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Common Jobs in Every State Common Jobs

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Congress The Legislative Branch

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Congress At Work

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Congress: The House

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Congress: The House

435

188

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1 vacant seat

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Vacant Seat

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Congressman Grimm of New York

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10th Congressional DistrictMike Turner

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Ohio Congressional Districts

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US Congressional Seats

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The Extras

Delegates DC Virgin Islands Guam America Samoa Commonwealth North Mariana Islands

Resident Commissioner Puerto Rico

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Congress: The House

Formal Qualifications Age: 25 Years Old

Citizen: 7 years

Residency: Inhabitant of the state

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US Senate

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Congress: The Senate

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Ohio’s Senators

JUNIOR SENATOR ROB PORTMAN (R)

PORTMAN’S DESK

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Formal Qualifications Age: 30 Years Old

Citizen: 9 years

Residency: Must live in the state he/she is representing

Congress: The Senate

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Bicameral Legislature

New Jersey Plan

Virginia Plan

Connecticut Compromise

Congress

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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

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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.

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Voting Procedures

RECORDED – YEAH/NAY VOTING TABULATION

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Voting Procedures

Voice Vote

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Voting Procedures

Standing Vote

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Voting Procedures

Teller Vote