POLS 3802 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Deductive Reasoning, Commerce Clause, European Credit Transfer And Accumulation System
Document Summary
Section 1: legislative authority vested in congress which is to consist of a house of. Section 4: on elections of senators and representatives. Section 5: the rules of the house and the senate. Section 6: compensation and privileges of congressional members. Section 7: on the legislative process (how a bill becomes a law) Article 1, section 8: lists specific powers of the congress- i. e. power to regulate commerce, spending (constant debate that congress possesses powers not explicitly found in this section) Provisions in the first seven sections of article i: 2, representatives must be at least 25 years old, u. s. citizen for at least 7 years, resident of the state to be represented. 3: senators must be at least 30 years old, us citizen for at least 9 years, resident of the state represented. Article 1, section 6: compensation of members of congress, the speech or debate.
