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5th- Legislative branch (congress) - Coggle Diagram
5th- Legislative branch (congress)
Bicameral (2 houses)
House of representatives
Senate
100 members - based on equality (2 per state)
Requirements
Montana senators
Jon Tester (2007 -present)
Steve Daines (2015-present)
435 members 6 nonvoting members based on population (can change every 10 yrs.)
Requierments
Must be 25 yrs old,live in the state they were elected in,citizen for 7 yrs,serve 2 yr terms-unlimited amount of terms
Montana representatives
Matt Rosendale (2021-present)
Ryan Zinke (2023-present)
Sessions
Begin each year the first week in January
most work is done in committees -each committee is in charge of a different type of bill
Special jobs
mike johnson (2023-present)
speaker of the house
Elected by the majority party members
president of the senate is the vice president
has a vote to break ties
kamala harris (2021)
checks on executive branch
can impeach president
can override a veto - 2/3 majority vote
can withhold funding for presidential initiatives
can reject appointments
check on the judicial branch
can impeach judges
can reject the appointment of judges