The number of representatives per state in the house depends on the state's population. States with the lowest population has only one representative in the house, while California which is the most populous state, has 53 representatives.
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Congress
2 Senate Seats per state, totalling 100. House seats depend on how many people live in the state.
According to the Constitution there should be one representative for every 30,000 people in a state. This determines how many representatives are sent for each state.
Congress is made up of the House of Representatives and the Senate. There are 100 senators in Congress which are two from each state.
Each state did and does have exactly two votes - that is, two senators - in the the part of Congress called the Senate. The representatives in Congress have a vote for every "so many" people in the state, each vote being used by one representative.