es officer be elected to congress, how long can
he retain his office? Could a member of congress be appointed to a
_military_ office created during his term? Can a member be appointed
_after his term is out_ to an office created during his term?

Is a member of congress an officer of the United States?

SECTION VII.--LAW MAKING.

_Clause 1.--Revenue Bills._

_All bills for raising revenue[1] shall originate in the House of
Representatives;[2] but the Senate may propose or concur with amendments,
as on other bills.[3]_

[1] That is, bills in relation to the levying of taxes or for bringing
money into the treasury in any other way.

[2] Because the representatives are nearer to the people, who must pay the
taxes, and can therefore be more readily held to account.

[3] Such bills in England originate in the House of Commons, and the House
of Lords has no power of amendment.

The purpose of giving the Senate power to amend is to preserve the due
influence of the small states in this important matter.

_Clause 2.--Mode of Making Laws._

_Every bill which shall have passed the House of Representatives and the
Senate,[1] shall, before it becomes a law, be presented to the president
of the United States;[2] if he approve, he shall sign it; but if not, he
shall return it, with his objections, to that house in which it shall have
originated, who shall enter the objections at large on their journal, and
proceed to reconsider it. If, after such reconsideration, two-thirds of
that house shall agree to pass the bill, it shall be sent, together with
the objections, to the other house, by which it shall likewise be
considered, and, if approved by two-thirds of that house, it shall become
a law.[3] But in all such cases the votes of both houses shall be
determined by yeas and nays, and the names of the persons voting for and
against the bill shall be entered on the journal of each house,
respectively.[4] If any bill shall not he returned by the president within
ten days (Sundays excepted) after it shall have been presented to him, the
same shall he a law, in like manner as if he had signed it,[5] unless the
congress, by their adjournment, prevent its return, in which case it shall
not be a law.[6] [1] Or the Senate and House of Representatives, since any
bills except those for raising revenue may originate in either house.

[2] The two great purposes of giving the president a negative upon
legislative acts, are to protect