Forum 2.1 - Legislative Requirements

9/25/2017

House of Representatives Qualifications
• 25 years old
• U.S. Citizen for 7 years
• Resident of state elected
•Members per State: Based on population – 435 total
H.O.R. Composition: Republicans (199) Democrats (235) Independents (1)

Senate Qualifications
•30 Years Old
•American citizen for 9 years
•Resident of state elected
•Members per state – 2 from each state
Senate Composition: Republicans (53) Democrats (45) Independents (2)

Guiding Thought Questions: Given the composition of the two houses of Congress, why might the environmental concerns of younger generations not necessarily be translating into action? What should young people be looking to do about it?

Today's Learning Objective: Students will discuss the qualifications and roles of the houses of congress, as well as the general roles and responsibilities of congress. Students will then examine current environmental legislation to see what types of bills are being worked through right now and how the process actually plays out.

Central Question: What is the function of the Legislative Branch and how can it affect Environmental Conservation? (HS.1.1.c, 1.2.d)

10 Comments

Claire Linnell

9/27/2021 07:42:35 am

Given the composition of the two houses of Congress it may be hard for younger generations to translate action into Congress due to the the age requirement. Having generations that are years ahead of our generation makes it harder for them to have a connection to our generation and our opinions.

Lauren S

9/27/2021 07:43:43 am

The house and senate have people over the age of 25 and state representatives can be elected multiple times. It can be difficult to get a person who is donated lots of money from oil and gas to invest in climate policy. It can be difficult to elect new people when new candidates don’t have the money or power that standing representatives have.

Jack Smith

9/27/2021 07:44:23 am

The average of the 117th HOR is 58. Given this, many representatives may not feel the climate change is that urgent of an issue considering they do not have their entire lives in front of them and want to address more tangible domestic affairs.

Helena

9/27/2021 07:54:43 am

Given the composition of the two houses of Congress, the reason why environmental issues may not be addressed by the younger generations is because they are simply too young to actually be taken seriously. In order to solve this, the younger generations should find people that are older than themselves to represent them even if it is difficult to do so.

Sam Curtis

9/27/2021 07:57:33 am

My dudes basically just keep getting re-elected which makes it way harder to get them out of office when they should be taken out, which makes it so the policies never change.

Wedge

9/27/2021 12:30:02 pm

People usually vote for older people with more experience so while the age to be in it is fairly young it doesn’t mean they will be voted in. Also if there are older people in these houses they are more likely to have opinions people who are also their age would have and wouldn’t listen to the younger generation as much

Mikaela

9/27/2021 12:32:24 pm

It's harder for the younger generations ideas to be heard because of the age limit to be in congress and a lot are reelected so it is harder to get new faces into congress.

Naidaly Gonzalez

9/28/2021 01:46:22 pm

The older people who have had the chance of being in office, do not let younger people a chance to get elected because they are less wise and experienced. Even though younger generations care or should care more of the future.

Kiera

9/28/2021 01:49:56 pm

There is an age limit to be in congress so it is made up of adults. They are also reelected many times so it can be hard for new ideas to be heard.

Maria

9/28/2021 01:51:11 pm

Environmental concerns of young generations have not been translated into action because the houses of Congress are built majorly by the older generations. Many of these older leaders had not resonate or have the motivation to care enough about the future of the earth.

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