How Congress is Organized 🏛

🎯 Learning Targets

• Describe the major congressional leadership posts and explain how they are filled
• Summarize the role of committees in Congress

⏰ What We Did

• Watched and took instructional notes on Lesson 7, Part 3: How Congress is Organized
• Used the Lesson 7, Part 3 instructional notes to answer the following questions in complete sentences:

1. Define Speaker of the House, president pro tempore, majority party, minority party, floor leaders, and whips.
2. What powers and responsibilities does the Speaker of the House have?
3. What is the difference between standing committees and conference committees?
4. Analyze How have political parties influenced the organization of Congress?

⚙️ Resources

• Lesson 7, Part 3: How Congress is Organized