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Dummies Guide to Congress

by Ava Sevier

House of Representatives

House of Representatives

Size of House

  • 435 representatives
  • 5 delegates
  • 1 resident commisioner (serves as a non-voting member

Size of House

Constitutional Powers of the House

Power

  • Initiate revenue bills
  • Impeach federal officials
  • Elect the president in case of electoral college tie
  • Conduct investigations into federal ad social practices

Qualifications to become a House member

  • 25 years old
  • Must be a US citizen for at least 7 years

Qualifications

Terms for Representatives

  • 2 year terms
  • Reconsidered for reelection every even year

Terms

How seats are determined

  • The number of seats a state gets is based on population

Seats

Senate

Senate

Size of Senate

  • 100 members
  • 2 senators from each state

Size of Senate

Qualifications to be a Senator

  • 30 years old
  • Must be a US citizen for at least 9 years
  • Must be a resident from the state they were chosen from

Qualifications

Terms for Senators

Terms

  • 6 year terms
  • Every 2 years the members of one class face election or reelecion, so 1/3 of the senate is up for reelection
  • They are elected by the people of each state

Constitutional Powers of the Senate

  • Make treaties
  • Appoint ambassadors and judges of the Supreme Court
  • Conduct impeachment trials
  • Oversight of the federal budget

Power

Fun Facts

Fun Facts

  • The president has imformal authority over the senate, he only ghas power to break ties on votes
  • Over 3,000 bills are sen by the senate every 2 years, but only 500 are ever brought to vote
  • Individual sentors can propose ammendments

House

VS

Senate

House VS Senate

similarities

  • Resident of the state he/she represenates
  • Power to borrow money
  • Members introduce bills
  • Makes laws
  • Majority party controls the agenda

similarites

differences

HOUSE

  • 435 members
  • Amount of representatives per state is based on population
  • They can revenue bills and has the power to impeach federal officials
  • Must be 25 years old
  • Must be a US citizen for 7 years
  • 2 year terms

differences

SENATE

  • 100 members
  • Equal number of members per state
  • They can confirm nominations, ratify treaties, and conduct impeachment trials
  • Must be 30 years old
  • Must be a US citizen for 9 years
  • 6 year terms

Colorado's Representatives

Colorado's Representatives

House Members

House Members

  • Dianne DeGette, Democrat, District 1
  • Joe Neguse, Democrat, District 2
  • Lauren Boebert, Republican, District 3
  • Ken Buck, Republican, District 4
  • Doug Lamborne, Repubilcan, District 5
  • Jason Crow, Democrat, District 6
  • Ed Perlmutter, Democrat, District 7

Jason Crow (6)

My Representative

  • Democrat, has been in office for 3 years
  • Gun violence prevention: He is Enacting common-sense laws, policies that are supported by a huge majority of Americans, that can help reduce violent crime and make our communities, schools, and homes safer.
  • National security: climate change is one of the greatest threats to our national security and Jason is finding ways to better equip our military to handle our changing environment and improve our military readiness. Jason is also working to protect us at home and defend our democracy, as shown by his leadership to bring accountability to those responsible for the January 6th terrorist attack.

Colorado Senators

Senators

Michael Bennet, Democrat, 14 years in office

  • Inflation: As housing costs rise, Michael has worked with leaders across Colorado to create a plan that will increase housing supply and lower costs.
  • Public land, air, and water: Michael is working to help Colorado communities recover from wildfires and prevent them from happening; plug orphan wells that release toxic methane and other pollutants into our air and groundwater; and upgrade our electrical grid and grow our renewable energy sector

John Hickenlooper, Democrat, 1 year in office

  • Immigration: Senator Hickenlooper has a deep commitment to justice for our immigrant communities and is committed to finding a comprehensive fix for our broken immigration system, including a pathway to citizenship
  • Healthcare: Senator Hickenlooper expanded health insurance to half a million Coloradans. He remains committed to protecting and strengthening the Affordable Care Act, including by creating a public option to lower costs.

US 117th Congress

United States 117th Congress

House of Representatives Demogrpahic Makeup

House Demographic Makeup

Race

Gender

Age

Religion

Education

Military

Senate Demographic Makeup

Senate

Demographic

Makeup

Race

Gender

Age

Education

Military

Religion

Leaders of the House and Senate

Leaders

  • Speaker of the House : Nancy Pelosi
  • House Majority Leader: Steny Hoyer
  • House Minority Leader: Kevin McCarthy
  • President Por Tempore: Robert Byrd
  • Senate Majority Leader: Mitch McConnell
  • Senate Minority Leader: Charles Schumer

Legislation of the 117th Congress

Current Legislation of the 117th Congress

National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023

Proposed Bill

  • This bill would direct how federal funds should or should not be used
  • Adam Smith sponsered this bill
  • He supports this because it will help the US armed forces continue their transformations to counter great-power aggression and deter conflict
  • The ones that oppose this bill are mostly republicans
  • They oppose this bill because it prohibits the use of equipment manufactured by a limited set of Chinese manufacturers, prohibits US federal government agencies, contractors, and grant and loan recipients from procuring or using certain covered telecommunications equipment and services

New bills that have become law under the 117th Congress

New Laws

End Human Trafficking in Government Contracts Act of 2022

This law will ensure the US government is not funding or participating in human trafficking of vulnerable third-country workers through our contracts overseas

Bulk Infant Formula to Retail Shelves Act

This law will ensure duty-free treatment to certain infant formula base powder used in the manufacturing of infant formula in the United States, subject to quantity limitations

Midterm Elections 2022 Results

Midterm Elections 2022 resullts

Who won the House and Senate?

House

&

Senate

House of Representatives

  • Republicans won with 218 seats, democrats secured 212 seats, and there are 5 independents

Senate

  • Republicans won 49 seats, democrats won 48, and independents got 2 seats. The Georgia senate race is going to a runoff so the results of that state have not been decided. Since the two independents who won their election caucus with the democrats, the democrats are the winners of the senate.

Did Biden Pass His Midterms?

Did Biden Pass His Midterms?

Yes he did, the republicans won the house but he managed to minimize his party’s losses, he plans to run again in 2024

Colorado Midterm Results

Colorado's Results

  • Yadira Caraveo, Democrat, won the new district 8
  • Jason Crow, Democrat, won district 6 (my district)
  • 27% percent of the district's active registered voters were democrats, 24% were republicans, and 46% were unaffiliated
  • Michael Bennet, Republican, won the Senate race

sources

sources

https://www.whitehouse.gov/about-the-white-house/our-government/the-legislative-branch/

https://www.senate.gov/reference/reference_index_subjects/House_of_Representatives_vrd.htm#:~:text=There%20are%20currently%20435%20voting,Representatives%20serve%202%2Dyear%20terms.

https://www.history.com/topics/us-government/history-of-the-house-of-representatives

https://www.senate.gov/reference/reference_index_subjects/Senators_vrd.htm#:~:text=The%20Constitution%20prescribes%20that%20the,from%20which%20he%20or%20she

https://www.senate.gov/senators/qualifications_termsofservice.htm#:~:text=Senators%20are%20elected%20to%20six,senators%E2%80%94face%20election%20or%20reelection.

https://www.whitehouse.gov/about-the-white-house/our-government/the-legislative-branch/#:~:text=Until%20the%20ratification%20of%20the,for%20reelection%20every%20two%20years.

https://bensguide.gpo.gov/election-of-senators?highlight=WyJlbGVjdGlvbnMiXQ==

https://www.senate.gov/about/origins-foundations/senate-and-constitution.htm

Gun Violence Prevention | Representative Jason Crow (house.gov)

Colorado Priorities - Michael Bennet

117th Congress Demographics: Race, Gender & More | FiscalNote

U.S. Senate: Complete List of Majority and Minority Leaders

H.R.8982 - 117th Congress (2021-2022): Bulk Infant Formula to Retail Shelves Act | Congress.gov | Library of Congress

https://www.ap.org/about/our-role-in-elections/

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/09/us/politics/biden-midterms-republicans.html

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