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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.
What is the name of 2 house of congress?
The Senate and the House Of Representatives. There are two Senators for every state; Representatives are in proportion to population, so more populous states have more Representatives, less populous states fewer. Senators serve for six years, Representatives for two.
Is there more senators than rep in congress?
The U.S. Congress includes 100 senators in the U.S. Senate and 435 representatives in the U.S. House of Representatives.
How many representatives does Massachusetts have?
It has 2 Senators and The House of Representatives delegates depends ont the census. The higher population a state has, the more representatives it gets. For now, there are 10 Representatives.That's 12 electoral votes total.
Why do you have more than two senators in the state of Illinois?
Each state in the United States is allocated two senators to ensure equal representation in the Senate. However, states with larger populations have more representatives in the House of Representatives. Illinois, being the sixth most populous state in the country, has more representatives in the House but still has only two senators, like every other state.
Do larger states send more senators to the US Senate than do the smaller states?
Yes. Each state has 2 senators. It is the House of Representatives that splits the representatives by population count: California would have the highest because there are more people there than any other state.
What determines how many representatives each state gets in a house?
The number of representatives each state gets in the House of Representatives is determined by the population of that state. This is based on the decennial (every 10 years) census conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau. The more populous a state is, the more representatives it has in the House.
Who has more calendars the house or the senate?
I would say the house. There many more representatives than senators. So it stands to reason that they would have more calendars.
Which house would have favored by the larger more populous states and why?
The House of Representatives because "the house" based its number of representatives on the population not just every state gets this amount of representatives
What is the salary for Senators?
162,100 currently in 2009.169,300 currently in 2010
Is the number of electors a State gets is the same as its number of Representatives?
Not quite- you must add two more for the two senators.
How are the members of congress allocated to the states?
Each state has two Senators in the US Senate. In addition, each state has a number of Representatives in the House of Representatives based on the state's population. Each state will have at least two Senators and one Representative. No state can have more than two Senators, but some can have more than 40 Representatives.
