https://padlet.com/mcbos05099/gu7y7jczcrdu 12.4.1 Discuss Article I of the Constitution as it relates to the legislative branch, including eligibility for office and lengths of terms of representatives and senators; election to office; the roles of the House and Senate in impeachment proceedings; the role of the vice president; the enumerated legislative powers; and the process by which a bill becomes a law. This relates to our padlet because we discuss the length of term for the House, as well as their roles in congress. --12.7.5: Explain how public policy is formed including the public agenda and implementation of it through regulations and executive orders. This relates to our padlet because the House of Reps. can hold hearing on questions of public interest, propose legislation that has not been formally as a bill of resolution, and are able to conduct resolutions. en-us 2018-10-31 14:33:51 UTC 2025-12-28 12:49:51 UTC hello@padlet.com mcbos05099 https://padlet.com/mcbos05099/gu7y7jczcrdu/wish/299008804 The current representative for our district of Riverside County is Democrat Mark Takano. 
12.4.3]]> 2018-10-31 14:48:58 UTC https://padlet.com/mcbos05099/gu7y7jczcrdu/wish/299008804 nivela11276 https://padlet.com/mcbos05099/gu7y7jczcrdu/wish/299008995 Wesberry v. Sanders was a Supreme Court case involving U.S. Congressional districts in the state of Georgia. The Court issued its ruling on February 17, 1964. This decision demands each state to write its U.S Congressional. ]]> 2018-10-31 14:49:16 UTC https://padlet.com/mcbos05099/gu7y7jczcrdu/wish/299008995 mcbos05099 https://padlet.com/mcbos05099/gu7y7jczcrdu/wish/299010000 Riverside county is the 41st district. 
It includes the cities of Moreno Valley , Perris & Riverside, located in the Inland Empire region of Southern California. 
12.4.3]]> 2018-10-31 14:50:53 UTC https://padlet.com/mcbos05099/gu7y7jczcrdu/wish/299010000 ancoro51880 https://padlet.com/mcbos05099/gu7y7jczcrdu/wish/299011337 The size of the House of Representatives currently is at a fixed number, that number being 435 representatives.

12.4.3]]> 2018-10-31 14:53:08 UTC https://padlet.com/mcbos05099/gu7y7jczcrdu/wish/299011337 mcbos05099 https://padlet.com/mcbos05099/gu7y7jczcrdu/wish/299028305 2018-10-31 15:22:06 UTC https://padlet.com/mcbos05099/gu7y7jczcrdu/wish/299028305 rygonz01153 https://padlet.com/mcbos05099/gu7y7jczcrdu/wish/299812170  Members of the House of Representatives serve two-year terms and are considered for reelection every even year. 

Senators however, serve six-year terms and elections to the Senate are staggered over even years so that only about 1/3 of the Senate is up for reelection during any election.]]> 2018-11-02 14:42:04 UTC https://padlet.com/mcbos05099/gu7y7jczcrdu/wish/299812170 mcbos05099 https://padlet.com/mcbos05099/gu7y7jczcrdu/wish/301034268 -Equal pay for equal work is the concept of labor rights that individuals in the same workplace be given equal pay. It is most commonly used in the context of sexual discrimination, in relation to the gender pay gap.
12.7.5]]> 2018-11-06 15:31:50 UTC https://padlet.com/mcbos05099/gu7y7jczcrdu/wish/301034268 mcbos05099 https://padlet.com/mcbos05099/gu7y7jczcrdu/wish/301038536 The paycheck fairness act requires employers who pay men more than women prove that the pay disparity is not based on sex, is related to the job, & is necessary for businessmen. 
The paycheck fairness act would create training programs for women and girls to learn how to successfully negotiate their salaries and would provide assistance to business to promote equal pay practices. 
12.7.5]]> 2018-11-06 15:38:38 UTC https://padlet.com/mcbos05099/gu7y7jczcrdu/wish/301038536 nivela11276 https://padlet.com/mcbos05099/gu7y7jczcrdu/wish/301042796 These words, the Court held, mean that "as nearly as practicable one man's vote in a congressional election is to be worth as much as another's. Wesberry and the Court's later "one person, one vote" decisions had an huge impact on the makeup of the House, on the content of public policy, and on electoral politics in general. ]]> 2018-11-06 15:45:07 UTC https://padlet.com/mcbos05099/gu7y7jczcrdu/wish/301042796 nivela11276 https://padlet.com/mcbos05099/gu7y7jczcrdu/wish/301045713 Districts so that they are equal in population. However, these one person, one vote rules do not prevent gerrymanding. Nationally, this decision effectively reduced the representation of rural districts in the U.S. Congress. 

]]> 2018-11-06 15:49:12 UTC https://padlet.com/mcbos05099/gu7y7jczcrdu/wish/301045713 ancoro51880 https://padlet.com/mcbos05099/gu7y7jczcrdu/wish/301046103 2018-11-06 15:49:46 UTC https://padlet.com/mcbos05099/gu7y7jczcrdu/wish/301046103 mcbos05099 https://padlet.com/mcbos05099/gu7y7jczcrdu/wish/301056612 2018-11-06 16:04:08 UTC https://padlet.com/mcbos05099/gu7y7jczcrdu/wish/301056612 rygonz01153 https://padlet.com/mcbos05099/gu7y7jczcrdu/wish/301573918
The first qualification outlined in the Constitution states that members of the House must be at least 25 years old. Despite this, the youngest member of the House of Representatives, William Charles Cole Claiborne, was only 22 when elected and only 24 when he was elected for a second time. Currently, the youngest member of the House, Elise Stefanik, is 33 years old, exceeding the requirement by eight years.]]> 2018-11-07 15:43:16 UTC https://padlet.com/mcbos05099/gu7y7jczcrdu/wish/301573918 ancoro51880 https://padlet.com/mcbos05099/gu7y7jczcrdu/wish/301574860 Each state is always guaranteed at the very least one representative in the House no matter the population.
12.4.2]]> 2018-11-07 15:44:25 UTC https://padlet.com/mcbos05099/gu7y7jczcrdu/wish/301574860 mcbos05099 https://padlet.com/mcbos05099/gu7y7jczcrdu/wish/301584141 "Women are an essential part of the workforce." Pay discrimination has affected working women for a long time. Which means that they have less to being home to their families compared to their male counterparts.  
Mark Takano is also working with his colleagues to eventually pass the International Violence Act to help end gender-based violence abroad.  
12.7.5]]> 2018-11-07 15:55:22 UTC https://padlet.com/mcbos05099/gu7y7jczcrdu/wish/301584141 ancoro51880 https://padlet.com/mcbos05099/gu7y7jczcrdu/wish/302137735 2018-11-08 15:51:18 UTC https://padlet.com/mcbos05099/gu7y7jczcrdu/wish/302137735 rygonz01153 https://padlet.com/mcbos05099/gu7y7jczcrdu/wish/302421497 The second qualification, like that of the Senate, deals with citizenship. The constitution states that members of the House of Representatives must have U.S. citizenship for seven years upon election. This allows citizens who were not born in the United States, which is required for the presidency, to be elected into the House, which is crucial to immigrant representation. However, the number of immigrants serving has decreased significantly since the 1960s.]]> 2018-11-09 04:07:41 UTC https://padlet.com/mcbos05099/gu7y7jczcrdu/wish/302421497 rygonz01153 https://padlet.com/mcbos05099/gu7y7jczcrdu/wish/302421564 As of 2015, only 407 past and present members of Congress had been born outside of the United States out of the more than 12,000 who had served. 347 of these members served in the House of Representatives. From 1967 to 1974, no immigrants served in either the House or the Senate.]]> 2018-11-09 04:08:13 UTC https://padlet.com/mcbos05099/gu7y7jczcrdu/wish/302421564 rygonz01153 https://padlet.com/mcbos05099/gu7y7jczcrdu/wish/302421717 The last of the qualifications for the House of Representatives concerns residency and is the same for those serving in the Senate. Those elected to the House must be residents of the state which they represent at the time of election. However, this qualification does not require that representatives live in the district they represent.]]> 2018-11-09 04:09:28 UTC https://padlet.com/mcbos05099/gu7y7jczcrdu/wish/302421717 nivela11276 https://padlet.com/mcbos05099/gu7y7jczcrdu/wish/303816913 2018-11-13 15:50:34 UTC https://padlet.com/mcbos05099/gu7y7jczcrdu/wish/303816913 https://padlet.com/mcbos05099/gu7y7jczcrdu/wish/303820341 2018-11-13 15:54:41 UTC https://padlet.com/mcbos05099/gu7y7jczcrdu/wish/303820341 https://padlet.com/mcbos05099/gu7y7jczcrdu/wish/303821604 2018-11-13 15:56:28 UTC https://padlet.com/mcbos05099/gu7y7jczcrdu/wish/303821604