They are elected to two year terms.
How does congress reapportion house seats among the states every ten years?
How does congress reapportion house seats among the states every ten years?
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That question is even an issue with the constitution. The constitution states all appropriations must originate in Congress. The House maintains, "congress" is referring to the House, since all taxation must originate in the House. The Senate claims "Congress" refers to both the House and Senate, therefore the Senate can originate an appropriations bill. But the House rejects it when the Senate tries to.
In the US Congress, it is two years.
Members in the House of Representatives serve for 2 years and in the Senate, its for 6 years.
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Congress works on a cycle, the house of representatives are elected every two years, and the senate every six years on a two year cycle, creating a third of the house elected each year.
Each Congress lasts two years--the length of the term for a member of the House of Representatives. Elections for the House and some Senate seats are held in November of each even-numbered year, and the new Congress begins the following January when the newly elected members take office.
Congress gets a new number each time the House of Representatives starts a new term, therefore every two years we have a new congress. For example, the House that began its term in 2009 was the 111th congress. in 2011, the 112th congress will meet, and in 2013 the 113th congress will begin.
This is the House and comes from the census taken every 10 years.
Seven years is minimum U.S. citizenship reqired for U.S. House of Represenatives