Houses:
House of Representatives & senate
These two houses are what make up congress as stated before both houses represent the people from
each state since they are voted by those people.
House
of Representatives
These
amounts of people here are based on the population of each state. Meaning, the more people in the state, the more people in
the house to represented that state. Today, there is a total of 435 members in the house and each representative serves a
2 yr term.
Works
of House
Must
pass bill through senate 1st before recognition can attempt impeach members of the Executive branch and the judicial
branch.
Senate
The
amount of people in this house isn’t based on population; it attempts equality between states with 2 representatives
from each state 100 members total. Each member can serve as many terms as they want [6yr term] , but because of the 17th
amendment [1913] only 1/3 of the senate body can be voted at a time.
Works
of Senate
Have
constituencies people and interests the senate represent more focused on the “big picture” of the national interest
Qualifications
Senate:
35 year’s old citizens for 9 years live
House
25 year’s old citizens for 7 years live where elected
Both
the house and the senate are considered members of congress. There job include 5 major roles: legislative and representative
of the constituents, committee members servants if their constituents and politicians. Legislative & Representative cast
votes on unimportant and important matters. They’re consisted of trustees, delegate’s partisans and politicos.
Committee members have the power of over sight function which checks for proper attention of executive branch in lines of
congressional policies. Servants help with people problems compensation.
