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Intro Qualifications/Power House & Senate Differences Organization & Leadership Leaders Conc. Key Terms Speaker of…? Majority Leader Whips President Pro-Tempore “Rookie” Senators. Congress. House & Senate Differences. House. Senate. Minimum Age:. 25 Years. 30 Years.

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Congress

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  1. Intro Qualifications/Power House & Senate Differences Organization & Leadership Leaders Conc. Key Terms Speaker of…? Majority Leader Whips President Pro-Tempore “Rookie” Senators Congress

  2. House & Senate Differences House Senate Minimum Age: 25 Years 30 Years 7 year minimum 9 year minimum US Citizenship: Term Length: (No term limit) 2 years 6 years Live in-state; usually in district Live in-state Residency:

  3. House & Senate Differences House Senate Number per state: Based on population- (today about one per 650,000) 2 per state Total Number: 435 100

  4. Initiates all tax bills Initiates all spending bills (Tradition) Initiates Impeachment/ Removal Approves or rejects Presidential nominations Ratifies or rejects treaties Acts as jury in removal trial House & Senate Differences House Senate Constitutional Powers:

  5. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRdfX7ut8gw

  6. Key Concept: Majority Party The Majority Party has tremendous influence over all legislation passed—they choose Congressional Leaders House of Representatives Senate Democratic (for now) Democratic Democratic White House/Presidency

  7. Leadership in the House of Representatives Speaker of the House Majority Leader Minority Leader Whips

  8. The Speaker of the House • Chosen by vote of all House members (member of Majority party) • Controls debate & the Calendar: determines which bills come up for discussion • Tradition encourages the Speaker to be non-partisan & very often does not vote

  9. Speaker Of The House • The Speaker’s office is located right off the Capital Rotunda

  10. House Majority Leader • Leader of the majority party and in charge of their agenda.

  11. House Minority Leader • Leader of the minority party and in charge of their agenda.

  12. The Party Whips James Clyburn D-SC • Whips: Build groups of support for bills to ensure party members vote “properly” The current Whip

  13. Leadership in the Senate President of the Senate (VP) • Symbolic President Pro-Tem President Pro-Tempore • Symbolic Majority Leader • Most powerful Minority Leader Whips “Rookie Senators”

  14. President of the Senate The Vice President of the United States Joe Biden (D) The VP only votes in the Senate to break a tie

  15. President Pro-Tempore of Senate Qualifications: Member of Majority party who has been in the Senate the longest.

  16. “Rookie” Senators First-term Senators usually serve as “Chair” for debates because there are only 100 members of the US Senate.

  17. Our US Senators Debbie Stabenow (D) Previous Occupation: Training Consultant/Social Worker Education: B.A. MSU-1975; M.S.W. MSU-1975 Religion: Methodist First Elected: 2000

  18. Previous Occupation: AttorneyEducation: JD Harvard Univ., 1959Religion: Jewish First Elected: 1978 Our US Senators Carl Levin (D)

  19. Intro Qualifications/Power House & Senate Differences Organization & Leadership Leaders Conc. Key Terms Speaker of House Whips Majority Leader President Pro-Tempore “Rookie” Senators Congress

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