Post on 29-Dec-2015
Common Jobs in Every State
Common Jobs
Congress The Legislative Branch
Congress At Work
Congress: The House
Congress: The House
435
188
246
1 vacant seat
Vacant Seat
10th Congressional DistrictMike Turner
Ohio Congressional Districts
US Congressional Seats
The Extras
Delegates DC Virgin Islands Guam America Samoa Commonwealth North Mariana Islands
Resident Commissioner Puerto Rico
Congress: The House
Formal Qualifications Age: 25 Years Old
Citizen: 7 years
Residency: Inhabitant of the state
US Senate
Congress: The Senate
44
54
100
+2
Ohio’s Senators
SENIOR SENATORSHERROD BROWN (D)
BROWN’S DESK
Ohio’s Senators
JUNIOR SENATOR ROB PORTMAN (R)
PORTMAN’S DESK
Formal Qualifications Age: 30 Years Old
Citizen: 9 years
Residency: Must live in the state he/she is representing
Congress: The Senate
Bicameral Legislature
New Jersey Plan
Virginia Plan
Connecticut Compromise
Congress
Terms of Congress
Term = 2 Years
Terms are numbered consecutively 1st term March 4, 1789 114th Congress began at noon January 3, 2015 and ends at noon Jan. 3, 2017
Session of Congress
Each term has 2 regular sessions.
Adjourn as Congress sees fit.
Today almost a year long.
President can call a special session.
Voting Procedures
RECORDED – YEAH/NAY VOTING TABULATION
Voting Procedures
Voice Vote
Voting Procedures
Standing Vote
Voting Procedures
Teller Vote