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** which is listed in Article I, Section 8}}''' and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America. | ** which is listed in Article I, Section 8}}''' and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America. | ||
== Article | == {{#tip-text: Article 1.|*establishes the structures, duties, and powers of the legislative branch, i.e. the Congress}}== | ||
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===Section 1.=== All legislative Powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States, which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives. | All legislative Powers herein granted shall be vested in a '''{{#tip-text: Congress| | ||
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* a gathering, usually of a legislative (law-making, from the Latin, "legis," for "law") or organizing body | |||
* in the U.S. Constitution, the Congress is a bicameral legislature | |||
* the term, "a congress," as regards the two-year duration of a "session of Congress" | |||
** which is marked by the two-year terms (elective office) of Members of the House of Representatives | |||
** the 2021-2023 Congress is the 117th}}''' of the United States, which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives. | |||
=== Section 2. === The House of Representatives shall be composed of Members chosen every second Year by the People of the several States, and the Electors in each State shall have the Qualifications requisite for Electors of the most numerous Branch of the State Legislature. | === {{#tip-text: Section 2.| | ||
* defines the composition of and requirements for election to the House of Representatives | |||
* how the members of the House will be elected | |||
* how their representation will be calculated ("apportionment") via a census | |||
** since no census had been conducted, Section 2. sets the number of representatives per each of the original states | |||
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The House of Representatives shall be composed of Members chosen every second Year by the People of the several States, and the Electors in each State shall have the Qualifications requisite for Electors of the most numerous Branch of the State Legislature. | |||
No Person shall be a Representative who shall not have attained to the Age of twenty five Years, and been seven Years a Citizen of the United States, and who shall not, when elected, be an Inhabitant of that State in which he shall be chosen. | No Person shall be a Representative who shall not have attained to the Age of twenty five Years, and been seven Years a Citizen of the United States, and who shall not, when elected, be an Inhabitant of that State in which he shall be chosen. | ||