1. Introduction How Bills Become Laws The Legislative Branch
Remember Schoolhouse Rocks Explanation?
It Still is true today!
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2. The Congress
Purpose of Congress
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3. Senate Members Qualifications Who is this? 100, 2 from each state
Must be at least 30 years of age,
Been a U.S. citizen for 9 years
A resident of the state
Sometimes hard to discern
Who is this?
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4. Put the Name With the Face
Former Vice President, former Senator from Indiana, and Presidential hopeful, Dan Quayle
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5. House Members Qualifications 435, elected every 2 years
Must be at least 25 years of age
A U.S. citizen for 7 years
A resident of the state representing
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6. Sources of Legislation
Primarily are conceived by a member
Citizen or Organization petition
“Executive communication” - from the President of the U.S.
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7. Forms of Congressional Action
Introduction of Proposed Law
Bills
Joint resolution
Concurrent resolution
Simple resolution
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8. Forms of Congressional Action
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9. 105th Congress Forms of Congressional Action Bills Joint Resolutions
Concurrent Resolutions
Simple Resolutions
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10. Bibliography
All information for this presentation completely lifted from the Library of Congress Website
Except for the Schoolhouse Rock video which came from the following source
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11. House Organization Chart
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