection of Forts, Magazines, Arsenals, dock-Yards and other needful Buildings;-And

To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.

Section 9: Powers Denied Congress

The Migration or Importation of such Persons as any of the States now existing shall think proper to admit, shall not be prohibited by the Congress prior to the Year one thousand eight hundred and eight, but a Tax or duty may be imposed on such Importation, not exceeding ten dollars for each Person.

The Privilege of the Writ of Habeas Corpus shall not be suspended, unless when in Cases of Rebellion or Invasion the public Safety may require it.

No Bill of Attainder or ex post facto Law shall be passed.

No Capitation, or other direct, Tax shall be laid, unless in Proportion to the Census or Enumeration herein before directed to be taken.

No Tax or Duty shall be laid on Articles exported from any State.

No Preference shall be given by any Regulation of Commerce or Revenue to the Ports of one State over those of another: nor shall Vessels bound to, or from, one State, be obliged to enter, clear, or pay Duties in another.

No Money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations made by Law; and a regular Statement and Account of the Receipts and Expenditures of all public Money shall be published from time to time.

No Title of Nobility shall be granted by the United States: And no Person holding any Office of Profit or Trust under them, shall, without the Consent of the Congress, accept of any present, Emolument, Office, or Title, of any kind whatever, from any King, Prince, or foreign State.

Section 10: Powers Denied to the States

No State shall enter into any Treaty, Alliance, or Confederation; grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal; coin Money; emit Bills of Credit; make any Thing but gold and silver Coin a Tender in Payment of Debts; pass any Bill of Attainder, ex post facto Law, or Law impairing the Obligation of Contracts, or grant any Title of Nobility.

No State shall, without the Consent of the Congress, lay any Imposts or Duties on Imports or Exports, except what may be absolutely necessary for executing it's inspection Laws: and the net Produce of all Duties and Imposts, laid by any State on Imports or Exports, shall be for the Use of the Treasury of the United States; and all such Laws shall be subject to the Revision and Controul of the Congress.

No State shall, without the Consent of Congress, lay any Duty of Tonnage, keep Troops, or Ships of War in time of Peace, enter into any Agreement or Compact with another State, or with a foreign Power, or engage in War, unless actually invaded, or in such imminent Danger as will not admit of delay.

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The 1st Article of the U.S. Constitution

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SECTION. 1. All legislative Powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States, which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives.

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I think the founding fathers intended for a weak/powerful government because...

In the video/in the constitution etc. it says...

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1. I think the founding fathers intended for a limited/powerful government because... In the constitution/video/other source it says that... I think that congress currently is limited/powerful today because...

2. I think/I know that... is in charge of congress

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The founding fathers intended for both a powerful and limited government. They wanted states to be able to make there own decisions but also wanted control of the whole country with a strong army.

Vice President in charge of congress

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1) I think the founding fathers wanted a more limited government so that they couldn't control take complete control. The founding fathers didn't want another situation like the one they just sought their independence from. They gave restrictions on what Congress could or could not do through the enumerated powers in the constitution. Now Congress is powerful as they take their implied powers and use them to create laws on anything.

2) I think that the legislators really are in charge, and the political parties. A lot of the work that gets done is based around political beliefs, because its politics, and the parties have a lot of influence on what happens and how legislators vote.

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1. I think the founding fathers intended for a limited government with the ability for it to change or adapt as time went on. An example given in the video was the air force. While the constitution said that congress has the ability to give rise to an army or military it said nothing about an air force. But as we moved forward and progressed the idea of an air force became relevant. I think that currently congress is powerful today because they taken advantage of the idea of implied powers.

2. I think that the president is in charge of congress.

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I think that the founding fathers intended for a powerful and limited government because in the video it says that they can't control the states decisions so they found another way to do it so the government can have power over everything of the states laws and different decision or discussion with the states.

i think that vice president is in charge because they get decision of what makes it in the president table and they are the highest power of the house and senate to make the laws and decide to see if things pass or not

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I think the founding fathers intended for a powerful government, but I think it has become a limited government. There are things that the government can't do, that they may want to do, but it is unconstitutional. Despite that, they still need to follow the Constitution. I think that overall, the president is in charge of congress, because in the end, all laws need to be approved by him.

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1. I think the legislative branch was intended to have a powerful government, to a certain extent. I think this because the Founding Fathers intended for the government to be able to make the rules and laws that they needed to help the country. However, I do think that they still intended for every person to have their freedoms and didn't want the government to take full control but still have a say in what is happening. Now I think the government is more powerful than limited.

2. vice president

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I think the founding fathers intended for a powerful government because in the constitution it states that congress can add any laws that they deem as proper which can allow congress to do more than a limited government would be able to do. I think that congress is currently powerful today because they get to make a lot of decisions regarding our government, even if those rules are not stated in the constitution.

I think the vice president is in charge of a part of congress

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1. I think the founding fathers inted for a limited legislative branch, because they gave things that the government was allowed to do in the consitiution but they didn't really say much, like the US was only able to have an army and a navy, but yet now it has many different branches of the military. And I would still say that the legislative branch is limited, but it is not as limited as the founding fathers thought it would be.

2. Congress is in charge of itself with the rest of the government going on its back, everybody has a say but congress is the one that makes the decisions.

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1. They intended to create a government that was very powerful, as the legislative branch is able to create any laws that feel neccesary. They have a lot of implied powers like on social security, the air force and other things that could benefit the united states.

2. I think the president is in charge of congress because evn though congress can make its own decisions they still have to get thepresidents approval.. an example is trying to pass an amendment that is ultimately up to the president to decide if it passes.

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I think the founding fathers intended for a limited government because in the constitution they only made 10 amendments when it was created and one of those was saying that states could govern themselves. They also had just left Britain who was a government that had a lot of power and they didn't like that. I think that congress currently is powerful because you have to get people to agree so when your party has the majority you try to change as much as you can even if you think it will only help you get farther in your career and not help the public.

I think that the major parties are in charge of congress because when one has a majority they just get as many things passed as they can.

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1. I think the founding fathers intended for a powerful government because Congress has abilities such as being able to declare war or impeachment, however in the video it was stated that not every power is mentioned in the Constitution.

2. I think the President is in charge of Congress.

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I believe that the founding fathers intended for a limited legislative branch. The Justification for this reason is that in the US Constitution, the founding fathers intended for there to be 3 branches of government to limit the capabilities of someone to have complete control over the government. If the founding fathers intended for a powerful legislative branch that would appear to be contradictory to their original proposal of dividing the power among three branches. Congress is ran by Obama

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I believe that congress intended for a powerful legislative branch but as time went on the legislative branch has become more limited. As time has progressed powers have been shifting more towards the executive branch as it has been growing in power.

I believe that the speaker of the house and the Vice president are in charge of the senate

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1. I believe the founding fathers wanted limited government, because they made it extremely difficult to pass laws and new amendments.

2. the supreme court

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I think that the founding fathers wanted a strong but limited federal government. What I mean bu this is that they wanted to give the government the ability and bower to rule the nation and be a world power, but the balance of power within the federal government, and the rights alloted to the states suggest that the government, while powerful, is also supposet to be fairly limited.

I know that it is the Vice president who is in charge of the running of the senate, and can break a voting tie if necissary.