It seems to me that there is a concerted effort by Team Evil for decades now to break down the people's understanding of our government and its rules, etc.
For example, "Our Democracy". Never "Our Republic".
"Congressmen" should be called "Representatives".
The Senate is the Upper Chamber of the Congress, or one could say of The Legislature/The Legislative Branch. Not of the House. The House of Representatives is the Lower Chamber. So it should be "Senator" and "Representative". In theory I guess one could call a Senator a Congressman. In practice I have never heard that and I expect one would be "corrected" if one were to say that. Because for whatever reason (that I do not know), Representatives are now called Congressmen, but Senators are still called Senators.
The Senate is the upper chamber, but of Congress - not the House. The House is the lower chamber. Senate + House = Congress.
They call representatives Congressmen because Houseor or Houseman sounds stupid. Senator is from WAY back during Roman times. I could have made up part of the second paragraph but I'll roll with it.
Every state has two Senators (The upper house).
The Representatives are determined by the population of the state.
50 states = 100 Senators
There are 435 Representatives.
They are completely different from each other. (Well they are supposed to be different)
The census determines the population and how the 435 Representatives will be divided between the states.
Both the Senate and the house are part of the legislative branch of the Federal Government.
The other two branches are the Executive (President)
and
Judicial (courts)
All three are supposed to be equal.
And the Senators were supposed to be elected by the legislatures of each state but that changed in - wait for it - 1913. Amendment 17. Man - 1913 really sucked ass.
Yes, you are wrong fren.
Congress is made up of House and Senate.
It seems to me that there is a concerted effort by Team Evil for decades now to break down the people's understanding of our government and its rules, etc.
For example, "Our Democracy". Never "Our Republic".
"Congressmen" should be called "Representatives".
The Senate is the Upper Chamber of the Congress, or one could say of The Legislature/The Legislative Branch. Not of the House. The House of Representatives is the Lower Chamber. So it should be "Senator" and "Representative". In theory I guess one could call a Senator a Congressman. In practice I have never heard that and I expect one would be "corrected" if one were to say that. Because for whatever reason (that I do not know), Representatives are now called Congressmen, but Senators are still called Senators.
The Senate is the upper chamber, but of Congress - not the House. The House is the lower chamber. Senate + House = Congress.
They call representatives Congressmen because Houseor or Houseman sounds stupid. Senator is from WAY back during Roman times. I could have made up part of the second paragraph but I'll roll with it.
Every state has two Senators (The upper house). The Representatives are determined by the population of the state. 50 states = 100 Senators There are 435 Representatives.
They are completely different from each other. (Well they are supposed to be different)
The census determines the population and how the 435 Representatives will be divided between the states. Both the Senate and the house are part of the legislative branch of the Federal Government. The other two branches are the Executive (President) and Judicial (courts) All three are supposed to be equal.
And the Senators were supposed to be elected by the legislatures of each state but that changed in - wait for it - 1913. Amendment 17. Man - 1913 really sucked ass.