what is the relationship between the us senate and the house of representative?
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There is no relationship between the two.  They are each part of the legislative branch (executive and judicial are the other two), but the only time they ever meet up is for the president's state of the union address in the house chambers.
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Congress is the legislature (that is, lawmaking body) of the U.S. Federal Government.  Congress is divided into two chambers, the House of Representatives (lower chamber) and the Senate (upper chamber).  They are roughly equal in power, but there are differences in both the composition and functions of each body.\n\nFirst, the similarities.  All bills must pass both chambers in order to become law.  Both chambers have oversight responsibility over Federal agencies (usually exercised in committees).  Legislation can originate in either chamber, except for spending bills, which must originate in the House.  It just takes a simple majority for a bill to pass each chamber.\n\nFor more information on the legislative process, see:\n\nhttp://www.vote-smart.org/resource_govt101_02.php\n\nNow, the contrasts.  First, the differences in composition.  \n\nThe House has 435 members elected from single member districts all of roughly equal population.  The districts are drawn up by state legislatures after each decennial census determines how many seats each state gets.  All members must stand for election every 2 years.  The Senate has 100 members, exactly 2 from each state, regardless of the state's population.  Senators serve for 6 years, but their terms are staggered so about one third are up for election every two years.  \n\nAs mentioned above, all spending bills must originate in the House.  Also, the House is the chamber which has impeachment powers, which it exercises by a simple majority vote. (An impeachment is akin to an indictment).  Once impeached the official is tried before the Senate, which can remove him or her if 2/3rds of the Senate finds him or her guilty.\n\nBut the Senate has several other functions not shared with the House.  First, all presidential appointments (cabinet secretaries, judges, ambassadors, high ranking military officials, etc, etc) must be approved by (a simple majority in) the Senate.  Treaties must be approved by 2/3rds of the Senate.\n\nThat is it in a nutshell.  For more info, see Article I of the U.S. Constitution, especially sections 1 and 2 [1] and also the other links below will prove very helpful to you. (And be sure to check out the info above on how a bill becomes law)
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The United States House of Representatives (or simply the House) is one of the two chambers of the United States Congress, the other being the Senate. Each state is represented in the House proportionally to its population, and is entitled to at least one Representative. The total number of Representatives is currently fixed at 435 by the Reapportionment Act of 1929, though Congress has the authority to change that number. Each Representative serves for a two-year term and may be re-elected an unlimited number of times. The presiding officer of the House is known as the Speaker, and is elected by the members. The present House delegations by state are shown in the article List of U.S. states by population.\n\nThe bicameral Congress arose from the desire of the Founders to create a "house of the people" that would represent public opinion, balanced by a more deliberative Senate that would represent the governments of the individual states, and would be less susceptible to variations of mass sentiment. The House is often considered the "lower house," and the Senate as the "upper house," although the United States Constitution does not use such language. The Constitution provides that the approval of both houses is necessary for the passage of legislation.\n\nThe House is generally considered a more partisan chamber than the Senate. Many of the Founding Fathers intended the Senate (whose members were originally chosen by the state legislatures) to be a check on the popularly elected House, just as the House was to be a check on the Senate. The "advice and consent" powers (such as the power to approve treaties) were therefore granted to the Senate alone. The House was granted its own exclusive powers: the power to initiate revenue bills, impeach officials, and elect the President in electoral college deadlocks. The Senate, however, can propose amendments to spending bills, try impeached officials, and choose the Vice President in an electoral college deadlock. The Senate and its members generally have greater prestige than the House since Senators serve longer terms (six years) in a smaller body and (in most cases) represent larger constituencies than Representatives.\n\nThe House meets in the south wing of the United States Capitol.
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SENATE\nMajority Leader - Bill Frist (R - TN)\nMaj. Whip - Mitch McConnell (R - KY)\nPresident of Senate - Vice Pres Dick Cheney\nPresident Pro Tem - Ted Stevens (R - AK)\nPresident Pro Tem Emerius - Robert Byrd (D - WV)\nMinority Leader - Harry Reid (D - NV)\nMinority Whip - Richard Durbin (D - IL)\n\nThe VP serves as Presient of the senate, but other members preside over the senate in his absence (which is most of the time and they come from the majority party)\n\nHOUSE\nSpeaker - Dennis Hastert (R - IL)\nMaj Leader - John Boehner (R - OH)\nMaj Whip - Roy Blount (R - MO)\nMin Leader - Nancy Pelosi (D - CA)\nMin Whip - Steny Hoyer (D - MD)
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A US Senator's term is Six years while a rep is 2.  All representative seat are up for reelection every even numbered year while only 1/3 of senator are.
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Congress is the legislative branch, and there is no universal head of congress, because congress has two houses.  The senate is chaired by the vice-president.  The House of Representatives is chaired by the speaker of the house.
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Like the Congress of the United States, every state has its own legislature. Every state except Nebraska has two houses in its legislature. \n\nEvery state has two senators that it sends to Washington; but every state decides for itself how many members there will be in the state legislatures.\n\nUS Senators deal with national issues. State Senators work in the individual state legislatures that meet in each state's capital, and only work on state issues. Your state legislature meets in Harrisburg, and every district in the state has its own representatives and senators.\n\nHope this answer helps. Cheers, mate.
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Because the Census takes place every 10 years, and the House of Representatives and electoral votes for the Presidential Election are determined by the number of people in each state, so the number of House seats changes every 10 years.  The Senate always has 100 members, 2 from each state.
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Try www.house.gov and www.senate.gov - see if they have historical info on the make-up of both bodies.  These are teh official House and Senate websites.
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They made two houses as a compromise between the (big) states that wanted a legislature representation based on population and the (small) states that thought all states should be represented equally. We have one of each now. Because the Senate has a set, smaller amount of representatives (senators), they are generally more respected.
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Maybe I can get you started, and others can think of more.\n\nEach body has committees that hold hearings, advise the  Senators or Representatives of its findings and make voting recommendations.\n\nIts members are elected from their home state.\n\nEach Senator and Rep has one vote.\n\nEach body has a leader, The Speaker of the House, and the President Pro Tem of the Senate.\n\nFrom within the ranks the Majority Leader of the Senate is chosen, and similarly the Speaker of the House
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There are 3 branches of gov't in U.s., the legislative  branch has 2 houses, the 100 senators, house of representive. in most states they can serve as many terms as they went. the titles are Mr. or Ms. Senator, or mr or mrs. XXX
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If you are talkin United States Senators they are Kay Baily-Hutchison(The Senior senator) & John Cornyn.  Both are Republicans
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The United States Congress is an example with the House of Representatives and the Senate. The difference is the House represents states by population. The bigger the state the more reps you have. In the Senate each state only has 2 reps no matter the size.  Parliament in England is another example with the House of Lords and the House of Commons. Good luck on your quiz. Post how you did. I want to know
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The Legislative Branch was created by the U.S. Constitution.  Delegates to the Constitutional Convention signed the Constitution in Philadelphia on September 17, 1787. The fifty-five delegates who signed this monumental political document were the best minds of the Colonies at the time. The Constitution was forwarded to the Congress and the following year was ratified by conventions in nine states, and made the law of the land.\n\nThe Legislative Branch:\n\nThe Congress is the Legislative Branch. Its main function is to pass laws. It also oversees the execution of these laws, and checks various executive and judicial powers\n\nThe Congress is bicameral- it is composed of two houses. One house is the House of Representatives, the other is the Senate.\n\nThe House of Representatives, or House for short, is composed of four hundred and thirty five members. Each state is allocated one or more representatives, based on its population as calculated by the decennial (once in ten years) Census. Each state is entitled to at least one representative. A state that is allocated more than one representative divides itself, as state procedures dictate, into a number of districts equal to the number of representatives it is entitled to elect. The people of each district vote to elect one representative to Congress. (States that have only one representative allocated choose at-large representatives- the state votes as one entire district.) The District of Columbia and a number of U. S. territories have been permitted to elect delegates to the House. These delegates may participate in debates, and sit and vote in committee, but are not allowed to vote in the full House. House members are elected every even-numbered year for two-year terms. The House is presided over by a Speaker, who is elected by the House.\n\nThe Senate represents the states equally. Each state chooses two senators, regardless of population. Originally, senators were chosen by their state's legislature. The Seventeenth Amendment (ratified in 1913), however changed that, and now senators are elected by the voters of their state. Senators are elected for six year terms. Every two years, at the same time as Representative elections, approximately one-third of the senators face elections. The Vice-President is President of the Senate, but only votes if there is a tie. The Senate also chooses a President Pro Tempore to preside in the Vice-President's absence (though, in practice, most of the time, senators from the majority take turns presiding for short periods).\n\nThe Senate and the House are both required to approve legislation before it becomes a law. The two houses are equal in legislative power, but revenue bills (bills relating to taxation) may only originate in the House, however, like other bills, the Senate's approval is still required, and the Senate may amend such bills, as with any other legislation.\n\nThe Senate holds additional powers relating to treaties and the appointments of executive and judicial officials. This power is known as "advice and consent." The Senate's advice and consent is required for the President to appoint judges and many executive officers, and also to ratify treaties. To grant advice and consent on treaties, two-thirds of the Senators must concur (agree).\n\nWhile most votes require a simple majority to pass, Senate rules allow a procedure called a fillibuster (essentially unlimited debate), that can only be ended by three-fifths vote. This effectively means that the minority can force supporters to get the support of three-fifths of members to pass the measure. Use of the fillibuster tends to be controversial. Whichever party is in the majority tends to call its use "obstructionism", while the other side sees it as an important check on the majority.\n\nThe House has the sole power to impeach federal executive and judicial officers. According to the Constitution, officers may be impeached for "trea
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the Senate being part of the Legislative bracn has the power in conjunction with the House of Representative to to pass laws and regulation . There are some differences in the powers of the House and senate however. All spending bills while requiring passage by the senate must be initiated in the House of representatives the senate can amend an existing spending bill but can not initiate spending legislation. Removal of federal officials is vested in the congress but must be originated in the House of Representatives by articles of Impeachment. once impeached The senate holds the sole power to hold a trial and remove said official these are the powers vested in congress as a whole and how they are divided.\n\nthen there are the powers that are exclusive to the senate and are not shared by the house. The senate holds the sole power of advice and consent in regards to cabinet, Ambasador   and judicial appointees. The senate also has the sole power to approve or ratify a treaty with a foreign entity or government. The last power granted by the 16th amendment is the power to elect the vice president if the electoral college is deadlocked. \n\nAs for problems many would argue the pratice of filibuster which is practiced only in the senate is is counter to the democratic principle one person or in this case senator one vote. for for the Filibuster allows a minority to block the majority voteby not releasing the floor so a vote can be taken.\nSome also Might contend the original intention of the senate has been corrupted. The The house of representative was ment to be the body representing the populous The senate was put in place to safeguard the rights and sovereignty of state governments as a whole. the modern senate can be argued is much more a populous body than the founders intended.\n  \nI think this covers all the bases I hope this helps
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There are 435 members of the US House of Representatives each representing a district and each serving a two year term concluding in November 2006. House of representatives seats are distributed amongst the states according to population although each state must have at least one.\n\nThere are 100 Senators, 2 per state, each serving for six years. The elections are staggered so that approximately a third of the Senate faces election at any one time. The Senators elected in 2000 face re-election in 2006. The Senators elected in 2002 face re-election in 2008 and the Senators elected in 2004 face re-election in 2010. If a Senator is appointed to fill a vacancy, he or she faces a special election at the next election and serves the remainder of his predecessors term after which they face a normal election.