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Title: Congress


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Congress
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Congress
  • The Legislative Branch of government.
  • Responsible for making laws for the U.S.
  • Made up of the two houses of Congress

The House of Representatives
The Senate
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The Senate
  • If youre elected to the Senate youre called a
    Senator.
  • Each state has 2 Senators (100 for the country).
  • Senators are elected for 6 years (Senator Six)

3 qualifications to become a Senator
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The House of Representatives
  • If youre elected to the House of
    Representatives, youre called a Representative,
    and you might say you work at the House.
  • The number of Representatives a state has is
    based on population States with more people have
    more Representatives. Each state is divided into
    districts based on this population.
  • Representatives are elected for 2 years
  • ( House of Representatives)

3 qualifications to become a Representative
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Duties of Congress
  • Main duty to make laws (along with the
    president). Both houses of Congress and the
    President must approve a new law for it to take
    effect.
  • Congress can impeach the President and other
    federal officials (put them on trial for doing
    something wrong). If theyre guilty, they could
    even remove them from office.
  • May create new Agencies to do a certain job for
    the government, and decide how much money they
    get to do this new job.

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The Senate also has some additional powers
  • Approves or disapproves of people appointed by
    the President to certain positions (like Supreme
    Court Justices).
  • Approves or disapproves of official agreements
    between the United States and other countries.

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Congressional Leaders
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All the business of Congress
  • Are recorded in The Congressional Record
  • Important documents will go to the National
    Archives.
  • General day to day things will be saved on discs.

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