The Congress under the Virginia plan would have been a unicameral legislature with representation based on a state's population like the House of Representatives that we have today.
New Jersey
New Jersey Plan
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colonist who first proposed separation from England before the continental congress.
William Patterson
The Great Compromise of 1787 decided how many representatives from each state would make up the Congress of the United States. The structure and the powers of Congress had already been decided at the Constitutional convention and were explained to the people by James Madison and Alexander Hamilton in the Federalist Papers.
The New Jersey Plan
It was the New Jersey Plan that proposed the idea of an unicameral legislature with equal representation. It was ultimately rejected.
In the Congress, a bill may be proposed by a member of the House of Representatives. It has to pass through the House before coming before the Senate. However, in general, anyone can propose a bill to their representative in the House, and have it proposed on their behalf.
A proposed law in Congress is called a bill.
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