Why are there two legislative chambers?

Answer 1

The two legislative chambers in the United States are the Senate and the House of Representatives. There are two chambers as a way to have checks and balances and is how the Founding Fathers planned it to prevent tyranny.

Answer 2

The delegates to the Constitutional Convention reasoned that if two separate groups - one representing state governments and one representing the people - must both approve every proposed law, there would be little danger of Congress passing laws hurriedly or carelessly. One house could always check the other in the manner of the British Parliament.

Answer 3

In the US, the two houses represent a concession to the smaller states, who feared that they would be underrepresented if legislators were assigned based solely on population. The States copied the Federal approach except for Nebraska, which has only one house.

Answer 4

There are two chambers of congress which shows the division of the upper house and the lower house. The two chambers are the House of Representatives and the Senate.

Answer 5

What are the two chambers or house in the lawmaking branch of our goverment?

Answer 6

Two ensure equal representation between large states and small states. They came up with this idea of bicameralism at the Great Compromise which combined the New Jersey and Virginia plans

Answer 7

So that the two houses can check eachother's power and ensure that no house abuses power.