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legislative branch (congress) - Coggle Diagram
legislative branch (congress)
senate (100 members 2 per state)
Must be 30 years old, live in the state they were elected in citizens for 7 years serve 2 years terms, unlimited number of terms
John Tester (2007-present)-MT senator
Steve Daines 2015 present
House of representatives (435 members based on population. Can change every 10 years)
Matt Posendale (2021 present)
Ryan Zinke (2023 present)
Must be 25 years old, live in the state they were elected in, citizen for 7 years, serve 2 year terms unlimited number of terms, unlimited number of terms
Bicameral legislature
Checks on executive branch
can impeach presidents
can reject appointments
can refuse treaties
can withhold funding for for presidential initiatives
can override a veto-2/3 majority vote
checks on the judicial branch
can impeach judges
can reject appointments of judges
may purpose constitutional to override decisions
special positions
president of the senate is the vice president
Kamala Harris 2021 pres
Has a a vote to breck ties in the senate
sessons
Begin in the first week of January
most of the work is done in committees each type of committees is in charge of different bills
speaker of the house
Kevin McCarthy 2023 pres
elected by the majority party members