Divisions at the Constitutional Convention

Divisions at the Constitutional Convention

Divisions at the Constitutional Convention

The Virginia Plan

•Proposed a ______, national legislature

•Each state would ______to the number of its citizens.

•The new ______to tax; the right to regulate foreign and interstate commerce; to veto, or prohibit from becoming law, any act of a state legislature; and to use force against a state, should that state defy national authority.

The New Jersey Plan

•Proposed a ______, national legislature, and the creation of executive and judicial branches

•Each state would ______to the legislature.

•The new legislature ______

Great Compromise

•In the Great Compromise, delegates agreed to create a legislative branch made up of two houses.

•One house, ______from each state.

•In the other house, the ______.

Reaching Agreements

  • Another difficult issue was whether or not to include enslaved persons when determining a state’s population and therefore its representation. According to the Three-Fifths Compromise, ______

•After further debate, the convention approved the final draft of ______on September 17, 1787. The strengths of the Constitution have helped it endure for more than 200 years.

  1. Legislative Branch Review Function: Make the Laws
  2. Congressional Joint Powers
  3. ______
  4. ______
  5. ______
  6. ______

styleSenate

1. Qualifications

a. ______Years Old

b. American citizen for ______years

c. Resident of state elected

2. Method of Selection – Election by ______

3. Term of office – ______years

4. Members per state – ______

5. Powers reserved for Senate only

a. ______

b. ______

c. ______

House of Representatives

  1. Qualifications
  2. _____ years old
  3. U.S. Citizen for ______years
  4. Resident of state elected
  5. Method of Selection – Election by ______
  6. Term of Office – ______years
  7. Members per State – Based on ______– 435 total
  8. Powers reserved for the House only
  9. Originates money bills (taxes)
  10. Begins impeachment process
  11. Elects President if Electoral College fails to do so

The U.S. Congress in Brief

  • ______

•Senate

•______

•______

•______

•House

•______

•______

•______(once every 10 years)

Officers of the Legislative Branch

______

•Currently: John Boenher, Republican from Ohio

•Presiding officer of the House

•Job: ______

•Officers of the Legislative Branch

______

•V.P. – Joe Biden

•Less power

•Presiding officer but may not speak or debate

•______

•Resides in V.P.’s absence

•Elected by the Senate

•Majority Party

•4th in line for president

•Currently: Patrick Leahy

Committees in Congress

  • Standing committee:______could be sent. (Ex. Budget committee)

•Select committee- a special group set up for a specific purpose ______(ex. Senate Watergate Committee)

•Joint Committees-______

Committees in Congress

  • Informal groupings- Black caucus, democratic study group, House Republican study group, pro-Life caucus, etc.

•Conference Committee- temporary joint body to work out different versions of a measure or bill

How does a Bill become a law?

  • ______- proposed laws, or drafts of laws presented to the House or Senate for enactment.

•Two types:

•Public- ______- (tax bills)

•Private-only apply ______rather than to the nation generally.

•Only members may ______to the house.

•The bill is referred to a standing committee, where ______

•______

•______

•______and amendments may be introduced.

•______

•If versions are the same it ______

•If versions are different it goes to a ______

•Filibuster: an attempt to “______” in the senate.

*Record: Senator Strom Thurmond: held the floor for 24 hours in an attempt to kill the Civil Rights Act of 1957.

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