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The Legislative Branch
Article I

Congr
ess
House of Representatives
 Term: 2 years
 Qualifications
 25 years old
 7 years as a U.S. citizen
 Resident of represented state
House of Representatives
 Number of representatives: 435
 Head of House of Representatives
 Speaker of the House
Decides the committees each
member will serve on
Decides the order in which bills will be
heard
House of Representatives
 Special Powers of the House of

Representatives

All money (appropriations) bills
start here
 Select the President in an Electoral


College tie


Write the article of impeachment
against high ranking officials
Senate
 Term of office: 6 years
 Qualifications:
 30 years old
 9 years a citizen of the U.S.
 Resident of the represented state
Senate
 Number of Senators: 100
 Head of the Senate: U.S. Vice
President
 Day to day head of Senate: President
Pro Tempore
 Power: Decides committee members
and order bill are debated.
Senate
 Special Powers
 Approves all treaties
 Approves all appointments
 Chooses the Vice President in an
Electoral College tie
of

Acts as the jury in all
trials impeachment
Congress
 Both houses:
 Must keep a Journal:
 The Congressional Record

 Must hold sessions at the same time:
 Sessions begin January 3r each year
d
 Must have a quorum to do business:
 51% of members present on the floor
Congress
 Both houses make their own rules for

behavior and
punishments

Censure: formally reprimand,
written in the record

Fines and penalties may be set for
some offenses

Expulsion: members with gross
misconduct may be thrown out of office

Privileges and Compensation of Congress members:

Salary $147,000 per year
Medical and dental benefits
Free
office, parking, and
trips state
Staff budget

to home

Tax break on
Franking privilege- free postage on all
second home
mail to
constituents
Privileges and Compensation of Congress members:

Immunity or legal protection:
Cannot be sued of anything they say or
write
while carrying out their duties
Cannot be arrested for minor offenses while
Congress is in session
May not hold in other political office at the
same time
Powers of Congress











Raise and collect taxes
Borrow money
Regulate commerce
Set laws for
Naturalization and

Bankrupt
cy counterfeiting
Punish

Coin office
Post Money
Copyrights and patents
Set up courts

 Declare war
 Establish the military
and National guard
 Make rules and allot
funds for the military
and National guard
 Punish pirates
 Run Washington D.C.
and all federal
property

Elastic clauseimplied power
ELASTIC CLAUSE
 The necessary and proper clause
gives Congress the power to make
laws “necessary and proper” to carry
out the delegated duties
 Also known as the ‘elastic clause’ it
stretches
the power given
Congress
Powers denied Congress
 Congress cannot make laws

concerning slave trade
until 1808

 Cannot suspend the writ of Habeas
Corpusmust show cause for
holding a suspect except in wartime
 No ex post facto law- cannot punish
a person for an act committed
before there was a law against it.
Powers denied Congress
 No direct tax- the 16t amendment
h

allows
income tax treated the same
 All states must be

 No tax on exports
 Congress must approve all
expenditures
of the President
through laws
 No titles of nobility
Powers denied the States
 Cannot coin money
 Cannot have a state militia, troops, or navy
 Cannot make treaties
 No ex post facto law
 Cannot suspend the
of Habeas Corpus
Writ
 No import or export tax
 No titles of nobility that the Federal
 Cannot pass any law

government is not
allowed to pass

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Congress of the USA power point

  • 2. House of Representatives  Term: 2 years  Qualifications  25 years old  7 years as a U.S. citizen  Resident of represented state
  • 3. House of Representatives  Number of representatives: 435  Head of House of Representatives  Speaker of the House Decides the committees each member will serve on Decides the order in which bills will be heard
  • 4. House of Representatives  Special Powers of the House of Representatives All money (appropriations) bills start here  Select the President in an Electoral  College tie  Write the article of impeachment against high ranking officials
  • 5. Senate  Term of office: 6 years  Qualifications:  30 years old  9 years a citizen of the U.S.  Resident of the represented state
  • 6. Senate  Number of Senators: 100  Head of the Senate: U.S. Vice President  Day to day head of Senate: President Pro Tempore  Power: Decides committee members and order bill are debated.
  • 7. Senate  Special Powers  Approves all treaties  Approves all appointments  Chooses the Vice President in an Electoral College tie of  Acts as the jury in all trials impeachment
  • 8. Congress  Both houses:  Must keep a Journal:  The Congressional Record  Must hold sessions at the same time:  Sessions begin January 3r each year d  Must have a quorum to do business:  51% of members present on the floor
  • 9. Congress  Both houses make their own rules for behavior and punishments Censure: formally reprimand, written in the record  Fines and penalties may be set for some offenses  Expulsion: members with gross misconduct may be thrown out of office 
  • 10. Privileges and Compensation of Congress members: Salary $147,000 per year Medical and dental benefits Free office, parking, and trips state Staff budget to home Tax break on Franking privilege- free postage on all second home mail to constituents
  • 11. Privileges and Compensation of Congress members: Immunity or legal protection: Cannot be sued of anything they say or write while carrying out their duties Cannot be arrested for minor offenses while Congress is in session May not hold in other political office at the same time
  • 12. Powers of Congress          Raise and collect taxes Borrow money Regulate commerce Set laws for Naturalization and Bankrupt cy counterfeiting Punish Coin office Post Money Copyrights and patents Set up courts  Declare war  Establish the military and National guard  Make rules and allot funds for the military and National guard  Punish pirates  Run Washington D.C. and all federal property  Elastic clauseimplied power
  • 13. ELASTIC CLAUSE  The necessary and proper clause gives Congress the power to make laws “necessary and proper” to carry out the delegated duties  Also known as the ‘elastic clause’ it stretches the power given Congress
  • 14. Powers denied Congress  Congress cannot make laws concerning slave trade until 1808  Cannot suspend the writ of Habeas Corpusmust show cause for holding a suspect except in wartime  No ex post facto law- cannot punish a person for an act committed before there was a law against it.
  • 15. Powers denied Congress  No direct tax- the 16t amendment h allows income tax treated the same  All states must be  No tax on exports  Congress must approve all expenditures of the President through laws  No titles of nobility
  • 16. Powers denied the States  Cannot coin money  Cannot have a state militia, troops, or navy  Cannot make treaties  No ex post facto law  Cannot suspend the of Habeas Corpus Writ  No import or export tax  No titles of nobility that the Federal  Cannot pass any law government is not allowed to pass