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The houses of congress

Lawmaking:

Article 1 of the constitution says that " 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".

Senators and reps must vote yes or no to a propose made for new federal laws.
The proposals are called bills
Voting on bills must take place in Washington DC.

Voting by roll call:

Senators call out in favor or not in favor of the proposal and are counted one by one

In the house the voting is done by a button selection and the results are instantly recorded

The representation function:

The laws must be in touch with the constituents [people in the congress]

Lobbyist are sent to shift the congress man/woman or reps views to either vote for or against the law.

Questions:\

1. Bill: a draft of a proposed law presented to parliament for discussion.

1a. Constituents: a member of a constituency.

1b. Interests Groups: a group of people that seeks to influence public policy on the basis of a particular
common interest or concern.

1c. Lobbyists: a person who takes part in an organized attempt to influence legislators.

1d. Roll call voting: take a head count of who said yes and no

2. Make Laws and declare wars

3. Don’t know

4. Older ones have problems with Medicare and veterans affairs while the younger ones focused and
have problems with modern issues like terrorism, taxes, and pollution etc.

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