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Legislative Branch (congress) (Special Jobs (Speaker of the house, Nancy…
Legislative Branch (congress)
Checks on executive
Reject appointments, reject treaties, withhold funding for presidential initiatives, impeach president, over ride a veto
Bicameral
House of representatives
435 members based on population
Must be 25 yrs... live in the state they were elected citizens for 7 yrs... serve for two yrs... unlimited amount of terms.
Greg Gianforte- 2017
Senate
100 members based on equality (2 per state)
30 yrs... have to live in state elected and have to be a citizen for 9 yrs... serve for 6 yrs... unlimited amount of terms.
Jon Tester- 2007
Steve Daines- 2015
Special Jobs
Speaker of the house
Nancy Pelosi
Elected by majority party
Vice President
Mike Pence
Brakes tie votes
Begin the first week of January at the beginning of the year
Most work is done in committees- certain types of bills start in each committee
Checks on judicial
May propose constitutional amendments to over rule judicial decision, May impeach Supreme Court justices