Locate & Label the following on your copy of the Constitution.

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Locate & Label the following on your copy of the Constitution

 Section 2 / Paragraph 1: House serves 2 year terms Elected directly by the people  Section 2 / Paragraph 2: Representatives must be 25 years old A citizen for 7 years Must reside in the state they represent  Section 2 / Paragraph 3: Representation is based on population Every state is guaranteed 1 seat

 Section 2 / Paragraph 4: Governors fill vacancies  Section 2 / Paragraph 5: The House picks their Speaker The House has the power of impeachment

 Section 3 / Paragraph 3: Senators must be 30 years old A citizen for 9 years Must reside in the state they represent  Section 3 / Paragraph 5 : A president pro tempore presides when the VP is absent  Section 3 / Paragraph 6: Senate has the power to try impeachments 2/3 vote needed to convict

 Section 5: Congress makes it’s own rules  Section 6: Members of Congress can’t be arrested for misdemeanors while Congress is in session  Section 7 / Paragraph 1: All revenue bills must originate in the House  Section 7 / Paragraph 2: Congress can override president's veto with 2/3 vote in both houses

 Section 8: Expressed Powers of Congress Taxes Borrow $$ Regulate interstate & foreign commerce Naturalization & bankruptcies Coin $$ / set weights & measures Punish counterfeiting Establish postal service Copyrights & patents

 Section 8: Expressed Powers of Congress Establish courts below Supreme Court Pirates! Argh! Raise & support armies & navy Can call out the militia Govern any territory not under the jurisdiction of a state The Elastic Clause: make any laws necessary & proper to execute their expressed powers

 Section 3: Paragraph 1 States boundaries are protected from Congress  Section 3: Paragraph 2 Jurisdiction over territories

 Power to propose amendments to the Constitution Needs 2/3rds vote in both houses 3/4’s of states must ratify

 Congress has the power to collect personal income tax Make way! Here comes the IRS!

 Direct election of senators An expansion of democracy

 Terms of office, convening of Congress & succession

 Pay raises for Congress don’t take effect until after the next election

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