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- Must be 25 years old
- Citizen of the US for the past 7 years.
-Be inhabitant of the state they represent.

Representatives Requirements
- At least be 30 years old
- Citizen of the US for the past 9 years.
- Be inhabitant of the states they seek to represent.

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(Article 1 Section 8)
-determines taxes
-provides defense and welfare
-borrow and coin money
-regulate citizenship
-protect against foreign affairs
-elastic clause: Congress can make any laws that are necessary and proper

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House:
- determines whether official's actions was severe, it can be impeached by a majority vote.
- revenue bills are created by them.

Senate:
- determines if impeached officials should be convicted or be removed from office.
- confirm presidential nominees
- freely amend spending bills
- play a crucial role in making treaties.

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-The presiding officer in the House of Reps.
- House of Reps elects its speaker.
- Represent legislative branch on ceremonial occasions.
- Second line in succession after the President and VP (in case of death, impeachment, or resignation)
- power to recognize members who rise to speak, rule on questions of parliament procedures, and appoint members in temporary committees.

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Benefits of Being a Majority Party:
- higher chance of winning
- control the numbers of seats (allow to pass partisan legislation).
- pass legislation (60/100 votes in Senate or 218/ 435 in House).

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1. The majority leader: Selected by the majority party who helps plan party strategy, confers with other party leaders, and tries to keep members of the party in line.

2. The minority leader: Selected by the minority party as a spokesperson for the opposition.

3. The party whips: the liaison between the leadership and the rank- and- file in the legislature.

4. LEADERSHIP IN THE SENATE: The Senate has the same basic committee structure, elected party leadership, and decentralized power as the House. However, due to its smaller size, it is more informal and debates are far more frequent

5. The president of the Senate: vice president of the US, really has little influence in the Senate, can only vote to break a tie

6. president pro tempore: Officers of the Senate selected by the majority party to act as chair in the absence of the vice president.

7. The Senate majority leader: elected by the majority party in the Senate, has the right to be the first senator to be heard on the floor, controls the Senateś agenda, recommends committee assignments, spokesperson for their party

8. The Senate minority leader: elected by the minority party in the Senate, spokesperson for their party

The Senate party whips: A whip is an official of a political party whose task is to ensure party discipline in a legislature