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The Constitution

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1Section 1Legislative powers granted to Congress: Senate and House of Representatives
2Section 2 (Part 1)Representatives chosen by the people of each state
3Section 2 (Part 2)Representative has to be 25 yrs. old, U.S. citizen for 7 yrs., must be citizen of state elected for
4Section 2 (Part 3)Number of Representatives chosen according to state population; at least 1 representative; 3/5 Compromise
53/5 Compromise3/5 of the slave population would be accounted for (in regards to the number of reps. elected for each state according to population)
6Section 2 (Part 4)Executive Authority should elect a representative in the case of any vacancies
7Section 2 (Part 5)House of Reps. have sole power of impeachment and choose their speaker and officers
8Section 3 (part 1)2 Senators per state; senators chosen by Legislature; each has one vote
9Section 3 (part 2)Senators divided into 3 Classes: 1st class, 2nd class, 3rd class; 1st class: 2 years, 2nd class: 4 years, 3rd class: 6 years
10Section 3 (part 3)Senator requirements: 30+ yrs, citizen of US for 9+ years, live in state for which he is chosen
11Section 3 (part 4)Vice President of US = president of Senate; president of Senate has no vote
12Section 3 (part 5)Senate chooses officers and Senate president pro tempore (aka: Senate president replacement or fill-in)
13Section 3 (part 6)

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