the qualifications:
Every senator mus be at least thirty years old, a citizen of the United States for nine years, and must be a citizen of the state they are to represent at the time they are elected.
who judges them:
each house decides whether a member has the qualifications for office set by the constitution
Each house of Congress has the power which was established through the U.S. Constitution to judge the elections returns, and qualifications of its members. The Senate created its own practices for judging the qualifications of its members in contested elections. This practice began in 1789.
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House of representatives: 435 Senate: 100 Congress: 535
All of them. There are no poor members of Congress.
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The elections of members of Congress
Each house of Congress has the power which was established through the U.S. Constitution to judge the elections returns, and qualifications of its members. The Senate created its own practices for judging the qualifications of its members in contested elections. This practice began in 1789.
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This process led the Court to conclude that Congress' power under Article I, Sec. 5 to judge the qualifications of its Members was limited to ascertaining.
No one in Congress determines the winner of elections.
Members of Congress retain their home state residences during the course of their term. They are not considered residents of Washington DC. With that said they cannot vote in elections of officials in Washington DC.
The frequency of Congress elections in the United States is every two years. Members of the House of Representatives are elected every two years, while Senators serve six-year terms but elections for Senate seats are staggered so that one-third of the Senate is up for election every two years.
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Congress has to meet once a year because Section 4 of Article 1 in the United States Constitution requires it. This is because Congress needs to examine the state of the country, determine if legislation is needed, and, as stated in Section 5, " be the judge of the elections, returns and qualifications of its own members, and a majority of each shall constitute a quorom to do business." A "quorom" is the number of members required to be present for business to be legally conducted.