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Who makes our nation's laws?
Federal Laws are made by the United State Congress, a bicameral legislature with two houses, the House of Representatives and the Senate. Each state has a legislative branch as well, 49 of which are also bicameral (Nebraska having only one house). The names of the houses vary from state to state, but most having an upper house called the Senate.
What is a legislature with two houses?
The Legislature. It has:The House of Representatives: where the number of people representing the state vary depending on the population of the state, and...The Senate: where 2 people represent each state
What two countries have a bicameral legislature?
The two bicameral houses are the House of Representatives, with 435 as the number of reps now based on state population. The other is the Senate, with each state having two votes, no matter the size.
Which house of congress has 100 members?
The Senate, each state elects two to represent them.
What is a bicameral state legislature?
A bicameral legislature is a government assembly with two chambers or houses. In the United States, the two chambers are the Senate, with an equal number of members representing each state, and the House, with the number of members being proportionate to the states' populations. Having two chambers set up gives two opinions on legislation, though critics argue it leads to political deadlock.
Why do you have a bicameral legislature?
because the framers disagreed on the legislative branch representing state equally or population based, so they created the Senate (2 representatives from each state) and the House of Representatives (representatives based on population).
What is a bicameral legislation?
a reflection of federalism. each of the states is equally represented in the senate and each is represented in line with its population in the house.
How is congress divided?
The U.S. Congress is bicameral, which means that it is divided into two houses, or groups. The upper house is the Senate. It is favorable to smaller states because every state is represented equally, with two Senators from each state. The lower house is the House of Representatives. It is favorable to larger states because each state's relative representation is proportional to its relative population after a minimum of one Representative per state.
Virginia Plan is a plan protected by delegates from Virginia at the constitutional convention called for a 3 branch government with a bicameral legislative in which each state's ........ True Or False?
True.
How did the Virginia Plan and New Jersey plan differ?
The Virginia Plan called for a bicameral (two house) congress, in which a state's population would determine its number of representatives, however like under the Articles of Confederation every state would only have one vote. The New Jersey.called for a unicameral (one house) congress, in which each state would have equal representation. The New Jersey Plan also called for a separate Executive and Judicial branch, which the Articles of Confederation and the Virginia Plan did not call for.
what are the two bicameral legislature houses of your government called?
The two houses of the legislative branch of the US government are the House of Representatives and the Senate. These two houses together are referred to as Congress. Each U.S. state is represented in the House in proportion to its population. Each U.S. state is represented in the Senate by two senators, regardless of population.
What was the solution to the problem of representation at the conventioon called?
The solution to the problem of representation at the convention was the creation of the Great Compromise, also known as the Connecticut Compromise. This compromise established a bicameral legislature with a House of Representatives based on population size and a Senate with equal representation for each state.
