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No Person shall be a Senator who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty Years, and been nine Years a Citizen of the
<br />United States, and who shall not, when elected, be an Inhabitant of that State for which he shall be chosen.
<br />The Vice President of the United States shall be President of the Senate, but shall have no Vote, unless they be equally
<br />divided.
<br />The Senate shall chuse their other Officers, and also a President pro tempore, in the Absence of the Vice President, or when
<br />he shall exercise the Office of President of the United States.
<br />The Senate shall have the sole Power to try all Impeachments. When sitting for that Purpose, they shall be on Oath or
<br />Affirmation. When the President of the United States is tried, the Chief Justice shall preside: And no Person shall be convicted
<br />without the Concurrence of two thirds of the Members present.
<br />Judgment in Cases of Impeachment shall not extend further than to removal from Office, and disqualification to hold and enjoy
<br />any Office of honor, Trust or Profit under the United States: but the Party convicted shall nevertheless be liable and subject to
<br />Indictment, Trial, Judgment and Punishment, according to Law.
<br />Section. 4.
<br />The Times, Places and Manner of holding Elections for Senators and Representatives, shall be prescribed in each State by the
<br />Legislature thereof; but the Congress may at any time by Law make or alter such Regulations, except as to the Places of
<br />chusing Senators.
<br />The Congress shall assemble at least once in every Year, and such Meeting shall be on the first Monday in December, unless
<br />they shall by Law appoint a different Day.
<br />Section. 5.
<br />Each House shall be the Judge of the Elections, Returns and Qualifications of its own Members, and a Majority of each shall
<br />constitute a Quorum to do Business; but a smaller Number may adjourn from day to day, and may be authorized to compel the
<br />Attendance of absent Members, in such Manner, and under such Penalties as each House may provide.
<br />Each House may determine the Rules of its Proceedings, punish its Members for disorderly Behaviour, and, with the
<br />Concurrence of two thirds, expel a Member.
<br />Each House shall keep a Journal of its Proceedings, and from time to time publish the same, excepting such Parts as may in
<br />their Judgment require Secrecy; and the Yeas and Nays of the Members of either House on any question shall, at the Desire of
<br />one fifth of those Present, be entered on the Journal.
<br />Neither House, during the Session of Congress, shall, without the Consent of the other, adjourn for more than three days, nor
<br />to any other Place than that in which the two Houses shall be sitting.
<br />Section. 6.
<br />The Senators and Representatives shall receive a Compensation for their Services, to be ascertained by Law, and paid out of
<br />the Treasury of the United States. They shall in all Cases, except Treason, Felony and Breach of the Peace, be privileged from
<br />Arrest during their Attendance at the Session of their respective Houses, and in going to and returning from the same; and for
<br />any Speech or Debate in either House, they shall not be questioned in any other Place.
<br />No Senator or Representative shall, during the Time for which he was elected, be appointed to any civil Office under the
<br />Authority of the United States, which shall have been created, or the Emoluments whereof shall have been encreased during
<br />such time; and no Person holding any Office under the United States, shall be a Member of either House during his
<br />Continuance in Office.
<br />Section. 7.
<br />All Bills for raising Revenue shall originate in the House of Representatives; but the Senate may propose or concur with
<br />Amendments as on other Bills.
<br />Every Bill which shall have passed the House of Representatives and the Senate, shall, before it become a Law, be presented
<br />to the President of the United States: If he approve he shall sign it, but if not he shall return it, with his Objections to that House
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