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The house of congress that is based on population is the?

House of representatives


Can the house ignore the senate and pass a bill on its own?

no, because the house has representatives based on population, and the senate has an equal number of representatives.


How might states like California lose representation in the House of Representatives?

The number of representative in the U.S. House of Representatives is fixed at 435. Every 10 years the U.S. Census Bureau takes a census of the population in each state. The 435 representatives in the U.S. House of Representatives is then reapportioned among the 50 states based on the population in each state. Based on the 2010 Census California currently has 53 representatives in the U.S. House of Representatives. The next U.S. Census will be taken in 2020. Based on the results of the 2020 Census, the number of representatives from California could change.


What is a two-house legislative?

The two parts of the legislative branch are called the House of Representatives and the Senate. While the Senate has 100 members, the member number for the House of Representatives is based on a state's population.


How is a member of the house of representatives chosen?

In the US, the House of Representatives are elected by the voters in their respective states. The number of Representatives a state may have is based on population. Some states have such a low level of population, they have only one member in the House of Representatives. As a consequence of the US Constitution, some low population states have two senators and one House member. This is quite unusual, and normally the reverse is true.