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Historical:
Theoretical: Practical:
Chap 10. 1ReasonsFor a
National Legislature
Bicameral Congress
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Historical:
Theoretical: Practical:
Bicameral Congress•The British Parliament
has consisted of two houses since the 1300s,
and many colonial assemblies were similar
in form.
ReasonsFor a
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Historical:
Theoretical: Practical:
Bicameral Congress•The British Parliament
has consisted of two houses since the 1300s,
and many colonial assemblies were similar
in form.
A bicameral legislature was necessary to compromise the Virginia and New Jersey plans of representation.
ReasonsFor a
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Historical:
Theoretical: Practical:
Bicameral Congress•The British Parliament
has consisted of two houses since the 1300s,
and many colonial assemblies were similar
in form.
A bicameral legislature was necessary to compromise the Virginia and New Jersey plans of representation.
The Framers favored a bicameral Congress in order that one house might act as a check
on the other.
ReasonsFor a
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Terms and Sessions of Congress
• Each term of Congress lasts two years. The 111th Congress began 1/3/09 and will end 1/3/11.
• A session is the period of time during which Congress assembles conducts business; two session each term, one session each year.
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Sessions of Congress
• Congress adjourns, or suspends until the next session, each regular session as it sees fit.
• Only the President may call Congress into a special session — a meeting to deal with some emergency situation.
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Comparative Government: Legislative Bodies
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Assessment1.The practical reason behind
establishing a bicameral legislature was
(a) the necessity to find compromise between the New Jersey and Virginia plans.
(b) the need to mimic existing British institutions.
(c) a desire to break from all tradition.
(d) requirements set by the British monarchy.
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Assessment1.The practical reason behind establishing a
bicameral legislature was
(a) the necessity to find compromise between the New Jersey and Virginia plans.
(b) the need to mimic existing British institutions.
(c) a desire to break from all tradition.
(d) requirements set by the British monarchy.
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2. Special sessions of Congress (a) are called by the President to
deal with some emergency situation.
(b) are called whenever a senator filibusters.
(c) are never called.(d) are used to handle the
everyday business of Congress.
Assessment
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Assessment
2. Special sessions of Congress (a) are called by the President to
deal with some emergency situation.
(b) are called whenever a senator filibusters.
(c) are never called.(d) are used to handle the
everyday business of Congress.
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Congressional Comparison ChartThe House The Senate
1. Term length
a. Limits?
b. When Elected?
2. Number of Members?
3. Who is their Constituency?
4. Formal Qualifications?a. b.c.
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Chap 10.2 House of Representatives
Size and Terms
• The Constitution provides that the total number of seats in the House shall be apportioned (distributed) among the States on the basis of their respective populations.
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Reapportionment
• The Reapportionment Act of 1929 set the “permanent” size of the House, and provided for “automatic reapportionment.”
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Reapportionment• Article I of the Constitution
directs Congress to reapportion— redistribute —the seats in the House after each decennial census.
• As the United States grew in population, the number of representatives in the House also grew.
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Current ApportionmentCongressional Apportionment 2003-20139
747
4
9
5
8
2
1
125
1 1
1
3
4
5
73
353
8 3
32
136
13
25
2919
189
15
19
8
9
2
9
63
1 210
25
131
8
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Districts and Gerrymandering• Under the single-member district
arrangement, the voters in each district elect one of the State’s representatives.
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Gerrymandering
is the act of drawing congressional districts to the advantage of the political party that controls the State legislature.
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Districts and Gerrymandering• Gerrymandering may
produce districts that have unusual shapes or even defy description.
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Gerrymandering
In Texas?
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Informal Qualifications for House Members
The realities of politics require some informal qualifications, such as party identification, name familiarity, gender, ethnic characteristics, and political experience. Education ~ 399 of 435 Representatives have at least a bachelors degree.
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Chap 10.3 United States Senate• The Constitution says that the
Senate “shall be composed of two Senators from each State.”
• Originally, the Constitution provided that senators were chosen by the State legislatures.
• In 1912, the 17th Amendment was passed and called for the popular election of senators.
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Assessment
1. Members of the House of Representatives are elected for
(a) two-year terms.
(b) six-year terms.
(c) four-year terms.
(d) five-year terms.
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Assessment
1. Members of the House of Representatives are elected for (a) two-year terms.(b) six-year terms.(c) four-year terms.(d) five-year terms.
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Assessment
2. The Constitution requires a member of Congress to be
(a) an inhabitant of the State from which he or she is elected.
(b) a property-owning male.
(c) a natural-born citizen.
(d) at least 40 years of age.
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Assessment
2.The Constitution requires a member of Congress to be
(a) an inhabitant of the State from which he or she is elected.
(b) a property-owning male.
(c) a natural-born citizen.
(d) at least 40 years of age.
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Assessment
1. Senators are elected for
(a) two-year terms.
(b) eight-year terms.
(c) four-year terms.
(d) six-year terms.
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Assessment
1. Senators are elected for
(a) two-year terms.
(b) eight-year terms.
(c) four-year terms.
(d) six-year terms.
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Assessment2. The Senate is a continuous body,
meaning that(a) Senators must continually
reside in Washington, D.C.(b) all of its seats are always up
for election every six years.(c) it never adjourns.(d) not all of its seats are ever up
for election at one time.
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Assessment
2. The Senate is a continuous body, meaning that
(a) Senators must continually reside in Washington, D.C.
(b) all of its seats are always up for election every six years.
(c) it never adjourns.
(d) not all of its seats are ever up for election at one time.