POL S 215 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Sonia Sotomayor, Direct Mode, Divided Government
11 Nov 2016
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Constitutional differences between the house and senate. 25 years old for house, 30 years for senate. Citizen for 7 years for house, 9 years for senate. 2 years term of office for house, 6 years term of office for senate. District for geographic constituency in house, state for geographic. Every 10 years redistricting for house, no redistricting for senate constituency in senate. Mode of election until 1914 in house was direct, indirect through state legislatures til 1914 for senate. After 1914, both direct mode of election. 82% of men in the house, 80% of men in senate. 82% white in house, 9% african american, 7% latino, 2% asian american, south asian, or pacific islander, . 04% native american. 93% white in senate, 2% african american, 4% latino, 1% asian american, south. Power to tax and power to spend. They come up with budget, decide what taxes are, how we are coming up.
