IL House/SenateOnline version Learn the responsibilities that belong to the Senate and the House. by Rebekah Hahn 1 Both 2 House 3 Senate 4 Neither elected by the people are part of the General Assembly receive a salary of $67,836 must be at least 21 and live in the district for 2 years are part of the Legislature meet in Springfield have 118 members Speaker is the presiding officer term is 2 years start impeachment proceedings have 59 members term is 4 years approves appointments of the governor have president for chief officer tries impeachment cases the governor is the presiding officer have 3 in each district make laws for every state make more money than the governor part of the Executive branch