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Citizens for 7 years
25 years old
Must live in the stae they represent |
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Citizens for 9 year
30 years old
Live in the state they represent |
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Start all tax & money bills(law)
Spend money: Authorization bills
Appropriation bills
Vote whether to impeach President or not (majority leader)
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Approve presidential appointment & approve or rejects all Presidential appoinments.
Approve all treaties |
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Speaker of House(most powerful person in the house)
Party Whips |
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Majority leader
Minority leader
Party Whip ( Make sure party members vote the way the party wants) |
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Whore. Limitations of Congress |
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Cannot: -suspend Writs of Habeas Corpus "Present the body" Ask judge to review defendants case to make sure detention is legal.
-Pass Bills of Attainder: convict people with trial
-Pass Ex Past Facto "After the fact" Make past activity illegal, if legal at the time
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