by Rachael Ponsolle

#1 The Structure of Congress

rponsolle96 — 2014-04-04 14:56:22 UTC

The House of Representatives:

The part of the government most responsive to public opinion. Each state is represented in the House based on population.Each state gets at least one member, each member represents one district within a state. There can be no more than 435 members in the house. The entire house is reelected every two years in order to keep them responsive to the people. To run for a seat in the senate, you must be at least 25 years old and a resident of the state that you represent. The speaker of the house leads.

The Senate:

This part of Congress makes decisions based on wisdom and experiences of the members. Every 2 years 1/3 of the members are reelected. They stagger elections in hopes that it will limit one group (the public) from taking control of the whole senate in one single election. Each state has two senators who must be at least thirty years old and live in the state he or she represents. Representatives serve six-year terms. Senate majority leader is the head of the Senate.

#2 Main Responsibility of Senate

rponsolle96 — 2014-04-07 14:43:38 UTC

Lawmaking: Originate from executive branch, only congress can make laws.

Representing the people: Each member of congress represents a certain district in each state to make sure that the citizens have a voice.

#6 How a bill becomes a law

rponsolle96 — 2014-04-07 14:52:21 UTC

#4 How are members selected for congress?

rponsolle96 — 2014-04-08 14:33:17 UTC

There are two houses in congress the senate and house of representatives. Each of the fifty states elect 2 senators for 6 years. There are 100 total seats in the senate. The country is also divided into 435 congressional districts with a population of about 710,000 per district. Each district elects a representative to the house for a 2 year term.

#9 How are the stataes powers limited?

rponsolle96 — 2014-04-08 14:33:51 UTC

In Article 1 Section 10 of the U.S. constitution it says that states cannot print money, pass laws that break contracts, make deals with foreign powers, make their own money, make anyone a king or a queen (or any nobility), can't make taxes on imports from other states and states cannot make their own armies or start their own wars.

#7 Powers of Congress and the Elastic Clause

waterboy312 — 2014-04-08 14:42:11 UTC

The 27 expressed powers of Congress listed in Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution grant the legislative branch a huge amount of authority over American national policy, both foreign and domestic.
The most important powers include the power to tax, to borrow money, to regulate commerce and currency, to declare war, and to raise armies and maintain the navy. These powers give Congress the authority to set policy on the most basic matters of war and peace.
Congress's other expressed powers are wide-ranging, including:

#8 How Congresses powers are limited

waterboy312 — 2014-04-08 14:51:24 UTC

Article I, Section 9, of the Constitution places three important limits on Congress and its powers. Congress cannot pass ex post facto laws which outlaws stuff after its been done. they cant pass bills of atainder to punish people outside of the court system. they also cant suspend the writ of habaes corpus unless there is a national emergancy

#3 What are the Qualification to become a Representative and Senator

2014-04-08 15:04:35 UTC

Representative- Must be 25 years old and a citizen of the U.S. A for seven years. Representative must be a resident of the state he's elected.

Senator- 30 years old and a citizen of the U.S.A for nine years.

#10 What significant changes (Amendments) have been made to Article 1?

2014-04-10 14:32:18 UTC

Eleminated comulative voting and reduce the size of the house representative from 177 to 118 member. change code of celebrates

rponsolle96 — 2014-04-10 15:05:24 UTC