It is based on equal representation for each state.
Representation in the Senate is equal between all states. Each state gets two senators.
It is based on equal representation for each state.
It is based on equal representation for each state.
Each state has 2 Senators for a term of 6 years for each Senator. There is a total of 100 Senators..
The Senate.
In the Senate, each state gets 2 representatives. In the House of Representatives, the number of representatives per state is based on the population. This is determined from the census every ten years.
The physical size of states, small or large, was irrelevant.The size of their populations, however, determined their representation in the lower house of Congress. So states with larger populations are better represented in the House, where the number of representatives is apportioned by population, than in the Senate where each state is represented equally by two Senators.
In the Senate, each state gets 2 representatives. In the House of Representatives, the number of representatives per state is based on the population. This is determined from the census every ten years.
The house of Representatives. There are 435 total. The senate has two representatives from each state.
In US they have 2 Senators no matter what the state's population may be. For house of reps. its based on the population of the state.
Senate. Each state has 2 Senators no matter the size.
The Great Compromise by Henry Clay made to satisfy both the small states (who wanted a set number of votes per state as in the Senate) and the large states (who wanted the number of votes to be determined by size, as in the House of Rep.).