Cameron Yick

How Does Congress Work?

1. There are 100 Senators in the Senate. 47 of them are Republicans, 51_ of them are Democrats, and 2 of them are Independents. 2. The president of the Senate is Joe Biden_. is!her other "ob is Vice President. #. The president pro tempore of the Senate is Daniel no!"e #Hawaii$ . She!he is responsible for$ %&is is t&e 'ost senior senator in t&e 'a(orit" )art". %&e" are entitled to )reside o*er t&e +enate w&en t&e Vice President is a,sent. %&e" are -rd in line .or t&e )residenc" a.ter t&e Vice President and t&e +)eaker o. t&e Ho!se %. There are _4-5_ Representati&es in the ouse. 241 of them are Republicans, 1/- of them are Democrats, and 0 of them are Independents. '. The Speaker of the ouse is Jo&n Boe&ner_. She!he is responsible for$ n addition to t&eir d!ties as a re)resentati*e .or t&eir region0 %&e +)eaker sets t&e agenda and order o. ,!siness .or t&e da". %&e" &a*e t&e )ower to decide w&ic& ,ills )ass t&ro!g& t&e &o!se0 and w&ic& ,ills s&o!ld ,e killed o... %&e" can a))oint select co''ittees and re.er ,ills to co''ittee. %&e s)eaker also recogni1es 'e',ers w&o wis& to s)eak w&ic& Congress is in session. (. )oth the ouse and the Senate ha&e standing co''ittees *hich deal *ith a+riculture, the bud+et, the "udiciar,, and other polic, areas. -. .suall,, a bill is discussed b, a co''ittee before it is put before the ouse or Senate for a &ote. /nl, 101 of bills introduced make it from disc!ssion in t&e co''ittees to the floor. 2. Sometimes Senators *ill kill a bill b, filibuster. This is done b, wasting ti'e talking a,o!t a ,ill to until the other Senators +i&e up. The best *a, to defeat a filibuster is b, &otin+ for in*oking 2clot!re30 w&ic& 'eans t&at disc!ssion ends and a *ote is .orced t&ro!g&. t takes 14 senators to )ro)ose a clot!re 'otion0 and 40 *otes are needed .or t&e clot!re to ,e a))ro*ed. 3. 4hen the ouse and Senate ha&e passed different &ersions of the same bill the, iron out their differences in a con.erence co''ittee0 wit& re)resentati*es .ro' ,ot& sides w&ere t&e" atte')t to co')ro'ise. Then the, &ote one last time. 10. Connecticut5s Senators are 5ic&ard Bl!'ent&al and C&ris 6!r)&" Willia' %ong represents Stamford in the ouse of Representati&es.

Cameron Yick 67tra Credit$ 4hat are their e8mail addresses9

Senator_Blumenthal@blumenthal.senate.gov Senator_Murphy@murphy.senate.gov