• House has 435 people while senate has 100
• Senate has 6 year terms while House has 2 year terms
• House has more rules
• Senate has less partison

• Goes into Comittee First
• First the House Votes
• Then Sent to Senate
• Finally goes to the president

Short History of Congress

Card 1

• Henry Clay first powerful member of Congress
• 1833-1861: Golden Age of the Senate
• Each state sent 3 best and brightest and of those 3 chosen to be "Great Trumriate"
• Clay
• Webster
• Calhoun

Short History of Congress

Card 2

• 1890: Thomas B. "Czar" Reed
• Most powerful member of congress since clay
• 1910: Joseph G. "Uncle Joe" Cannon (IL)
• Taken off rules committe
• End of Powerful Speaker of the house

Short History

Card 3

• 1917-1975 Era of "Textbook Congress"
• Congress Never Changed during this time
• GI Bill: Free College for people who served in Millitary

Short History

Card 4

• Most power: Comitte Chairman
• Through Seniority
• Mostly Conservative Southerners
• 1940-1961: Speaker of the House Sam Raburn
• Longest anyone has served as Speaker
• Power through personality
• "In order to get along you have to go along"

Short History

Card 5

• Rule Comittee: Howard Smith
• Served 38 years (very conservative)
• Late 50s: weak civil rights bills
• wouldnt set time or rules for debates
• Kennedy had Sam Raburn make rule comitte larger so he could get bills passed

• Democrats 1954-1994
• Republicans 1994-2006
• Democrats 2006 to Present

Control of Senate

Card 1

Democrats 1954-1980

Republicans 1980-1986

Democrats 1986-1994

Republicans 1994-2000

Tie-Democratic VP-1/3/2001 to 1/20/2001

Control of Senate

Card 2

• Tie-Republican VP 1/20/2001 to 5/2001
• Democrats: Dem 50 Rep 49 Indep 1: May 01-Dec 02
• Republicans Jan 3, 03 - 06
• Democrats 2006-Present

Powerful Speakers of The House

(3)

• Henry Clay (R-Ky): 6 terms
• Joe Cannon (R-Il)
• Newt Gingrich

• Congress didn't change during this time period
• 1917-1975

Majority Leader

(House)

Majority Whip

(House)

Minority Leader

(House)

Minority Whip

(House)

• Bryd
• Longest member of Majority

Majority Leader

(Senate)

• Terry Reed (NY)
• Real Power!!!

Majority Whip

(Senate)

Minority Leader

(Senate)

Minoriy Whip

(Senate)