Constitution of the United States of America

Article I

The Constitution Article I, Section 1
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.

The Constitution Article I, Section 2
Section 2. The House of Representatives shall be composed ofMembers chosen every second Year bythe People of the several States, and the Electors in each State shallhave the Qualifications requisite forElectors of the most numerous Branch of the State Legislature.

The Constitution Article I, Section 2
No Person shall be a Representative who shall not have attainedto the Age of twenty five Years,and been seven Years a Citizen of the United States, and who shall not,when elected, be an Inhabitantof that State in which he shall be chosen.

The Constitution Article I, Section 2
Representatives and direct Taxes shall be apportioned among theseveral States which may beincluded within this Union, according to their respective Numbers, which shall bedetermined by addingto the whole Number of free Persons, including those bound to Service for a Term of Years,and
excluding Indians not taxed, three fifths of all other Persons. The actual Enumeration shall be madewithin threeYears after the first Meeting of the Congress of the United States, and within every subsequentTerm of ten Years, in such Manner as they shall by Law direct. The Number of Representatives shall notexceed one for every thirty Thousand but each State shall have at Least one Representative; anduntil such enumeration shall be made, the State of New Hampshire shall be entitled to chusethree, Massachusetts eight, Rhode-Island and Providence Plantations one, Connecticut five,New-York six, New Jersey four, Pennsylvania eight, Delaware one, Maryland six, Virginia ten,North Carolina five, South Carolina five, and Georgia three.

The Constitution Article I, Section 2
When vacancies happen in the Representation from any State, theExecutive Authority thereofshall issue Writs of Election to fill such Vacancies.

The Constitution Article I, Section 2
The House of Representatives shall chuse their speaker and otherOfficers; and shall have the sole Power of Impeachment.

The Constitution Article I, Section 3
Section 3. The Senate of the United States shall be composed oftwo Senators from eachState, chosen by the Legislature thereof for six Years; and each Senator shall have one Vote.

The Constitution Article I, Section 3
Immediately after they shall be assembled in Consequence of thefirst Election, they shallbe divided as equally as may be into three Classes. The Seats of theSenators of the first Classshall be vacated at the Expiration of the second Year, of the second Class at the Expirationof the fourth Year, and of the third Class at the Expiration of the sixth Year, so that onethird may be chosen every second Year; and if Vacancies happen by Resignation, or otherwise,during the Recess of the Legislature of any State, the Executivethereof may make temporary Appointments until the next Meeting ofthe Legislature, whichshall then fill such Vacancies.

The Constitution Article I, Section 3
No Person shall be a Senator who shall not have attained to theAge of thirty Yearsand been nine Years a Citizen of the United States, and who shall not,when elected, be anInhabitant of that State for which he shall be chosen.

The Constitution Article I, Section 3
The Vice President of the United States shall be President of theSenate, but shall have no Vote, unless they be equally divided.

The Constitution Article I, Section 3
The Senate shall chuse their other Officers, and also a Presidentpro tempore, in the Absence of the Vice President, or when he shall exercise the Office of President of the United States.

The Constitution Article I, Section 3
The Senate shall have the sole Power to try all Impeachments.When sitting for that Purpose, they shall be on Oath or Affirmation. When the President ofthe United States is tried, the Chief Justice shall preside: And no Person shall be convictedwithout the concurrence of two thirds of the Members present. Judgment in Casesof Impeachment shall not extend further than to removal from Office, and disqualification tohold and enjoy any Office of honor, Trust or Profit under the United States: but the Partyconvicted shall nevertheless be liable and subject to Indictment, Trial, Judgment andPunishment, according to law.

The Constitution Article I, Section 4
Section 4. The Times, Places and Manner of holding Elections forSenators and Representatives, shall be prescribed in each State by the Legislaturethereof; but the Congress may at any time by Law make or alter such Regulations, except asto the Places of chusing Senators.

The Constitution Article I, Section 4
The Congress shall assemble at least once in every Year, and suchMeeting shall be on the first Monday in December, unless they shall by Law appoint adifferent Day.

The Constitution Article I, Section 5
Section 5. Each House shall be the Judge of the Elections,Returns and Qualifications of its own Members, and a Majority of each shall constitute a Quorum to do business; but a smaller Number may adjourn from day to day, andmay be authorized to compel the Attendance of absent Members, in such Manner, and under such Penaltiesas each House may provide.

The Constitution Article I, Section 5
Each House may determine the Rules of its Proceedings, punish itsMembers for disorderly Behaviour, and, with the Concurrence of two thirds, expel a Member.

The Constitution Article I, Section 5
Each House shall keep a journal of its Proceedings, and from timeto time publish the same, excepting such Parts as may in their Judgment require Secrecy; andthe yeas and Nays of the Members of either House on any question shall, at the Desire ofone fifth of those Present, be entered on the journal.

The Constitution Article I, Section 5
Neither House, during the Session of Congress, shall, without theConsent of the other adjourn for more than three days, nor to any other place than that inwhich the two Houses shall be sitting.

The Constitution Article I, Section 6
Section 6. The Senators and Representatives shall receive aCompensation for their Services, to be ascertained by Law, and paid out of the Treasury ofthe United States.
They shall in all Cases, except Treason, Felony and Breach of the Peace, be privileged from
Arrest during their Attendance at the Session of their respective Housesand in going to
and returning from the same; and for any Speech or Debate in either House, they shall not be
questioned in any other Place.

The Constitution Article I, Section 6
No Senator or Representative shall, during the Time for which hewas elected, be
appointed to any civil Office under the Authority of the United States, which shall have
been created, or the Emoluments whereof shall have been encreased duringsuch time; and no
Person holding any Office under the United States, shall be a Member ofeither House during
his Continuance in Office.

The Constitution Article I, Section 7
Section 7. All Bills for raising Revenue shall originate in theHouse of Representatives;
but the Senate may propose or concur with Amendments as on other Bills.

The Constitution Article I, Section 7
Every Bill which shall have passed the House of Representativesand the Senate,
shall, before it become a Law, be presented to the President of theUnited States; If
he approve he shall sign it, but if not he shall return it, with his Objections to tha
House in which it shall have originated, who shall enter the Objections atlarge on their
Journal, and proceed to reconsider it. If after such Reconsideration twothirds of that
House shall agree to pass the Bill, it shall be sent, together with theObjections, to
the other House, by which it shall likewise be reconsidered, and if approvedby two thirds
of that House, it shall become a Law. But in all such Cases the Votesof both Houses
voting for and against the Bill shall be entered on the Journal of each Houserespectively.
If any Bill shall not be returned by the President within ten Days (Sundays excepted)
after it shall have been presented to him, the Same shall be a Law, in likeManner as if he
had signed it, unless the Congress by their Adjournment prevent its Return,in which Case it
shall not be a Law.

The Constitution Article I, Section 7
Every Order, Resolution, or Vote to which the Concurrence of theSenate and House
of Representatives may be necessary (except on a question of Adjournment)shall be presented
to the President of the United States; and before the Same shall take Effect,shall be approved
by him, or being disapproved by him, shall be repassed by two thirds of t