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Constitution 2

TermDefinition
Number (total) 435 for House and 100 for Senate
Term of Office House- 2 years more democratic, people choose more often Senate-6 years, staggered, less democratic, 33 senators are elected every 2 years
Age Requirement H-25 S-30
Residency of Requirement both live in state
Citizenship requirement H-7 years S-9 years
Elected by H-people of district (we are the 10th district) S-People of state
Removal by 2/3 (67%) Expulsion for both but they get expelled within their branch, the senate can NOT expel a house representative and the same goes for the house to the senate
Title of Leader H-Speaker of the House (Mike Johnson for us) S- Senate president- Vice President (Kamala Harris)
Who Represent you House- Brad Schneider Senate- Dick Durbin and Tammy Duckworth
Regular meeting Jan 3rd for both, this meeting happens once and is a whole bunch of meetings in one singular day
Salary $174,000 for both, we pay them
Article I, Legislative branch
Day of Election 1st tuesday after the 1st monday of November
What is the HOR also called? The peoples house
What is the Senate also called? The upper house
IL gets how many votes in HOR? 17, but for electoral college we get 19 because of 2 senators
What is the Senate presidents only power? to break tied votes
what does the Senate do for impeachment? they try it, as in they have a trial for it
What can the HOR do to a president? accuse them of impeachment, power to
How many votes for a president to be removed off of impeachment 2/3 votes of senators
What is Jan 3rd noon? The day new members take office
Passing bills how does it work? either house can start a bill but they both houses have to pass it by majority vote
What can the president do regarding passing bills? Has 10 days to act. Sign it, veto it, does nothing after 10 days it becomes a law, pocket veto, override a veto
Created by: JuliR
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