The US Senate
Charlie Elliott
Qualifications
-Age: 30 years old
-Residency: citizen of the United States for 9 years
Term Of Office
-# of years: 6
-Staggard elections: 1/3 of the senate is reelected every 2 years so the whole senate can not be elected at once
Salary+Benefits
-Senate and House set their own salaries
-Congress $174,000
-Pension:$150,000 a year for life
Priveleges
-Free from arrest "in all cases except treason, felony, and breach of the peace" when they are attending congress or on their way to congress
-Can not be sued for anything they say on the House or Senate floor