Maybe per majority rules. But it does sound oppressive to me.
determines the number of representatives
You mean bicameral legislature, and it is a two house system of representation being the house of representatives (the number of representatives here are based on a states population) and the senate (in which every state gets two representatives).
We need representatives in our system because they can help elect our president, if there is a low majority of votes from the House of Representatives.
binary system
octal
if you were going to live inamerica you wouldn't have to learn a completely new number system
The advantages of having two houses of congress the Senate and the House of Representatives is that it helps the checks and balances system. It also acts as a compromise between large and small states, and allows for equal representation of each state with two Senators for each state as well as equal representation for each citizen with the number of Representatives for each state in the House of Representatives being decided by the population of each state.
The United States having as complex a government as it has, the people have the power through their representatives but no one holds more power than the Constitution.
There are 229 legislative districts in the country, each composed of about 250,000 people. There are also sectoral representatives elected through the party-list system who constitute not more than twenty percent of the total number of Representatives. Just check Wikipedia. :)
In the solar system, Jupiter has the largest number of moons with 39 moons.
Having suffrage means having the right to vote in political elections. It's the legal right to participate in a democratic system by casting a ballot to elect representatives or decide on important issues.
This is a system of government based on the consent of the governed on which representatives of the public exercise power