Legislative Branch: 2.1 Flashcards
presidential congressional seal
13 stars: 13 colonies; olive branch: peace; arrows: military; 9 tail feathers: 9 states ratified constitution; eagle: nation; stripes: 13 colonies; “out of many one”; 50 feathers: states
article 1
house of representatives: lower house; senate: upper house; establishes legislative branch of 2 chambers (bicameral), eligibility of office, length of term, election to office
the senate represents
interests of the states (upper house)
the house of representatives represents
the interest of the people themselves (lower house)
candidates for house of reps
at least 25, citizen for at least 7 years, reside in state from which elected
candidates for senate
at least 30, citizen for at least 9 years, reside in state from which elected
reps elected
every 2 years
senators elected
every 6 years (elections staggered for all senators)
reps directly elected by
the people from their own representative state
number of reps for each state determined by
the size of population
each state entitled
at least 1 rep
reps total in the House
435
each state guarenteed
2 senators
senators total in the senate
100
impact of the 17th amendment
all senators elected by their own state legislators (only H/R people elected directly by people); gave people power to elect senators directly (like House elections and remain in effect today)