1. Congress REVIEW

2. Directions
With a partner answer the following questions on a separate sheet of paper.

3. New Constitution What is the Virginia Plan?
What is the New Jersey Plan?
What is the Great Compromise?

4. New Constitution
Virginia Plan – Number of votes (representation) should depend on population of the state
New Jersey Plan – Each state should only have one vote, or equal representation.
Great Compromise – created a bicameral legislature with two houses, one that had representation based on population (HOR) and one based on equal representation (Senate)

5. What do the following parts of the Preamble
Establish Justice
Ensure Domestic Tranquility
Provide for common defense
Promote General Welfare
Securing the Blessing of Liberty to ourselves and our posterity

6. Preamble
(1) establish Justice “create fairness for all” (2) ensure domestic Tranquility “promise that everything in our country will be peaceful” (3) provide for the common defense “give protection to everyone” (4) promote the general Welfare “care for those in need” (5) Securing the Blessing of Liberty to ourselves and our posterity “make sure freedom and fairness continue for ourselves and for future generations”

7. Expressed and Implied Power
What are expressed powers?
What are implied powers?
Given an example of an expressed power. Give and example of an implied power.

8. Expressed Powers
Expressed powers: Powers written in the Constitution, giving Congress the direct power to regulate those areas
Example: Declare war, collect taxes, borrow money, etc

9. Implied Powers
Implied powers: powers taken by Congress through reasonable deduction from the expressed powers
Example: raise an army, establish a minimum wage, prohibit mail fraud, etc

10. How a bill becomes a law: Put the following in the right order.
You don’t have to write it all out, just write the numbers
Bill is sent to a committee and is reported and marked up
Bill is signed by president
Sent to conference committee to reconcile differences
Bill is voted on in the first house
Bill is sent back to a committee in the 2nd house for a review
Bill is voted on in the 2nd house
Bill is reconsidered on the floor
Introduce a bill
Bill is reviewed through a conference
Bill is considered on the floor

11. How a bill becomes a law
8. Introduce a bill 1. Bill is sent to a committee and is reported and marked up 10. Bill is considered on the floor 4. Bill is voted on in the first house 5. Bill is sent back to a committee in the 2nd house for a review 7. Bill is reconsidered on the floor 6. Bill is voted on in the 2nd house 9. Bill is reviewed through a conference 3. Sent to a conference committee to reconcile differences 2. Bill is signed by president

12. Who represents me?
Who are the our two Senators in WI? What are their political parties?
Who is the House of Representative that represents us? What is his political party?
How do each representative feel about education?

13. Who represents me? Tammy Baldwin – Democrat, Ron Johnson – Republican
Reid Ribble – Republican
Tammy Baldwin: High education needs to be easier to access,
Ron Johnson: Education needs to be under local control
Reid Ribble: Local control of schools and no one size fits all

14. Quick Write
Why is it so important for you to vote for your congressional members? (use knowledge of what you know congress is responsible for to help you)