Chapter 5: Congress

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Chapter 5 Congress

• Article I deals with congress
• The Constitution established a Bi-Cameral
  congress. 2 houses
• -upper house Senate
• -lower house House of Representatives.

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I. Terms of congress

• A. Each term lasts 2 years. The first term was
  in 1789, March 4.
• B. Within each term there are 2 sessions. Each
  session is one year long.
• C. We are currently in the 108th congressional
  term.

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Sine Die

• D. Sine Die latin term meaning that neither
  house may adjourn without the consent of the
  other house.

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II. House of Representatives

• A. Size
• 1. 435 members, this number is set by congress
• 2. Largest of the 2 houses
• 3. Its members are elected at Large, or by
  districts within the state.

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seats

• 4. Each State has seats based on population.
• 5. Each state is guaranteed at least one member
  or seat in congress.

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• 6. Kansas currently has 4 seats or
  representatives.
• A. 1st district Jerry Moran
• B. 2nd District Jim Ryan
• C. 3rd district Vince Snowbarger
• d. 4th district Todd Tiahart

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• 7. Congress is redrawn or reapportioned every 10
  years. It is called a Decennial Census. This
  is a population count. After the census the
  seats are redrawn on the basis of population.