The Legislative Branch
The House of Representatives:
Senate:
Powers of Congress:
Implied-
Elastic Clause- "Congress can do what is necessary and proper for the welfare of the nation"
Implied-
Elastic Clause- "Congress can do what is necessary and proper for the welfare of the nation"
- Create a national bank
- Minimum wage
- Military draft
- The power to tax
- The power to regulate trade, foreign and interstate
- The power to coin money (to identify the types of currency to use and make it)
- The power to borrow
- To establish uniform laws that concern the subject of bankruptcy
- To establish a process of becoming a United States citizen
- To establish roads and post offices
- The power to fix the standard measures and weights of objects and substances
- The power to "dispose, manage, and acquire various federal areas"
Requirements for Office:
House of Representatives
-25 years old
-Citizen for 7 years
-Live in the state you are elected
Senate
-30 years old
-Citizen for 9 years
-Live in the state you are elected in
House of Representatives
-25 years old
-Citizen for 7 years
-Live in the state you are elected
Senate
-30 years old
-Citizen for 9 years
-Live in the state you are elected in
Term Length and Membership Number:
House of Representatives
Membership number: 435
Term Length: 2 years
Senate
Membership number: 100
Term Length: 6 years
House of Representatives
Membership number: 435
Term Length: 2 years
Senate
Membership number: 100
Term Length: 6 years