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What was the purpose of the reapportionment act of 1929?
Membership in the House needed to be capped to prevent an excessive number of members.
Any system of government in which rule is by the people is called?
A democracy is a system of government in which all eligible citizens are meant to participate equally â?? either directly or, through elected representatives. The term democracy originates from the Greek word demokratia which means rule of the people.
What controversy was settled by the great compromise?
The Great Compromise, also known as the Connecticut Compromise, solved the issue of how the states were represented in congress. Resolved in the Constitutional Convention of 1787, the Great Compromise solved the problem of representation for smaller states by having Congress have two senators for the Senate and proportional representation in the House of Representatives, based on population of the state.
How many people work in the us capitol building?
the senators and Representatives
The Executive branch has the ability to check the power of the Judicial branch by?
Laws that are passed in the Senate and House have to go to the President to be signed into law. So, the President can veto a law. However, if the President vetoes a law, it goes back to Congress and will still become a law if 2/3 of Congress votes for it.
Who is the house of represenative?
The House of Representatives is not a "who." (It is not one person.) It is a "what"-- it can refer to a building in Washington DC, and it can also be the name for the group of men and women who have been elected to serve as representatives. The House of Representatives is a part of the Legislative Branch of Congress; there is the Senate (100 senators), and there is the House of Representatives (435 representatives), and they make the laws. They are part of the federal government. In the United States, voters elect people to represent them in the government. The men and women who are sent to congress to be Representatives will serve a term of two years and then they can run for re-election. They do their work in a very historical building which is sometimes just called "The House"-- for example: The House will vote on the budget in two weeks.
Is there another word for congress?
congress a law or something like dat......
What is the lower house in Congress?
The lower house of Congress is the House of Representatives. This half of Congress is made up of 435 members that represent the 50 states.
Is the House of Representatives the same thing as Congress?
There are two parts to the Congress, you have the House of Representatives, which is based on the population of the state and then you have the Senate, in which each state has two members regardless of population.
How many member of the congress?
There are 435 Representatives. There are also 100 Senators. The total is 535.
What is a sole power that the US representatives have?
They can elect the president if none of the candidates have a majority vote. They can also impeach people.
How many representatives are their?
There are 438 Representatives in the House based on the population of the state. There are also two Senators that represent each state.
What is Congress?
The Senate and the House of Representatives
What is the senate also called?
The US Senate is also called the Upper House.
What two houses make up the US Congress?
The Congress is made up of the House of Representatives and the Senate. These two legislative bodies also make up the electoral college.
What is upper congress known as?
The senate is also called the upper house.
What kind of government of the US have?
The USA has a representative democracy, wherein the people elect representatives to do the everyday business og government. This is also called a republic.
