Chapter 6 notes pg:136

Congress represents the American people. When citizens express their views members of congress, they participate in the lawmaking process. Find out what legislation is pending in congress and your representatives’ positions on the issues. Investigate an issue and decide your position on it. Do you agree with your representatives?
Every year, inside the U.S. capitol in Washington, D.C.,535 of our fellow citizens gather to make new laws and address countless issues facing our country. These are elected representatives, the members of congress.
The framers of the u.s. constitution intended to make the legislative branch of government more powerful than any other branch. In fact, congress is described in the first part of the constitution, article I. As James Madison said, congress is “the first branch of this government.
Each term of congress starts on January 3 of odd-numbered years and lasts for two years. Each “new” congress is a given a number to identify its two-year term. For example, the first congress met in 1789, and the 109th congress began meeting in 2005.
Each term of congress is divided into two sessions, or meetings. A typical session of congress today lasts from January until November or December. Congress may also meet in times of crisis during special sessions. A joint session occurs when the house and the senate meet together. This usually occurs when the congress gathers to hear the president’s state of Unio address.
As you’ll recall from chapter 3, one of the major conflicts at the constitutional convention in 1787 concerned state representatives in congress. while delegates from the smaller states wanted equal representatives, delegates from the larger states wanted representatives. The resulting great compromise established congress as a two-part, or bicameral, body, consisting of the house of representatives and the senate.
The house of representatives the larger body of congress has 435 voting members allotted to the states according to population. Accounting to the constitution, each state is intitled to at least one seat in the house, no matter how small the popular.
Each state is divided into one or more congressional districts, or areas with one state legislative must draw the boundaries so that the districts include roughly the same number of constituents or people represented. Sometimes states abuse this process an oddly shaped district designed to increase the voting strength of

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Chapter 6 notes pg:136

Congress represents the American people. When citizens express their views members of congress, they participate in the lawmaking process. Find out what legislation is pending in congress and your representatives’ positions on the issues. Investigate an issue and decide your position on it. Do you agree with your representatives?
Every year, inside the U.S. capitol in Washington, D.C.,535 of our fellow citizens gather to make new laws and address countless issues facing our country. These are elected representatives, the members of congress.
The framers of the u.s. constitution intended to make the legislative branch of government more powerful than any other branch. In fact, congress is described in the first part of the constitution, article I. As James Madison said, congress is “the first branch of this government. 
Each term of congress starts on January 3 of odd-numbered  years and lasts for two years. Each “new” congress is a given a number to identify its two-year term. For example, the first congress met in 1789, and the 109th congress began meeting in 2005.
Each term of congress is divided into two sessions, or meetings. A typical session of congress today lasts from January until November or December. Congress may also meet in times of crisis during special sessions. A joint session occurs when the house and the senate meet together. This usually occurs when the congress gathers to hear the president’s state of Unio address.
As you’ll recall from chapter 3, one of the major conflicts at the constitutional convention in 1787 concerned state representatives in congress. while delegates from the smaller states wanted equal representatives, delegates from the larger states wanted representatives. The resulting great compromise established congress as a two-part, or bicameral, body, consisting of the house of representatives and the senate.
The house  of representatives the larger body of congress has 435 voting members allotted to the states according to population. Accounting to the constitution, each state is intitled to at least one seat in the house, no matter how small the popular. 
Each state is divided into one or more congressional districts, or areas with one state legislative must draw the boundaries so that the districts include roughly the same number of constituents or people represented. Sometimes states abuse this process an oddly shaped district designed to increase the voting strength of

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