Two.
Senate and House of Representatives.
The national legislature, the US Congress, meets at the US capitol in Washington, DC.
No, most US states have a bicameral legislature, with two legislative bodies/chambers. A unicameral legislature has a single body/chamber. Nebraska switched to a unicameral legislature in 1934 and is the only US state to currently have a unicameral legislature.
In the United States, what serves as a "national legislature" is Congress. The term "National Legislature" was used in Ayn Rand's novel "Atlas Shrugged" to describe the Congress of an alternate universe America in which a dystopia ruled by bureaucrats was in place.
Legislation must pass through two chambers before it is law.
Congress. It is a bicameral legislature. The upper house is called the Senate and the lower house is called the House of Representatives.
The difference between the state legislature and the congerss is that the state legislature is state legislature while Congress is national legislature.
The Florida House of Representatives, one of the two Chambers of the Florida Legislature, is composed of 120 members, each representing a district.
(in the US) it is known as Congress. In other nations it is known by other names.
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The difference between a parliamentary legislature and the the US legislature is primarily the separation of powers. In a parliamentary legislature, the head of the executive (Prime Minister) is also a member of parliament, whereas in the US the President cannot be a member of Congress.
(in the US) it is known as Congress. In other nations it is known by other names.
In the US Congress (not the state legislature) Connecticut has two senators (as does every state) and five Congressmen (Representatives are apportioned by population-- Connecticut is a small state.)