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Legislative Branch (congress) (Checks on Executive branch (May reject…
Legislative Branch (congress)
Bicameral
House of representatives
435 members-based on population
Must be 25 yrs
Live in state elected
Citizen for 7 yrs
Serve 2 yr terms (unlimited)
Unlimited terms (if elected)
Greg Gianforte-2017
Senate
100 members
Equality
2 per state
Must be 30 yrs old
Live in state elected
Must be citizen 9 yrs
Serve 6 yr terms
Unlimited terms
John Tester-2007
Steve Daines-2015
Special Jobs
Speaker of the House, serves as the leader of the house
Nancy Pelosi
Elected by the majority party
Vice president is the president of the senate
Mike Pence
Can vote to break ties
Sessions
Begin each year the first week of January
Most work is done in Committees-certain types of bills start in each committee
Checks on Executive branch
May reject appointments
May reject treaties
May withhold funding for presidential initiatives
May impeach president
May override a veto 2/3 majority vote
Checks on Judicial branch
May propose constitutional amendments to overrule judicial decisions.
May impeach Supreme Court justices