What makes congress. by Lauren Crawford https://padlet.com/lauren_crawford1/fo8tssbw7mio Listing the similarities and differences between the house and senate. en-us 2016-06-10 17:59:50 UTC 2016-06-10 18:24:23 UTC hello@padlet.com Congress lauren_crawford1 https://padlet.com/lauren_crawford1/fo8tssbw7mio/wish/114353386 2016-06-10 18:00:21 UTC https://padlet.com/lauren_crawford1/fo8tssbw7mio/wish/114353386 House lauren_crawford1 https://padlet.com/lauren_crawford1/fo8tssbw7mio/wish/114353414 2016-06-10 18:00:41 UTC https://padlet.com/lauren_crawford1/fo8tssbw7mio/wish/114353414 Senate lauren_crawford1 https://padlet.com/lauren_crawford1/fo8tssbw7mio/wish/114353421 2016-06-10 18:00:50 UTC https://padlet.com/lauren_crawford1/fo8tssbw7mio/wish/114353421 Similarities lauren_crawford1 https://padlet.com/lauren_crawford1/fo8tssbw7mio/wish/114353432 2016-06-10 18:01:02 UTC https://padlet.com/lauren_crawford1/fo8tssbw7mio/wish/114353432 Differences lauren_crawford1 https://padlet.com/lauren_crawford1/fo8tssbw7mio/wish/114353436 2016-06-10 18:01:11 UTC https://padlet.com/lauren_crawford1/fo8tssbw7mio/wish/114353436 Differences lauren_crawford1 https://padlet.com/lauren_crawford1/fo8tssbw7mio/wish/114353456 2016-06-10 18:01:38 UTC https://padlet.com/lauren_crawford1/fo8tssbw7mio/wish/114353456 The house contains 435 members, making it much larger than the senate. lauren_crawford1 https://padlet.com/lauren_crawford1/fo8tssbw7mio/wish/114353755 2016-06-10 18:06:22 UTC https://padlet.com/lauren_crawford1/fo8tssbw7mio/wish/114353755 The house members are based upon a state's population lauren_crawford1 https://padlet.com/lauren_crawford1/fo8tssbw7mio/wish/114353805 2016-06-10 18:07:00 UTC https://padlet.com/lauren_crawford1/fo8tssbw7mio/wish/114353805 Members must be at least 25 years old, and must be a citizen of the U.S. for at least 7 years lauren_crawford1 https://padlet.com/lauren_crawford1/fo8tssbw7mio/wish/114353858 2016-06-10 18:07:51 UTC https://padlet.com/lauren_crawford1/fo8tssbw7mio/wish/114353858 Each member holds a term for 2 years. lauren_crawford1 https://padlet.com/lauren_crawford1/fo8tssbw7mio/wish/114353894 2016-06-10 18:08:25 UTC https://padlet.com/lauren_crawford1/fo8tssbw7mio/wish/114353894 Members must be at least 30 years old and be a citizen of the U.S. for at least 9 years lauren_crawford1 https://padlet.com/lauren_crawford1/fo8tssbw7mio/wish/114353984 2016-06-10 18:09:34 UTC https://padlet.com/lauren_crawford1/fo8tssbw7mio/wish/114353984 Both parts are elected on even numbered years. lauren_crawford1 https://padlet.com/lauren_crawford1/fo8tssbw7mio/wish/114354092 2016-06-10 18:10:40 UTC https://padlet.com/lauren_crawford1/fo8tssbw7mio/wish/114354092 The members of the senate hold six year terms, but one third of senators run for re-election every 2 years. lauren_crawford1 https://padlet.com/lauren_crawford1/fo8tssbw7mio/wish/114354234 2016-06-10 18:11:56 UTC https://padlet.com/lauren_crawford1/fo8tssbw7mio/wish/114354234 there are 100 members, and each state elects 2 senators despite population. lauren_crawford1 https://padlet.com/lauren_crawford1/fo8tssbw7mio/wish/114354361 2016-06-10 18:13:03 UTC https://padlet.com/lauren_crawford1/fo8tssbw7mio/wish/114354361 About half of the members in congress are lawyers. lauren_crawford1 https://padlet.com/lauren_crawford1/fo8tssbw7mio/wish/114354492 2016-06-10 18:15:00 UTC https://padlet.com/lauren_crawford1/fo8tssbw7mio/wish/114354492 the speaker of the house is the next in line (behind the vice-president) to become president if the president were to die or resign lauren_crawford1 https://padlet.com/lauren_crawford1/fo8tssbw7mio/wish/114354725 2016-06-10 18:17:09 UTC https://padlet.com/lauren_crawford1/fo8tssbw7mio/wish/114354725 The senate has no speaker, but the vice president breaks ties if they occur. lauren_crawford1 https://padlet.com/lauren_crawford1/fo8tssbw7mio/wish/114355016 2016-06-10 18:21:09 UTC https://padlet.com/lauren_crawford1/fo8tssbw7mio/wish/114355016 Each leader of these two parts are at in the top 5 of being next in-line to be president if something were to happen to the president. lauren_crawford1 https://padlet.com/lauren_crawford1/fo8tssbw7mio/wish/114355080 2016-06-10 18:22:12 UTC https://padlet.com/lauren_crawford1/fo8tssbw7mio/wish/114355080