The document lists current leadership positions in the House and Senate, including Nancy Pelosi as Speaker of the House, Harry Reid as Senate Majority Leader, and Mitch McConnell as Senate Minority Leader. It also discusses different types of constitutional powers and defines gerrymandering as drawing districts to favor one political party. It notes that Thomas Jefferson supported a strict interpretation granting only expressed and necessary implied powers to Congress, while Alexander Hamilton favored a liberal interpretation allowing for a powerful government.

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2. House Leadership Nancy Pelosi Speaker of the House

3. House Leadership Steny Hoyer Majority Leader

4. House Leadership John Boehner Minority Leader

5. Senate Leadership Robert Byrd President Pro Tempore

6. Senate Leadership Harry Reid Majority Leader

7. Senate Leadership Mitch McConnell Minority Leader

8. POWERS ACTUALLY WRITTEN OUT IN THE CONSTITUTION THOSE POWERS THAT ARE NOT EXPLICITLY STATED, BUT ARE ASSUMED POWERS THAT EXIST BECAUSE IT IS A NATIONAL GOVERNMENT INHERENT POWERS IMPLIED POWERS EXPRESSED POWERS Definition Term

10. What is gerrymandering? Drawing congressional districts in order to gain an advantages for one political party

11. I’m Thomas Jefferson . I am a STRICT constructionist. The expressed powers and only absolutely necessary implied powers should be granted to Congress.

12. I’m Alexander Hamilton . I am a LIBERAL constructionist. The Constitution should be interpreted loosely to allow for a powerful government to do what it needs to do HAMILTON and the LIBERAL CONSTRUCTIONISTS win the battle

13. 17 th Amendment Clause 1. The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each State, elected by the people thereof , for six years; and each Senator shall have one vote.