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What is the Plan that proposed that each state regardless of size would have the same number of representatives in congress?
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How did the Great Compromise settle the representative issue?
there were 2 proposed plans that dealt with representing the population in congress. the virginia plan proposed deciding the number of reps by population of the state. the new jersey plan proposed having 1 representative per state. the great compromise created 2 houses of congress: the senate and the house of representatives. the senate was to have 2 reps per state. the house was to have its reps based on the population of each state.
What is the total number of members in congress?
there are 100 members in senate and 435 members in the house of representatives so there are 535 total members in congress :]
How was each state suppossed to be represented with the great compramise?
The size of the state determined the number of senators and population determined the number of Representatives in congress.
How at the total number of seats determined congress?
The total number of seats in the House of Representatives was fixed at four hundred thirty-five (435) by the Apportionment Act of 1911. Seats are apportioned (distributed) according to population. Each state receives at least one representative regardless of population. In the Senate, two senators represent each state.
How many times may a US represenative be re-elected?
A representative to the US Congress (either to the House of Representatives or the Senate) has no restriction on the number of times they can be elected.
Plan that proposed that each state regardless of size would have the same number of representives in congress?
the federalists
How did farmers of Virginia and New Jersey plan to propose to decide on the number of representatives in congress?
Virginia was a heavily populated state and New Jersey was not. Virginia proposed congressional representation based upon population; New Jersey proposed equal representation of all states regardless of population.
Where does congress gets it number?
The House of Representatives' number depends on the population of each state. The more populous the state is, the more representatives to the House of Representatives they have. The Senate is comprised of two senators from each state regardless of the state's population.
How would representation be determined in congress?
The number of representatives is based upon the population of each state. In addition, each state, regardless of size, has two senators.
what do the number associated with each state represent - in addition to electoral votes?
The number of senators and representatives the state has in congress
What does the first article in the constitution say?
The first article of the U.S. Constitution establishes Congress, the legislative branch of the federal government. Congress consists of two houses, the Senate, in which each state has two senators regardless of population, and the House of Representatives, in which the number of representatives for each state depends on its population.
How is the number of electoral vote determined?
by the number of representatives and senators in that state
When did the number of Representatives in Congress last change?
1912
What is the plan that proposed that each state regardless of size would have the same number of representives in congress?
The Georgia plan. It was a small state so it wanted more power in the legislative branch.
Can the number of members in the house of representatives be changed by the president?
No. The number of the house of representatives can only be changed by a law enacted by congress.
Total number in the house of reps?
The total number of Representatives in congress is 435
According to the Great Comprise in which house of Congress is the number of delegates a state has determined by a state's population?
The House of Representatives. In the Senate, every state as two Senators regardless of the size or population of the state.
