POLS 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Gerrymandering, Ex Post Facto Law, Bicameralism
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Unit four: legislative branch: article 1, creating a bicameral congress. Sets up the congress for the united states: characteristics of congress, senate a. i) 100 members a. ii)2 from each state a. iii) chosen by state legislatures a. iv) a. v)at least 30 years" old a. vi) at least 9 years" citizen. 6 year terms (1/3 elected each 2 years: house. Seats in proportion to population (not more than 1/30,000) b. i) 435 members b. ii) b. iii) directly elected by the people. b. iv) b. v) at least 25 years old. b. vi) at least 7 years old. Judge qualifications of its members b. i) choose own officers (including a speaker) b. ii) b. iii) set own rules of proceeding b. iv) House (leader of the majority votes. : minority whips-> minority leader-> speaker of the house, leadership in the senate, committee chairs-> majority whips-> majority leader-> president pro. Tempore (president of the senate {vice president of the u. s. }: minority whips->minority whips-> majority leader-> president pro.
