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Warm Up – Cite From Warm Up – Cite From ConstitutionConstitution

Art. Sect. ClauseArt. Sect. Clause Senate – Senate –

How many legislators?How many legislators? Requirements for eligibility?Requirements for eligibility?

House of RepresentativesHouse of Representatives How Many legislators?How Many legislators? Requirements for entry?Requirements for entry?

What are some of the powers of What are some of the powers of Congress?Congress?

Know this for the quiz fo’

real!

The Legislative BranchThe Legislative Branch

The Workings of CongressThe Workings of Congress

The Role of CongressThe Role of Congress

Two Main RolesTwo Main Roles Control Government SpendingControl Government Spending Make LawsMake Laws

Government SpendingGovernment Spending

Congress Congress appropriates all tax appropriates all tax fundsfunds

Tax and spending Tax and spending bills start in Housebills start in House

This is a check!This is a check!

Making LawsMaking Laws

A bill is a proposed lawA bill is a proposed law Thousands are proposed each yearThousands are proposed each year

The Legislative ProcessThe Legislative Process

Bill is submitted by legislatorBill is submitted by legislator Goes to a standing committeeGoes to a standing committee Sent to subcommitteeSent to subcommittee Goes to floor for debateGoes to floor for debate

Legislative Process (cont’d)Legislative Process (cont’d)

If passes one house, it goes to the If passes one house, it goes to the otherother

Must pass both houses as same billMust pass both houses as same bill If not same bill a joint committee If not same bill a joint committee

meetsmeets Goes to president for signatureGoes to president for signature If vetoed 2/3 over ride voteIf vetoed 2/3 over ride vote

Legislative Process (cont’d)Legislative Process (cont’d)

At any time a bill can be killedAt any time a bill can be killed At any time a bill can be added to At any time a bill can be added to

(rider)(rider) At any time the bill can be sent back At any time the bill can be sent back

to committeeto committee At any time the bill can be changed At any time the bill can be changed

(amended)(amended)

School House Rock!School House Rock!

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The Senate and the HouseThe Senate and the House

Roles of The House and Roles of The House and SenateSenate

Both Representative bodies of the Both Representative bodies of the peoplepeople

Different powers in ConstitutionDifferent powers in ConstitutionI wrote the Constitution while eating pancakes…

Oh how I love pancakes! Oh yeah, and

different roles of the House and Senate was a good idea, wasn’t it!

Constitutional RolesConstitutional Roles

What article deals with the What article deals with the Legislative Branch?Legislative Branch?

What roles are given to each house What roles are given to each house by the Constitution?by the Constitution?

CHECK IT OUT! (Page 233)CHECK IT OUT! (Page 233)

House of RepresentativesHouse of Representatives

All tax and spending billsAll tax and spending bills Bring charges against (impeach) Bring charges against (impeach)

PresidentPresident

I’ll get you House of

Representatives !

The SenateThe Senate

Try all impeachmentsTry all impeachments May propose or concur on May propose or concur on

AmendmentsAmendments Approves all foreign treatiesApproves all foreign treaties Approve Supreme CourtApprove Supreme Court

I was impeached, but those Senators

couldn’t get the votes!

Committees in CongressCommittees in Congress

4 Types of Committees4 Types of Committees Standing CommitteesStanding Committees

SubcomitteeSubcomittee Select CommitteesSelect Committees Joint CommitteeJoint Committee Conference CommitteeConference Committee

I served on the first Foreign Affairs

committee.

Standing CommitteeStanding Committee

Permanent groups that specialize in a Permanent groups that specialize in a certain topiccertain topic

Example: The House Committee on Example: The House Committee on AgricultureAgriculture

http://www.house.gov/agriculture/

SubcommitteeSubcommittee

Smaller portion of committee that Smaller portion of committee that focuses on one particular aspectfocuses on one particular aspect

Example: The House Committee on Example: The House Committee on AgricultureAgriculture

http://www.house.gov/agriculture/

Subcommittee on Livestock and Horticulture Subcommittee on Livestock and Horticulture

Select CommitteeSelect Committee

Meet to focus on special issuesMeet to focus on special issues

Can we think of an example of a Can we think of an example of a special issue?special issue?

I was a special issue.

Currently there is a House

Select Committee on

me!

Joint CommitteeJoint Committee

A committee that meets between A committee that meets between House and Senate to discuss issuesHouse and Senate to discuss issues

Conference CommitteeConference Committee

Special meeting between House and Special meeting between House and Senate that corrects differences Senate that corrects differences between similar billsbetween similar bills

What type of committees exist What type of committees exist today?today?

20 Senate Committees20 Senate Committees 22 House Committees22 House Committees

http://www.senate.gov/ http://www.house.gov/

The Executive BranchThe Executive Branch

Our Nations Leader & A Man Our Nations Leader & A Man of Many Hatsof Many Hats

““The Leader of the Free The Leader of the Free World”World”

The President is The President is our first and our first and foremost foremost representative to representative to our country and to our country and to the worldthe world

The President The President decides our decides our country’s policies country’s policies both foreign and both foreign and domesticdomestic

The PresidentThe President

The Chief Executive of our GovernmentThe Chief Executive of our Government Some of the Roles the President has:Some of the Roles the President has:

Chief ExecutiveChief Executive Chief LegislatorChief Legislator Chief DiplomatChief Diplomat Chief of StateChief of State Commander in ChiefCommander in Chief Policy MakerPolicy Maker Leader of his PartyLeader of his Party

Chief ExecutiveChief Executive

Appoints several Appoints several thousand officialsthousand officials

Oversees Oversees executive executive departmentdepartment

Executes the lawsExecutes the laws

Hey Bill, wanna

hang out later?

YOU KNOW IT! As soon as I

am done jamming out! Lets go knock

over some mailboxes!

Chief LegislatorChief Legislator

Has ability to Has ability to propose and propose and introduce introduce legislationlegislation

What is the What is the Presidents role in Presidents role in checks and checks and balances?balances?

The President as our The President as our Representative AbroadRepresentative Abroad

Mostly as Chief Mostly as Chief DiplomatDiplomat

Sets up trade Sets up trade agreementsagreements

Peace treatiesPeace treaties

Chief of StateChief of State Represents the whole nationRepresents the whole nation

particularly when the Presidentparticularly when the President

attends meetings and attends meetings and conferencesconferences

that involve other countries andthat involve other countries and

governments.governments.

Military LeaderMilitary Leader

Head of all Head of all military branches military branches of governmentof government

““Commander in Commander in Chief”Chief”

Policy MakerPolicy Maker

The President The President determines how determines how our country work our country work on a variety of on a variety of issuesissues

Ex. Social Ex. Social Security, Trade, Security, Trade, Workers rightsWorkers rights

Leader of PartyLeader of Party

In more recent In more recent times, the times, the President is the President is the Leader of his Leader of his political partypolitical party

Represents all of Represents all of the goals and the goals and aspirations of his aspirations of his party party

A Man of Many HatsA Man of Many Hats

Design 2 Hats that illustrate a Design 2 Hats that illustrate a different constitutional role/power of different constitutional role/power of the Presidentthe President

Make it colorful, and informativeMake it colorful, and informative

Use page 225 in book to help.Use page 225 in book to help.

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How does the President get How does the President get Elected?Elected?

The Electoral CollegeThe Electoral College