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legislative branch (congress) - Coggle Diagram
legislative branch (congress)
bicameral (2 houses
house of representitives
senate
100 memebers based on epuality, (2 per state)
must be 30,live in state they were elected in,citizen for serve for 6 years.
jon tester (2007-present)
steve danes 2015-present
Montana senetors
435 members 6 nonvoting based on population (can change every 10 years
requirements 25 years old, live in the state they were represented in, citizen for 7 years, serve 2 yr terms,no limit on how many times you can run,
montana representatives
Matt rosendale (2021-present
Ryan zinke (2023-present)
sessions
begin each year the first week in january.
special jobs.
speaker of the house
Mike Jonson (2023-present) republicants.
elected by the majoraty party members.
president of the senate id the vice president
kamala harris (2021-present)
checks on the executive branch.
can impeach president
can overide a veto - 2/3rds majority vote
can reject appointments.
can withhold funding for presidential initiatives
checks on the judicial branch
can impeach judges.
can reject appointment of judges
may propose constitutional amendments to overule judicial decisions.