Duties of Congress

1) direct the manner of taking the periodic census of the United States
2) the House of Representatives shall choose their speaker and other officers
3) the Senate shall choose their officers and a president pro tempore (to function as president of the Senate when the Vice-President is absent or when he is in the position of exercising the Office of the President of the United States)
4) Congress shall assemble at least once every year
5) each house of Congress shall be the judge of the elections, returns and qualifications of its own members
6) each house shall keep a journal of its proceedings and from time to time publish it.