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Latest revision as of 05:57, 26 March 2024

Torisakia Congress
99th Torisakia Congress
Torisakia Congress Seal.png
Official Seal of the Congress of Torisakia
Type
Type
HousesTorisakia Senate
Torisakia House of Representatives
History
FoundedJuly 1, 1825 (1825-07-01)
New session started
January 2, 2023
Leadership
President of the Senate
Brian Soto (ND)
since January 4, 2021
Senate President ad terminum
Stuart Bryson (ND)
since January 2, 2023
Speaker of the House
Gerry Hyland (C)
since January 2, 2023
Structure
Seats660 voting members
  • 220 senators
  • 440 representatives
Torisakia Senate.svg
Senate political groups
Majority (136)
  •   Conservative (74)
  •   New Democratic (62)

Minority (84)

Torisakia House.svg
House political groups
Majority (270)

Minority (170)

Elections
Senate last election
October 11, 2022
House last election
October 11, 2022
Senate next election
October 8, 2024
House next election
October 8, 2024
Meeting place
Torisakia Capitol.png
Torisakia Capitol
Tokai, TKI
Torisakia
Website
www.congress.tor
Constitution
Constitution of Torisakia, article I

The Torisakia Congress is the legislature of the federal government of Torisakia. It is bicameral, composed of a lower body, the House of Representatives, and an upper body, the Senate. It meets in the Torisakia Capitol in Tokai, TKI. Senators and representatives are chosen through direct election, though vacancies in the Senate may be filled by a city-district governor's appointment. Congress has 660 voting members: 220 senators and 440 representatives. The Torisakia vice president has a vote in the Senate only when senators are evenly divided. The House of Representatives has six non-voting members.

The sitting of a Congress is for a two-year term, beginning every other January. Elections are held every even-numbered year on Election Day. The members of the House of Representatives are elected for the two-year term of a Congress. Article I, Section 2 of the Constitution of Torisakia established that two representatives be elected from each constituency, forming a total of 440 representatives as of 2023. Article I, Section 3 mandates that one senator be elected from each constituency, a total of 220 senators as of 2023. Each senator is elected at-large in their constituency for a four-year term, with terms staggered, so every two years approximately one-third of the Senate is up for election.

Article I of the Constitution requires that members of Congress be at least 25 years old (House) or at least 30 years old(Senate), have been a citizen of Torisakia for five (House) or ten (Senate) years, and be an inhabitant of the constituency they represent. The 17th Amendment of the Constitution established a four term limit for members, consisting of two years (House) or four years (Senate) per term. The 17th Amendment was ratified in 1959. Prior to this, members of Congress in both chambers were allowed an unlimited number of terms.

The Congress was created by the Torisakia Constitution and first met in 1825. Congress members are usually affiliated with one of the four major parties, the Conservative Party, the Liberal Party, the New Democratic Party, or the Green Party, with occasional minor party and independents not affiliated with a party. Members are allowed to switch parties at any time, but this is quite rare.