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For whom do senators and representatives work

Senators and Representatives work for the U.S. Congress and the people who elect them.

How many senators are serving in the senate today

100 senators

Why does California have many more house members than Wyoming

The number of members of the US House of Representatives is based on the population of each state. Since California has a larger population than Wyoming, California also had more house members than Wyoming.

Why do grass-roots lobbying efforts often succeed at influencing public policy

A representative wants to be reelected and wants to properly represent what his/her constituents want, and lobbying helps to show the representative what the voters want. By calling and sending in letters, voters can show their representatives that a certain policy has a lot of support or disapproval, and then the representative is more likely to vote in a way that represents their interests.

An order the president gives based on the authority of the constitution is called

An executive order

What is determined by the census that is taken every ten years

The number of house seats per state.

What is the goal of both direct and indirect lobbying

To influence public policy.

Which activity is helpful to both public officials and interest groups

working for the election of sympathetic public officials

What does it mean that the vice president is ''only a heartbeat away'' from the presidency

People say that the Vice President is "only a heartbeat away" from the presidency because the vice president is first in the order of succession. If the President's heart should stop beating, the Vice President takes over the office.
If the president dies or otherwise become incapacitated, the vice-president becomes president.

An interest group tracks the poor performance of an executive branch agency and reports this information to lawmakers This is an informal example of which part of the political system

Checks and Balances

In deciding on a bicameral legislature the framers followed the example of

The British Parliament

Interest groups help elect politicians by contributing funds to which organizations

Political action committee

When After a bill is introduced in the House and numbered what is the next step

It goes to Committee.

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