IKEA Catalog

Congress The Legislative Branch

Congress At Work

Congress: The House

Congress: The House

435

193

242

10th Congressional DistrictMike Turner

Ohio Congressional Districts

US Congressional Seats

Congress: The House

Formal Qualifications Age: 25 Years Old

Citizen: 7 years

Residency: Inhabitant of the state

US Senate

Congress: The Senate

53

45

100

+2

Ohio’s SenatorsSENIOR SENATOR

SHERROD BROWN (D) BROWN’S DESK

Ohio’s SenatorsJUNIOR SENATOR ROB PORTMAN (R) PORTMAN’S DESK

Formal Qualifications Age: 30 Years Old

Citizen: 9 years

Residency: Must live in the state he/she is representing

Congress: The Senate

Bicameral Legislature New Jersey Plan

Virginia Plan

Connecticut Compromise

Congress

Terms of Congress

Term = 2 Years

Terms are numbered consecutively 1st term March 4, 1789 113th Congress began at noon January 3, 2013 and ends at noon Jan. 2015

Session of Congress

Each term has 2 regular sessions.

Adjourn as Congress sees fit.

Today almost a year long.

President can call a special session.

Voting Procedures

RECORDED – YEAH/NAY VOTING TABULATION

Voting Procedures

Voice Vote

Voting Procedures

Standing Vote

Voting Procedures

Teller Vote