A member of congress is elected for two years; a senator is elected for six years.
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Congress (the Senate and the House of Representatives) is the legislative branch, whose members are elected by *direct vote* (the people cast individual votes); in this way, Congress was designed to represent the citizenry (the House) and the States (the Senate); substantively, however, this isn't necessarily the case: Congressional members can only reflect the concerns of those who vote and fulfill their civic duties, or respond to fiduciary inducements from lobbyists and campaign contributors and other outside influences that skew the intentions and purpose of having a representative form of government.
The executive branch
The majority of senators present and vote for confirmation.
The Senate must confirm apppointments made by the President.
THE POTS HOUSE~! http://www.nps.gov/search/index.htm?query=whose+house+served+as+washingtons+headquarters+at+valley+fordge&sitelimit=nps.gov%2Fvafo it says so here in the paragraph on the frist link