The Senate and House of Representatives

What is the main job of Congress?

• Make laws

• Enforce laws

• Break laws

• Interpret laws

How many Senators in the US Senate?

• 27

• 100

• 435

• 500

How many Representatives in the US House of Representatives?

• 27

• 100

• 435

• 500

How are the number of Representatives determined?

• There is one from each state

• By population

• There are two from each state

• By the House of Representatives

The census, held every 10 years, determines how its members are divided among the states

• Senate (alone)
• House of Representatives (alone)
• Congress (both chambers)

535 total members

• Senate (alone)
• House of Representatives (alone)
• Congress (both chambers)

A member serving in the House of Representatives serves in a ____________________________.

• state

• ward

• district

• precinct

How did the Seventeenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution create a more democratic Senate?

• by limiting the terms that a person could serve

• by allowing senators to have franking privileges to keep their constituents informed

• by allowing the constituents to directly elect the person running for senate.

• by establishing strict rules for a person running for the senate to follow.

What are the two parts of the Legislative Branch?

• House of Representatives and Senate
• House of Burgesses and Senate
• Supreme Court and House of Representatives
• Executive Council and Board of Appeals

What is the age requirement to be elected to the House?

• 27
• 30
• 25
• 35