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  • Glossary

    The quality of having two branches, chambers, or houses, such as the United States Congress, which is made up of the Senate and the House of Representatives. bill: Formally introduced legislation. Most legislative proposals are in the form of bills and...

    https://bensguide.gpo.gov/glossary-mobile

  • How Laws are Made: The Language of the Law

    new laws, called legislative proposals, are in the form of bills and are labeled as H.R. (House of Representatives) or S. (Senate), depending on where they are introduced. They are also numbered in the order that they are introduced during each...

    https://bensguide.gpo.gov/21-age-9/j-how-laws-made/43-how-laws-are-made

  • Tracking a Bill From Beginning to End

    have been added. If 218 of the 435 Representatives vote for it to pass, the bill passes by simple majority and moves to the Senate. 5. In order to be introduced in the Senate, a Senator must be recognized by thepresiding officer and announce the...

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  • The Legislative Branch

    1 reads: All legislative Powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States, which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives. The remaining sections of Article I go on to list specifics about how Congress must be...

    https://bensguide.gpo.gov/m-legislative

  • Oath of Office

    G. Harding. The Vice President also takes an oath of office. Until 1933, the Vice President took the oath of office in the Senate; today, both the President and Vice President are inauguratedin the same ceremony. The Vice President's oath is...

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  • How Laws are Made

    laws, and now we will learn how they are made. Laws start in Congress. When someone in the House of Representatives or the Senate wants to make a law, they start by writing a bill. A bill is like an early version, or a draft, of the proposed law. Each...

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  • The Constitutional Convention

    Sherman, a delegate from Connecticut, proposed a legislature with two parts; states would have equal representation in the Senate, and the population of states would determine representation in the House of Representatives. This created a bicameral...

    https://bensguide.gpo.gov/m-constitutional-convention

  • Election of the President and Vice President: Electoral College

    are exceptions to this winner-take-all rule. The votes of the electors are then sent to Congress where the President of the Senate opens the certificates and counts the votes. This takes place on January 6, unless that date falls on a Sunday. In that...

    https://bensguide.gpo.gov/election-of-the-president-vice-president-electoral-college

  • The Constitutional Convention

    with two parts. This created a bicameral legislative branch, which gave equal representation to each state in the Senate, and representation based on population in the House of Representatives. Small states feared they would be ignored if representation...

    https://bensguide.gpo.gov/j-constitutional-convention

  • Election of Senators

    Each state has two Senators who are elected to serve six-year terms. Every two years one third of the Senate is up for reelection. To be able to run in an election for the Senate one must be 30 years old by the time one takes the oath of office, a...

    https://bensguide.gpo.gov/election-of-senators

  • The Legislative Branch

    It is made up of the Congress and several Government agencies. Congress has two parts: the House of Representatives and the Senate. Members of the House of Representatives and the Senate are voted into office by American citizens in each state. There...

    https://bensguide.gpo.gov/a-legislative

  • Pledge of Allegiance: 1892

    and with the right hand over the heart. In the United States Congress, the sessions of the House of Representatives and the Senate begin their daily business with the Pledge of Allegiance. To learn more, see Title 4, Chapter 1, Section 4 of the United...

    https://bensguide.gpo.gov/35-age-4/apprentice-symbols-of-us-government/86-pledge-of-allegiance-1892

  • U.S. Government Web sites for Educators

    materials on the lives of the U.S. Presidents. Children’s Books and Web Sites about the U.S. Government from the U.S. Senate includes Web sites and books for kids and young adults on congress, the Constitution, elections, how Government works, the...

    https://bensguide.gpo.gov/parent-ed-u-s-government-web-sites-for-educators

  • Who Makes Laws?

    Congress is the lawmaking body of the Federal Government. Congress has two houses: the House of Representatives and the Senate. Each state also passes its own laws, which you must follow when you are in that state. If you live in Michigan, for example,...

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  • U.S. Capitol: 1793 (construction began)

    one of the most recognizable buildings in the Nation. It is in the Capitol Building that the House of Representatives and Senate meet, debate, and discuss national legislation. The design for the Capitol was chosen by President George Washington and...

    https://bensguide.gpo.gov/j-us-capitol

  • U.S. Constitution: 1789

    representation. The leaders created a bicameral legislative branch, which gave equal representation to each state in the Senate and representation based on population in the House of Representatives. The Constitution also created an executive branch and...

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  • Election of Representatives

    ballot. An example of this would be to submit a petition with signatures from a certain number of registered voters. Senate and House of Representative elections differ in who votes for the candidates. All eligible voters within a state may vote for...

    https://bensguide.gpo.gov/election-of-representatives

  • The Judicial Branch

    branch. The Supreme Court is made up of 9 judges called justices who are nominated by the President and confirmed by the Senate. The justices hear cases that have made their way up through the court system. The main task of the Supreme Court is to...

    https://bensguide.gpo.gov/a-judicial

  • Bill of Rights Facts and Figures

    of the two that was not passed in the original Bill of Rights. Amendment XXVII deals with compensation to members of the Senate and House of Representatives. To learn more, and to read the full text of the Bill of Rights, see the Bill of Rights site at...

    https://bensguide.gpo.gov/m-bill-of-rights-facts-figures

  • Bill of Rights Facts and Figures

    in the original Bill of Rights. Amendment XXVII deals with the compensation, or paying of a salary, to members of the Senate and House of Representatives. Read more and test your knowledge at GPO's Government Book Talk Blog Quiz and History for Bill of...

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