U.S.

Congress

Elle McMahon
Our U.S. Congress is
located in
Washington D.C.
U.S. Congress meets
in the United States
Capitol building.
There are 100
senators in the
United States.
In the House of
Representatives
there are 435
members.
A total of two
senators represent
each state.
Pat Toomey and
Bob Casey Jr. are
our senators of
Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania
currently has 18
representatives.
Du Bois is located in
Mike Quigley serves the 5th congressional district.

the 5th
congressional
district.
Alaska, Delaware,
Montana, North
Dakota, South
Dakota, Vermont
and Wyoming have
only one
representative in
each state.
Nancy Pelosi is the
leader of the House
of Representatives,
she is the Minority
Leader. She serves
as a floor leader of
the opposing party
and is the ballot for
the speaker of the
house.
In order to be a U.S.
Senator you must:
1. Be at least 30 years
of age.
2. U.S. citizen for nine
years or more.
3. Must be inhabitants
of the state they
wish to represent
Term length is six
years.
In order to be a member of
the House of
Representatives you must:
1. Be at least 25 years of
age.
2. Have been a U.S.
citizen for seven years
or more.
3. Be an inhabitant of the
state you wish to
represent.
Term length is 2 years.
A member of the
House of
Representatives
makes 174,o00
dollars a year.
A U.S. Senators
salary is 174,ooo
dollars a year.
One law that is
currently trying to be
passed is the H.R. 4324
which allows us to
oversee finances in
Iran. Another law is the
H.R. 3312 which is the
systemic risk
designation
improvement act
which supervises wall
street when needed.
Republicans control
the Senate and
there are 54
members.
Republicans also
control the House
of Representatives
with 248 members.
Arizona, Georgia,
Nevada, South
Carolina, Utah, and
Washington gained
one seat. Texas
gained four seats
and Florida gained
two seats.
Illinois, New Jersey,
Michigan, Missouri,
Pennsylvania,
Louisiana,
Massachusetts and
Iowa each lost one
seat. New York and
Ohio both lost two
seats.