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Warm Up #2
1. What is a confederation?
2. Why would the original founding fathers have wanted a confederation style of government?
3. Provide at least 3 reasons why a colonist would remain loyal to England.
Article 1: The Legislative Branch
Article I=The Legislative Branch
Bicameral
HOR+SEN= U.S. Congress
535 Voting Members
Terms in CongressEach Congress = 2
years
• Begins Jan. 3 of odd years & given #
114th Jan 2015-Jan 2017
Sessions
• 2 per term.• Jan.- Nov.• Joint
Session
Congress.gov
The House of Representatives
435 MembersTerritories= non-voting delegate
2 year termsNO term limits
Qualifications
Congressional Districts
Constituents
gerrymandering Purpose= strengthen a political parties control
NC Representatives; Dist. 9& 12
http://www.house.gov/representatives/find/
Robert Pittenger, R, District 9
Alma Adams, D, District 12
Leadership in the House of Representatives
Speaker of the House
Minority Leader
Majority Leader
Minority/ Majority Whips John Boehner
Impeachment= bringing charges against a civil official
Starts in House
Senate holds the trial2/3rds vote to convict & removesimple majority= no future office
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impeachment_in_the_United_States#Senate
The President, Vice President and all civil Officers of the United States, shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors.ARTICLE II, SECTION 4
The House of Representatives ... shall have the sole Power of Impeachment. Art. I, Sec. 2, Cl. 5:
The Senate shall have the sole Power to try all Impeachments. no Person shall be convicted without Concurrence of two-thirds of the Members present. Art. I, Sec. 3, Cl. 6 & 7:
The Senate2 per state
Serve 6 year termsNo term limits
Staggered Elections
Qualifications
Warm Up
Article I Section IIIPresident of the Senate= VP
President Pro Tempore-
Majority Leader
Minority Leader-
Mitch McConnell -R
Powers Exclusive to the Senate
1. Confirm presidential nominationsPresident "shall nominate, and by and with the
Advice and Consent of the Senate, shall appoint Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls, Judges of the Supreme Court, and all other Officers of the United States, whose Appointments are not herein otherwise provided for..." (Article II, Section 2)
2. Ratify treaties •(needs 2/3rds approval)
3. Try any impeachment initiated in the House
Types of CommitteesStanding Committees
permanent subcommittees =specific areas of an issueEX) Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Appropriations Armed Services Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Budget Commerce, Science, and Transportation Energy and Natural Resources
Select Committee
Joint Committee
Conference Committee
Filibuster’sNo rule limiting amount of time spent debating a bill
Filibuster- tactic to delay/stop a vote on a bill used only in the SEN. Used by the minority partyNot common, but they are threatened often
Threat has same impact as actualMust have someone continuously speaking in order to maintain the filibusterGoal is for the majority party to drop the bill completely or to compromise on something in the bill
Rand Paul Filibuster
ClotureFilibusters can be stopped with a vote of cloture
Cloture sets a time limit to debate on a topic/bill
In order to bring cloture need 60 votes (3/5ths of the Senate)
The process of cloture takes so long that it blocks the Senate from moving on to other bills
Senators want to avoid going through this process
Quorum & Quorum Roll Call
Quorum- the required number of Senators present to conduct business
According to constitution a simple majority (51) is required to conduct business
Rarely 51 Senators are present, and business goes on as usual
If someone wants to stop debate when 51 Senators are not present they can call for a Quorum Call The names of all 100 senators are called very slowly and it takes up a lot of time.If there are not 51 Senators present once a quorum call has occurred then they cannot proceed with the debate
The “Sergeant at Arms” responsible for getting 51 Senators to show up or the Senate must be adjourned. Could be 2 A.M.
Way to block legislation.
Perks of being a member of Congress $223,500 Speaker of the House Salary
$193,400 Majority & Minority Leaders in the House and Senate, President Pro Tempore
Every other member of Congress makes $174,500
Free parking, office space and furniture, trips to their home state, free job related mail, gym membership, medical clinic, restaurant deals, and low cost life insurance.