1. Article I Section 3: Senate

4. - two

5. How long a term?

7. - two; one vote per senator; small states have = power in the Senate

8. How long a term?

9. - six years

10. How were senators originally chosen?

12. - two; one vote per senator; small states have = power in the Senate

13. How long a term?

14. - six years

15. How were senators originally chosen?

16. - chosen by their state legislatures; now elected by popular vote due to Amendment XVII

17. Why are the senators divided into three groups?

19. - two; one vote per senator; small states have = power in the Senate

20. How long a term?

21. - six years

22. How were senators originally chosen?

23. - chosen by their state legislatures; now elected by popular vote due to Amendment XVII enacted in 1913

24. Why are the senators divided into three groups?

25. - to ensure stability so that only a third are up for election every two years (contrast with the entire House which faces reelection every two years)

27. What are the requirements to be a Senator?

29. What are the requirements to be a Senator?

30. - at least 30 years old

31. - a citizen for 9 years or more

32. - must live in the state he represents

33. How is the Vice President involved with the Senate?

35. What are the requirements to be a Senator?

36. - at least 30 years old

37. - a citizen for 9 years or more

38. - must live in the state he represents

39. How is the Vice President involved with the Senate?

40. - serves as President of the Senate but rarely there

41. - only votes to break a tie since the # of senators is even (100)

44. - Senate Pro Tempore = leads the Senate when the VP is absent; third in line in the presidential succession after the VP and Speaker of the House

45. - Majority & Minority Leaders, Whips, etc.

46. The Founders wanted the Senate to be more stable and stately and hopefully wiser than the House, acting in the national interest more than the local interests of the people. Thus the two houses would balance each other in their focus.

49. - The House makes the charge or indictment, but the Senate actually tries the officer being impeached. Thus, the Senate becomes a court of law in an impeachment case.

50. Who presides as judge if the President is impeached?

52. - The House makes the charge or indictment, but the Senate actually tries the officer being impeached. Thus, the Senate becomes a court of law in an impeachment case.

53. Who presides as judge if the President is impeached?

54. - the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court

55. How many Senators are needed to make a conviction?

57. - The House makes the charge or indictment, but the Senate actually tries the officer being impeached. Thus, the Senate becomes a court of law in an impeachment case.

58. Who presides as judge if the President is impeached?

59. - the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court; otherwise the VP presides over the court

60. How many Senators are needed to make a conviction?

61. - 2/3 of those present

64. - Removal from office

65. - Barring from holding future office in the U.S. Govt.

66. However, the person removed from office could still be tried in a regular court of law depending on what other charges may be made against him.

67. Which presidents have been impeached?

69. - Removal from office

70. - Barring from holding future office in the U.S. Govt.

71. However, the person removed from office could still be tried in a regular court of law depending on what other charges may be made against him.

72. Which presidents have been impeached?

73. - Andrew Johnson in 1868 and Bill Clinton in 1998

74. - Richard Nixon resigned before being impeached in 1974.

76. This can get very contentious especially in the confirmation hearings for the Supreme Court

77. The Senate also must ratify treaties by 2/3 vote before they can take effect.