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Is it true that there are more senators than representatives in congress?
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∙ 9y ago
By default, every state has 2 senators to represent them in the Senate. However, the states' population determines the number of representatives in the House of Representatives, and growing population and the ratios used to calculate representatives awarded to states based on their population value to more than there are Senators.
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∙ 11y ago
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∙ 6y agoDepends on what you're counting.
The House of Representatives has 21 congressional committees; 20 standing committees and one select committee.
The Senate has 20 committees, 68 subcommittees, and 4 joint committees.
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∙ 9y agoNo, the size of the U.S. Senate has never exceeded the size of the U.S. House of Representatives. However, the minimum possible size of the House is one Representative per state, which is half of the size of the Senate, which is set at two Senators per state.
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Is there more senators than rep in congress?
The U.S. Congress includes 100 senators in the U.S. Senate and 435 representatives in the U.S. House of Representatives.
What is the combined numbers of senators and representatives in congress?
There are 2 senators from each state and the number of representatives varies. The constitution stated this by saying not more than 1 representative for every 30,000 people.
How are the members of congress allocated to the states?
Each state has two Senators in the US Senate. In addition, each state has a number of Representatives in the House of Representatives based on the state's population. Each state will have at least two Senators and one Representative. No state can have more than two Senators, but some can have more than 40 Representatives.
Why do senators have more success that representatives?
they have more succes than representatives because they do
Why do senators serve longer terms than representatives?
there are more representatives than there are senators. senators=100 (2 per state) representatives=435 (depends on census count)
Who are the other 335 members in congress other than the 100 senators?
House of Representatives
Who can serve more than 2 terms carry out laws make laws and be a us immigrant?
Senators and representatives can be immigrants and serve in Congress.
A senator represents the population of the state?
Not exactly. The U.S. senate is made up of two senators from each state. Whether the state is big or small, it still sends two senators to congress. But it is in the House of Representatives where the state's population matters. Bigger states send more representatives to congress than smaller states do.
Why more representatives than senators to congress?
Every state has 2 senators. Representatives are determined by population. There is no limit on representatives. Therefore, more populated states give more reps (like 23 or 5), which easilly adds more. Even if some states only give 1.
Do larger states send more senators to the US Senate than do the smaller states?
Yes. Each state has 2 senators. It is the House of Representatives that splits the representatives by population count: California would have the highest because there are more people there than any other state.
Who are the 2 US Senators from Congress?
Actually, there are a lot more than 2...
How many representatives are there than senators?
335
