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The practice of drawing district lines to gain political advantage is called?
Gerrymandering or reapportionment
What is the name of the place the senate meets?
Senate Chamber The Senate Chamber
How many Louisiana House of Representatives?
Louisiana had 7 representatives in the US House of Representatives in 2005.However, in the reapportionment that followed the US Census of 2010, it lost one Congressional District. That meant it lost one representative. So, Louisiana will have 6 representatives from 2010 until the next Census and reapportionment in 2020, when there may or may not be another change.
What two men were at the top of the Roman republic?
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Which party now selects the senate majority leader and all the senate committee chairs?
The Democratic party currently holds a majority in the senate, and therefore selects the senate majority leader and the senate committee chairs.
The assignment of congress of congressional seats after each census is called?
reapportionment
Who does reapportionment affect?
the census poops on it
What does reapportionment do?
1.) Reapportionment is the act of readjusting representation in a legislature, particularly in the US Congress where representation may have to be adjusted due to changes in populations.
What is the reallocation of seats in the House of Representatives?
reapportionment
How is reapportionment determined?
Reapportionment works in a clear manner. This is a state where someone is recalled to a former position of work and they get appointed afresh.
How many times can a congressman be re-elected?
The US has no term limits on members of the Congress, neither House nor Senate. Unless his or her congressional district is abolished by reapportionment, a Representative can be elected as many times as he wishes, subject only to his popularity and his longevity.
How does reapportionment affect representation in the house of representatives?
it made it permanent.
The size of the House of Representatives comes from the?
reapportionment act of 1929
What body's states representation is not affected by the census?
Senate. Each state has 2 Senators no matter the size.
Why has the House of Representatives grown so much faster than the Senate?
The House of Representatives has grown faster than the Senate primarily due to its structure and representation model. The House is designed to reflect population changes, with its number of members based on state populations, leading to frequent adjustments through reapportionment after each census. In contrast, the Senate is fixed at two senators per state, regardless of population, resulting in no growth in the number of senators. Additionally, the House's larger membership allows for more representatives to be added without changing the fundamental organization of the Senate.
How is reapportionment related to the pork chop gang?
Reapportionment refers to the process of redrawing electoral district boundaries based on population changes, often impacting political power dynamics. The Pork Chop Gang was a group of Southern legislators in the 1950s and 60s who fought to maintain their political control amid changing demographics in Florida. They opposed reapportionment efforts that aimed to create more equitable representation, as it threatened their grip on power by diluting their influence in the legislature. Thus, their resistance to reapportionment was fundamentally about preserving their political dominance.
Which term describes the process by which a state gains or loses a congressional seat?
Reapportionment
