1. Warm Up #2 1. What is a confederation? 2. Why would the original founding fathers have wanted a confederation style of government? 3. Provide at least 3 reasons why a colonist would remain loyal to England.

2. Article 1: The Legislative Branch

3. Article I=The Legislative Branch Bicameral HOR+SEN= U.S. Congress 535 Voting Members

4. Terms in Congress Each Congress = 2 years Begins Jan. 3 of odd years & given # 114 th Jan 2015-Jan 2017 Sessions 2 per term. Jan.- Nov. Joint Session Congress.gov

5. The House of Representatives 435 Members Territories= non-voting delegate 2 year terms NO term limits Qualifications

8. Congressional Districts Constituents gerrymandering Purpose= strengthen a political parties control

10. NC Representatives; Dist. 9& 12 http://www.house.gov/representatives/find/ Robert Pittenger, R, District 9 Alma Adams, D, District 12

11. Leadership in the House of Representatives Speaker of the House Minority Leader Majority Leader Minority/ Majority Whips John Boehner

12. Impeachment= bringing charges against a civil official Starts in House Senate holds the trial 2/3rds vote to convict & remove simple majority= no future office http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impeach ment_in_the_United_States#Senate The President, Vice President and all civil Officers of the United States, shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors. ARTICLE II, SECTION 4 The House of Representatives... shall have the sole Power of Impeachment. Art. I, Sec. 2, Cl. 5: The Senate shall have the sole Power to try all Impeachments. no Person shall be convicted without Concurrence of two-thirds of the Members present. Art. I, Sec. 3, Cl. 6 & 7:

13. The Senate 2 per state Serve 6 year terms No term limits Staggered Elections Qualifications

14. Warm Up What do you think is just cause to impeach a civil official? What do you think Congress should NOT have the power to do? The President, Vice President and all civil Officers of the United States, shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors. ARTICLE II, SECTION 4

15. Article I Section III President of the Senate= VP President Pro Tempore- Majority Leader Minority Leader- Mitch McConnell -R

16. Powers Exclusive to the Senate 1. Confirm presidential nominations President "shall nominate, and by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, shall appoint Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls, Judges of the Supreme Court, and all other Officers of the United States, whose Appointments are not herein otherwise provided for..." (Article II, Section 2) 2. Ratify treaties (needs 2/3 rds approval) 3. Try any impeachment initiated in the House

17. Types of Committees Standing Committees permanent subcommittees =specific areas of an issue EX) Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Appropriations Armed Services Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Budget Commerce, Science, and Transportation Energy and Natural Resources Select Committee Joint Committee Conference Committee

19. Filibuster’s No rule limiting amount of time spent debating a bill Filibuster - tactic to delay/stop a vote on a bill used only in the SEN. Used by the minority party Not common, but they are threatened often Threat has same impact as actual Must have someone continuously speaking in order to maintain the filibuster Goal is for the majority party to drop the bill completely or to compromise on something in the bill Rand Paul Filibuster

20. Cloture Filibusters can be stopped with a vote of cloture Cloture sets a time limit to debate on a topic/bill In order to bring cloture need 60 votes (3/5ths of the Senate) The process of cloture takes so long that it blocks the Senate from moving on to other bills Senators want to avoid going through this process

21. Quorum & Quorum Roll Call Quorum - the required number of Senators present to conduct business According to constitution a simple majority (51) is required to conduct business Rarely 51 Senators are present, and business goes on as usual If someone wants to stop debate when 51 Senators are not present they can call for a Quorum Call The names of all 100 senators are called very slowly and it takes up a lot of time. If there are not 51 Senators present once a quorum call has occurred then they cannot proceed with the debate The “Sergeant at Arms” responsible for getting 51 Senators to show up or the Senate must be adjourned. Could be 2 A.M. Way to block legislation.

22. Perks of being a member of Congress $223,500 Speaker of the House Salary $193,400 Majority & Minority Leaders in the House and Senate, President Pro Tempore Every other member of Congress makes $174,500 Free parking, office space and furniture, trips to their home state, free job related mail, gym membership, medical clinic, restaurant deals, and low cost life insurance.