1. LEADERSHIP OF CONGRESS

2. HOUSE LEADERSHIP “Speaker of the House”
John Boehner
Republican
8TH District Ohio
3rd in line for Presidency
Political Leader of House
How do you get to be Speaker?

3. Majority/Republican LEADERSHIP
Eric Cantor
MAJORITY LEADER OF THE HOUSE
Republican
7th District
Virginia
Assists the Speaker but is co-leader of the majority party.
How do you get to be Majority Leader

4. #3 REPUBLICAN IN HOUSE Kevin McCarthy Republican 22nd District
California
HOUSE MAJORITY WHIP
What does a “whip” do?
How do you get to be the “whip?”?

5. DEMOCRATS ARE THE MINORITY PARTY IN HOUSE
Nancy Pelosi
Democrat
8TH DISTRICT
California
HOUSE MINORITY LEADER
#1 Democrat in the House
First lady Speaker of the House 2006 – 2010.
How do you get to be Minority Leader?

6. #2 DEMOCRAT IN HOUSE Steny Hoyer Democrat 5TH Maryland Maryland
DEMOCRATIC WHIP
How do you get to be the minority whip?

7. SENATE LEADERSHIP
SENATE LEADERSHIP IS SIMILAR TO THE HOUSE BUT THERE ARE DIFFERENCES.
SUCH AS…WHO IS THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES SENATE?
WHO, AS PRESIDENT, PRESIDES OVER SESSIONS OF THE SENATE WHEN HE IS THERE?

8. PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
Vice President Joe Biden is the President of the Senate.
He has one duty. What is it?
Break a tie in the Senate.

9. SENATE DEMOCRATIC LEADERSHIP
PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE
#4 SUCCESSION TO THE PRESIDENT
Patrick Leahy
Democrat/Vermont
How do you get this job?
Senior member of majority party
1st elected in 1974
No power as Pro Tem

10. SENATE DEMOCRATIC LEADERSHIP
HARRY REID
DEMOCRAT
NEVADA
MAJORITY LEADER
POLITICAL LEADER OF THE SENATE
HE CONTROLS THE SENATE
How do you get to be Majority Leader

11. #2 DEMOCRAT IN SENATE RICHARD DURBIN DEMOCRAT ILLINOIS
SENATE MAJORITY WHIP
How do you get to be the minority whip?

12. REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP IN SENATE
MITCH MCCONNELL
REPUBLICAN
KENTUCKY
SENATE MINORITY LEADER
#1 REPUBLICAN IN THE SENATE
How do you get this job?

13. #2 REPUBLICAN IN SENATE Jon Cornyn REPUBLICAN Texas
SENATE MINORITY WHIP
How do you get to be the Senate minority whip?

14. ADDITIONAL LEADERSHIP
FLOOR LEADERS
IN BOTH THE HOUSE AND SENATE THE DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS HAVE FLOOR LEADERS.
THESE RESPONSIBILITIES SHIFT CONSTANTLY,SO THERE IS NO ONE PERSON WHO CAN BE IDENTIFIED AS A FLOOR LEADER.

15. IMPORTANT POINTS TO REMEMBER…..
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE IS THE POLITICAL LEADER OF THE HOUSE.
SPEAKER IS #3 IN LINE TO BE PRESIDENT.
MAJORITY LEADER OF THE SENATE IS THE POLITICAL LEADER OF THE SENATE
PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE OF SENATE IS #4 IN LINE TO BE PRES.

16. COMMITTEE SYSTEM
WHEN A BILL IS INTRODUCED IN THE HOUSE OR SENATE, THE SPEAKER OR THE MAJORITY LEADER WILL REFER IT TO A COMMITTEE FOR REVIEW, HEARINGS AND CONSIDERATION.
Every bill MUST be referred to a committee – no exceptions!
BOTH THE HOUSE AND SENATE HAVE SEPARATE AND JOINT COMMITTEES.

17. SENATE COMMITTEES STANDING COMMITTEES
THESE ARE PERMANENT COMMITTEES THAT ALWAYS EXIST FROM CONGRESS TO CONGRESS.
WHAT KIND OF COMMITTEES ARE THERE?
AGRICULTURE, DEFENSE, JUDICIAL +
MAJORITY LEADER APPOINTS SENATORS TO COMMITTEES.

18. OTHER SENATE COMMITTEES
SELECT COMMITTEES
THERE ARE FOUR SELECT COMMITTEES
THESE ARE SPECIALIZED FORMS OF COMMITTEES THAT DEAL WITH
INDIAN AFFAIRS
ETHICS
INTELLIGENCE
AGING

19. Select Committee’s Committee’s created for a very specific purpose.
Committee’s that only last as long as needed.
Example: 9/11 Select Committee
Committee investigated how the 9/11 attacks could take place.
After the investigation was completed. The Committee was dissolved.

20. HOUSE COMMITTEES STANDING COMMITTEES
THESE ARE JUST LIKE THE COMMITTEES IN THE SENATE AND ARE PERMANENT FROM CONGRESS TO CONGRESS.
SAME KINDS OF TITLES…DEFENSE, AGRICULTURE, JUDICIARY +
SPEAKER GETS TO ASSIGN MEMBERS TO THE COMMITTEES

21. ADDITIONAL HOUSE COMMITTEES
SELECT COMMITTEE
THERE IS ONLY ONE IN THE HOUSE AND THAT IS THE SELECT COMMITTEE ON INTELLIGENCE
House will also create “special” committees for a very specific purpose and for a short period of time, just like the Senate.

22. COMMON COMMITTEES TO THE HOUSE AND SENATE
JOINT COMMITTEES
THESE HAVE MEMBERS APPOINTED FROM BOTH THE HOUSE AND SENATE AND THEY MEET TOGETHER.
THERE ARE 4 “JOINT” COMMITTEES
TAXATION
PRINTING
ECONOMIC
LIBRARY

23. NOW YOU KNOW ABOUT THE LEADERSHIP OF BOTH THE HOUSE AND SENATE.
YOU MUST KNOW THE TITLES AND THE IMPORTANCE OF THE TITLES.
YOU DO NOT HAVE TO KNOW THE INDIVIDUALS WHO HOLD EACH POSITION….BUT, WOULDN’T THAT MAKE FOR SOME GREAT BONUS POINTS ON THE NEXT TEST???

24. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS?
I HAVE ONE LAST QUESTION.
WHAT CONGRESS IS CURRENTLY MEETING?
EACH CONGRESS, SINCE THEY STARTED HAVE CONSECUTIVE NUMBERS. So, Congress from 1789 was the 1st Congress
EACH CONGRESS IS DIVIDED INTO YEAR SESSIONS.
SO WHAT CONGRESS ARE WE IN?
WHAT CONGRESS? WHAT SESSION?
113th Congress, 1st Session.

25. Next ….
Next, we will watch a couple short video’s on the everyday life in Congress.
Then we will start Chapter 8 section 4: “How a bill becomes a law.”