LEGISLATIVE
BRANCH
By Sasha Huven
4th hour
About the Legislative branch
WHAT IS THE
LEGISLATIVE
BRANCH?
WHAT IS IT’S
PURPOSE?
MAIN
FUNCTION OF
THE
LEGISLATIVE
BRANCH
• The main function of the
Legislative branch is to make
laws for the United States of
America.
• The Legislative Branch
protects the citizens of this
country.
WHERE DOES
THE
LEGISLATIVE
BRANCH
MEET?
WHEN ARE
THE
MEETINGS?
• The Legislative Branch meets in the
Capital Building in Washington D.C.
• The meetings of the Legislative Branch
are every 3rd of January on every odd
numbered year.
• The meetings last 2 years and have
breaks in the summer.
THE HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES
REPRESENTATIVES
OF WISCONSIN
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PAUL RYAN
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TAMMY
BALDWIN
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RONALD KIND
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GWEN MOORE
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JAMES
SENSENBRENNER
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THOMAS
PETRI
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DAVID OBEY
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REPRESENTATIVES
• There are 435 Representatives in the
House of Representatives
• To be a Representative, you have to be
25 years old, live in the United States for
7 years and be a resident of the state
you’re representing
• The term for the Representatives are 2
years
PRESIDING OFFICER • The presiding officer for the House is
Nancy Pelosi.
FOR THE HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES • She is on the democratic side.
• Some interesting facts about her:
– She was born on March 26, 1940
– She was born in Baltimore,
Maryland
THE
SENATE
SENATORS
Herb Kohl
• Herb Kohl is Republican.
• Some interesting facts about Herb
Kohl:
– His real name is Hebert
– He is single
– He is Jewish
– He was born in Milwaukee,
WI
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SENATORS
Russ Feingold
• He is a Democrat.
• Some interesting facts about him:
– His middle name is Dana
– He was born in Janesville, WI
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PRESIDING
OFFICERS FOR
THE SENATE
JOE BIDEN
• Joe Biden is our vice president
• HE is on the Democratic side
• Interesting facts:
– He was born in Scranton,
Pennsylvania
– He was born on November 20, 1942
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DANIEL
INOUYE
• This is Daniel Inouye
• He is the president pro tempore
• The president pro tempore is the 3rd in
line for president and also takes over
the senate if the vice president is gone
• Hes part of the Republican side
• Interesting facts:
– His middle name is Ken
– He was born on September 7, 1924
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SENATORS
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• There are 100 senators in the Senate. 2
for each state
• In order to be a senator you have to be
at least 30 years old, be a United States
citizen for at least 9 years, and live in
the state your representing
• The term for a senator is 6 years and are
elected by the state
THE
IMPEACHMENT
PROCESS
The impeachment process is when a
representative from the House accuses an
official of a wrong doing.
HOW THE
IMPEACHMENT
PROCESS
WORKS
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• The impeachment process
begins by a member of the
House accusing an official
• The Senate acts as the jury and
determines if the official is
guilty
• The Chief of Justice of the
Supreme Court acts as the
judge
• 2/3 Senate has to vote on to
determine if the official is
guilty
HOW A BILL
BECOMES A
LAW
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HOW A BILL
BECOMES A
LAW
• A bill becomes a law by first be introduced in
the Senate or the House of representatives
• Only the House of representatives can
introduce a bill about money
• When the bill is introduced in the Senate, 2/3
of senate have to approve it, or the bill is
dead. If they do agree, it is passed onto the
House
• When it is given to the House, they have to
discuss and vote on the bill. If they disagree
with it, it get s sent back to the Senate for
changing. If they do not want to make
changes, the bill dies.
• If the House improves the bill, it is sent to
the president for his approval
HOW THE
PRESIDENT
MAKES IT A
LAW
• If they president agrees, he
sign it, and it becomes law
• If he doesn’t sign it for ten
working days, it
automatically becomes a
bill.
• If he doesn’t agree, he
vetoes it
• Veto is when the president
doesn’t thin the bill is
worthy of being passed
and doesn’t want it to be a
law
• If the president doesn’t
sign the bill within ten days
after the congress is gone,
the bill dies
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POWERS
GIVEN TO
CONGRESS
POWERS
GIVEN:
• The power to tax
• This means that the congress gets to
decide weather to raise or lower taxes
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POWERS
GIVEN:
• The power to regulate trade
• This means they can find one
main currency and make the
exchange rate all the same
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POWERS
GIVEN:
• The power to make post offices
• This means that they make and run the
post offices and hire the people to go
with them
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POWERS
GIVEN:
• Another power
given to Congress
is the power of
Naturalization
• This means that
they control all
the people that
come into the
United States
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SPECIAL
POWERS
• Enumerated powers are powers are
given to the congress by the
Constitution, they are named directly in
the print
• Implied powers are powers given that
are general. The constitution only gives
hints on what to do
• Inherent powers are powers that are
unlisted in the Constitution that they
have to have just because its exists as a
government
LIMITS ON
CONGRESS
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LIMITS ON
CONGRESS
• The first limit put on Congress is that
they could not make any laws outlawing
the slave trade until 1808. Since the
tension between the north and the
south states for freeing or slaving the
slaves.
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LIMITS ON
CONGRESS
• The second limitation is the
legal term known as
habeas corpus. It literally
means you shall have the
body. It allows a person to
be seen and heard in a
courtroom by a judge.
LIMITS ON
CONGRESS
• Outlaws Bills of Attainder
• Bills of Attainder is a law the convicts a
person of a crime and punishes them
without a trail
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LIMITS ON
CONGRESS
• Congress cannot pass ex post facto laws
• An ex post facto law is a law that
punishes people for a crime that was
not a crime when they did it
• For Example:
– If Adam was digging holes on
Monday, the congress made it a
law that you could not dig holes on
Wednesday. Adam can not be put
to jail because he dug holes on
Monday, before digging holes was
made illegal
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LIMITS ON
CONGRESS
• Congress cannot tax products from a
state
• Which means that the Congress cannot
tax products from one state, but all of
them.
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SPECIAL
POWERS
GIVEN TO
CONGRESS
• Delegated powers- Delegated powers
are powers that are given to the
national government only
• Concurrent powers- Concurrent powers
are powers shared between the
national governments and the state
governments
• Reserved powers are powers only the
states have.
WOULD I EVER
WANT TO BE A
PART OF THIS
BRANCH?
• If I were to choose, I would not be a
member of this branch of this
government. I would not because I
would not want to make laws. I don’t
like to disappoint anyone, so I would
have to compromise everything. That
would take an even longer time. Also, I
think this branch is very complicated. To
many steps for 1 thing. No, I would not
be a part of this branch. Also I would
not want all the people who aren’t
happy to all hate me
WHAT LAW
WOULD I
CHANGE IF I
COULD
CHANGE ONE?
• If I could make this branch change any
law, it would be to have the minimum
age of people for a job be 13. But just
not more than once a week. We as
thirteen year olds are responsible! And
giving us a job once a week will get us
ready for the real world. For some of us,
it would be beneficial to earn some
extra money. To go shopping more, to
pay for your own stuff, etc.
HOW THIS
BRANCH
AFFECTS MY
LIFE
• In my opinion, This branch impacts my
life by protecting me. If we didn’t have
laws, we would be unprotected by the
crazy chaotic freaks. It says what not to
do, so people can’t murder us for
example. If that wasn’t a law, people
could be running the streets and killing
random people.