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CONGRESS
must meet at least one time each year
Senate
--100 senators
--2 senators from each state
--term: 6 years
Qualifications
--at least 30 years old
--citizen for 9 years
Presiding officer
--the Vice president, or
--an elected President pro tempore
House of Representatives
--435 representatives
--435 representatives are divided among the 50 states. States with
larger population get more representatives.
--term: 2 years
Qualifications
--at least 25 years old
--citizen for 7 years
Presiding officer
Speaker of the House
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President and
Vice president
--elected by the Electoral College who are elected by the people at
the November general election
--a person can be elected president only two times
--term: 4 years
Qualifications
--at least 35 years old
--a native-born citizen
--lived n the U.S. for 14 years before the election
Cabinet
--14 cabinet
departments
--14 cabinet officers
--appointed by the President but must be approved by the
Senate
--term: determined by President. Serve as long as the President
wants them
--meet whenever the President wants
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Supreme Court
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9 justices
--serve for life unless impeached
--appointed by the President but must be approved by the Senate
Circuit Court of Appeals
12 courts throughout the U.S.
--serve for life unless impeached
--appointed by the President but must be approved by the Senate
District Courts
91 trial courts throughout the U.S.
--serve for life unless impeached
--appointed by the President but must be approved by the Senate
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