The legislative branch by Joseph Gilstrap https://padlet.com/joeballer990/76yt44ug84b4 en-us 2019-01-11 19:41:11 UTC 2024-10-09 11:16:06 UTC hello@padlet.com The organizational of the Legislative branch joeballer990 https://padlet.com/joeballer990/76yt44ug84b4/wish/319846688 The legislative branch main responsibility is creating laws.The united states constitution outlines the powers of the legislative branch,congress, which is divided into two houses: the senate and the house of representatives. ]]> 2019-01-11 19:43:09 UTC https://padlet.com/joeballer990/76yt44ug84b4/wish/319846688 joeballer990 https://padlet.com/joeballer990/76yt44ug84b4/wish/319853802 2019-01-11 19:59:58 UTC https://padlet.com/joeballer990/76yt44ug84b4/wish/319853802 The requirements of the legislative branch joeballer990 https://padlet.com/joeballer990/76yt44ug84b4/wish/319854065 Members of the house of representatives must be at least 25 years old, and a citizen of the united states for seven years. the youngest sitting senator was josh Hawley at the age of 39. Diane Feinstein is the oldest u.s senator till this day at the age of 84. The longest serving senator was Robert Byrd.]]> 2019-01-11 20:00:31 UTC https://padlet.com/joeballer990/76yt44ug84b4/wish/319854065 Who are the majority and minority leaders joeballer990 https://padlet.com/joeballer990/76yt44ug84b4/wish/319869383 The current party leaders are: Majority (Democratic) Leader Steny Hoyer, and Majority (Democratic) Whip Jim Clyburn, Minority (Republican) Leader Kevin McCarthy, and Minority (Republican) Whip Steve Scalise.https://hoyer.house.gov/social-media]]> 2019-01-11 20:35:48 UTC https://padlet.com/joeballer990/76yt44ug84b4/wish/319869383 Who are my representatives and how do i communicate with them joeballer990 https://padlet.com/joeballer990/76yt44ug84b4/wish/319870922 The state of Florida has two senators in the United States Senate and 27 representatives in the United States House of Representatives. The way you can communicate with them is by going to this website.www.house.gov/doing-business-with-the-house/communicating-with-congress-cwc

]]> 2019-01-11 20:41:29 UTC https://padlet.com/joeballer990/76yt44ug84b4/wish/319870922 Why did the framers require different qualifications for each house of the legislative Branch? joeballer990 https://padlet.com/joeballer990/76yt44ug84b4/wish/321475498 To balance the interests of both small and larges states, the framers of the constitution divided the power of congress between the two houses]]> 2019-01-16 21:41:04 UTC https://padlet.com/joeballer990/76yt44ug84b4/wish/321475498 Why do members of the Senate serve 6 years and House of Representatives 2 years? joeballer990 https://padlet.com/joeballer990/76yt44ug84b4/wish/321489412  In 1912 the Seventeenth Amendment was passed and called for the popular election of senators. senators serve six year terms. The senate is a continuous body, meaning that all of its seats are never up for election at the same time. In the constitution it states in Article 1, section 2 that representatives should be chosen every two years.]]> 2019-01-16 22:46:28 UTC https://padlet.com/joeballer990/76yt44ug84b4/wish/321489412 https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/30/us/politics/donna-shalala-congress.htmlhttps://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thum joeballer990 https://padlet.com/joeballer990/76yt44ug84b4/wish/321491695 2019-01-16 23:02:15 UTC https://padlet.com/joeballer990/76yt44ug84b4/wish/321491695 https://ballotpedia.org/Florida_House_of_Representatives_elections,_2018 joeballer990 https://padlet.com/joeballer990/76yt44ug84b4/wish/321492493 2019-01-16 23:07:35 UTC https://padlet.com/joeballer990/76yt44ug84b4/wish/321492493