A | B |
7 years a citizen | House of Representatives |
25 years of age | House of Representatives |
Legal resident of the state | HOuse of Representatives and the Senate |
9 years a citizen | Senate |
30 years a citizen | Senate |
35 years of age | President |
Natural born citizen | President |
14 years a resident of the US | President |
2 year term of office | House of Representatives |
6 year term of office | Senate |
4 year term of office | President |
Limited to 2 terms in office | President |
People's Branch | Congress |
Presides over the Senate | Vice President |
No elected officials | Judicial Branch |
No constitutional requirements | Federal Judges |
No set term of office | Federal Judges |
Article I | Congress |
Article II | President |
Article III | Judicial Branch |
Can impeach | House of Representatives |
Tries impeachments | Senate |
Revenue bills begin here | House of Representatives |
Approves presidential appointments | Senate |
Ratifies treaties | Senate |
Most independent branch | Judicial |
Title of the presiding officer of the House of Representatives | Speaker |
Can declare war | Congress |
Can tax | Congress |
Can veto bills | President |
Can override a presidential veto | Congress |
Can declare actions of the President unconstitutional | Federal Courts |
Makes laws | Legislative branch |
Enforces laws | Executive Branch |
Interprets laws | Judicial branch |
Proposes amendments | Congress |
Legislative Branch | Congress |
Executive Branch | President |
Judicial Branch | Courts |
Controls interstate commerce | Congress |