The Federal Legislative Branch

The Federal Legislative Branch

​​The Federal Legislative Branch

Congress makes up the Legislative branch at the Federal level of government. They are responsible for making all of the laws and amendments. They are also the group responsible for declaring WAR. Congress is bicameral, meaning that there are two chambers within Congress. The first is called the Senate; each state has two senators, equaling 100 Senators in total.

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Next is the House of Representatives. This chamber is much larger -- there are 435 total Representatives. This is because the number of Representatives per state is based on that state's population. Some states have more Representatives, some have less.

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The Federal Legislative Branch is called:

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Congress is known for making

• the cabinet

• court cases and amendments

• laws and amendments

• taxes

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bicameral means that there are

• two chambers

• three chambers

• one chamber

• four chambers

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This chamber has 100 members, meaning that there are two per state.

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The House of Representatives has 435 members. This number is based on each state's...

• amount of mayors

• amount of cities

• amount of voting citizens

• population

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If the Senate has 100 senators (2 per state) and the House of Representatives has 435 members (based on population), how many total Congressmembers are there?