Legislative Branch: Two Houses make up Congress

Senate (2 per state)

1.) Presiding Officer:
2.) 2nd in Charge:
3.) Term of Office (how long are they elected for?):
4.) Age Required (how old do you have to be?):
5.) Citizenship requirements:
6.) Residency Requirement:
7.) How many senators total?:

House of Representatives (based on state population):

1.) Presiding Officer
2.) Term of Office (how long are they elected for?)
3.) Age Required (How old do they have to be?):
4.) Citizenship Requirements:
5.) Residency Requirements:
6.) How many Representatives total?:
Senate
1. presiding officer - A majority-party senator who presides over the Senate and is charged with
maintaining order and decorum, recognizing members to speak, and interpreting the Senate's
rules, practices and precedents.
2.

3. Senators are elected to six-year terms, and every two years the members of one class--
approximately one-third of the senators--face election or reelection.
4. The framers of the Constitution set the minimum age for Senate service at 30 years.
5. The Constitution sets three qualifications for service in the U.S. Senate: age (at least
thirty years of age); U.S. citizenship (at least nine years)
6. and residency in the state a senator represents at time of election.
7. There are currently 100 senators representing the 50 states,2 per state.

House of Representatives (based on state population)

1. The speaker of the United States House of Representatives is the presiding
officer of the United States House of Representatives. The office was
established in 1789 by Article I, Section 2 of the U.S. Constitution. ... The
current House speaker is Democrat Nancy Pelosi of California.
2. Members of the House of Representatives serve two-year terms and are considered for
reelection every even year. Senators however, serve six-year terms and elections to the
Senate are staggered over even years so that only about 1/3 of the Senate is up for
reelection during any election
3. provides that a person may qualify as a Representative if she is at least 25
years old.
4. No Person shall be a Representative who shall not have attained been
seven Years a Citizen of the United States, and who shall not, when elected,
be an Inhabitant of that State in which he shall be chosen.
5. The Constitution requires that Members of the House be have been a U.S. citizen for at
least seven years, and live in the state they represent (though not necessarily the same
district).
6. he number of voting representatives in the House is fixed by law at no more than 435,
proportionally representing the population of the 50 states.