The Congress of the USA consists of __________ .?
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Congress of USA consists of Senate and the House of Representatives.
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There are two "houses" of Congress: the House of Representatives and the Senate.\n\nEach house of Congress is futher divided into two major political parties: Republicans and Democrats (plus a couple of independents).
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Technically, the legislature (the House and the Senate). But the President and Vice President often suggest and sponsor laws through congressmen and senators.
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Questions about the house of reps. and senate?\n1. If 55% of the house were republicans and 45% were democrats how mant members of each party would there be?\nRep. ________\nDem. ________\n\n2. If all 435 members of the house voted, and a bill passed in the house by 17 votes, what was the vote?\n\nFor_______\nagainst______\n\n\n3. It takes 2/3 vote in congress to overried a presidential veto. how mant votes are need in the house ____? how many in the senate____?
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During the time of the Convention a number of issues were addressed.  One of the primary concerns was how was the Congress of the United States to be structured and how would the members gain membership.  The suggested approaches were from a single house with hereditary members to a bicameral congress with all members elected directly from the people.  \n\nThe final version was a bicameral congressional structure with the upper house membership comprised of two members from each State and these elected by the legislature of the State from which they come.  The lower house was to have members in numbers defined by population and this would result in each State having unique numbers of representatives, and these representatives would represent the people of a given district and only the citizens of that district could vote for that representative.  \n\nIn this process people would be represented by a single directly elected representative.  The States each represented by two representatives.\n\nTo carry this further, the President would be elected by delegates to the Electoral College and delegates would be elected in a manner singularly directed by each State.\n\nThe members of the Supreme Court would be selected by the President with advise and consent of the Senate.\n\nThe pattern here should be obvious, that is, popular election of these offices was not desired by the Founders.  Even the members of the lower house were elected by small districts within each State.  \n\nI’m only guessing that this is what you were asking about, because there were other issues and your question wasn’t clear.
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three~\nLegislative, Judicial, and exceutive\nthe legislative has 2 houses- house of reps. and Senate, it also makes the laws\nJudicial- Supreme Court\nExecutive- Pres., Cabinet, and some other people
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U.S. Territory. We opperate just like the US. We even have a seat in Congress.
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I think I see the irony of your query.\n\nMembers of the House of Representatives are called "Congressmen", because the House of Representatives is one half of Congress.\n\nThe other half of Congress is the United States Senate, but we NEVER refer to Senators as "Congressmen", do we?\n\nSo, why are only Representatives called Congressmen?
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Well, they're really spoused to be on equal authority with the other 2 branches of government.  The Congress, Court and President are all checks and balances for eachother.  Theoretically they all three should have equal power.
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congress of course its all congress in our society
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Here you go:\n\n"Section 1. All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws. \n\nSection 2. Representatives shall be apportioned among the several States according to their respective numbers, counting the whole number of persons in each State, excluding Indians not taxed. But when the right to vote at any election for the choice of electors for President and Vice President of the United States, Representatives in Congress, the Executive and Judicial officers of a State, or the members of the Legislature thereof, is denied to any of the male inhabitants of such State, being twenty-one years of age,(See Note 15) and citizens of the United States, or in any way abridged, except for participation in rebellion, or other crime, the basis of representation therein shall be reduced in the proportion which the number of such male citizens shall bear to the whole number of male citizens twenty-one years of age in such State. \n\nSection 3. No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or elector of President and Vice President, or hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any State, who, having previously taken an oath, as a member of Congress, or as an officer of the United States, or as a member of any State legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any State, to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof. But Congress may by a vote of two-thirds of each House, remove such disability. \n\nSection 4. The validity of the public debt of the United States, authorized by law, including debts incurred for payment of pensions and bounties for services in suppressing insurrection or rebellion, shall not be questioned. But neither the United States nor any State shall assume or pay any debt or obligation incurred in aid of insurrection or rebellion against the United States, or any claim for the loss or emancipation of any slave; but all such debts, obligations and claims shall be held illegal and void. \n\nSection 5. The Congress shall have power to enforce, by appropriate legislation, the provisions of this article. "\n\n"The fourteenth amendment to the Constitution of the United States was proposed to the legislatures of the several States by the Thirty-ninth Congress, on the 13th of June, 1866. It was declared, in a certificate of the Secretary of State dated July 28, 1868 to have been ratified by the legislatures of 28 of the 37 States. The dates of ratification were: Connecticut, June 25, 1866; New Hampshire, July 6, 1866; Tennessee, July 19, 1866; New Jersey, September 11, 1866 (subsequently the legislature rescinded its ratification, and on March 24, 1868, readopted its resolution of rescission over the Governor's veto, and on Nov. 12, 1980, expressed support for the amendment); Oregon, September 19, 1866 (and rescinded its ratification on October 15, 1868); Vermont, October 30, 1866; Ohio, January 4, 1867 (and rescinded its ratification on January 15, 1868); New York, January 10, 1867; Kansas, January 11, 1867; Illinois, January 15, 1867; West Virginia, January 16, 1867; Michigan, January 16, 1867; Minnesota, January 16, 1867; Maine, January 19, 1867; Nevada, January 22, 1867; Indiana, January 23, 1867; Missouri, January 25, 1867; Rhode Island, February 7, 1867; Wisconsin, February 7, 1867; Pennsylvania, February 12, 1867; Massachusetts, March 20, 1867; Nebraska, June 15, 1867; Iowa, March 16, 1868; Arkansas, April 6, 1868; Florida, Ju
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Try this site:\n\nhttp://www.usconstitution.net/\n\nIt has all kind of information on the Constitution.
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The Constitution is organized into three parts: \n\nPreamble: Describes the purpose of the document and government. \nArticles: Establish how the government is structured and how the Constitution can be changed. There are seven articles. \nAmendments: Changes to the Constitution; the first ten are called the Bill of Rights.
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House of Representatives.
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C\nA\nC\n\nDiscussion on number 2:\nA. There was no president as we view the office today, in fact, the original founders did not want a central government led by one person. They were afraid of tyranny so they deliberately stayed away from that system.\n\nB. The articles did not discuss a central court, but did establish full faith and credit between the states of the the judicial and court proceedings of the states.  However, Congress was the "court" to determine disputes between the states.  A Central court, or judicial branch came later with the US Constitution. \n\nC.  The regulation of interstate commerce by the Federal Government was a sticking point.  At this time, the 13 states were 13 separate republics.  There was an attempt to amend to amend the Articles to allow Congress power over interstate commerce, but the conception of the new Constitution coincided so the "former" articles never really addressed interstate commerce.\n\nD.  Again, no president as we view it today, but there was a president of the Congress.  That position did not make decisions, because most decisions needed the votes of 9 states and major decisions needed all 13.  Vetoing power and the executive branch came later, with the new US Constitution. \n\nBEST ANSWER for #2 is A.
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Executive, Judicial and Legislative. The three are equal in importance, although George W. Bush seems to think otherwise. Here's details of the three with sources cited below:\n\nExecutive Branch\n\nThe branch of the U.S. government that is composed of the president and all the individuals, agencies, and departments that report to the president, and that is responsible for administering and enforcing the laws that Congress passes.\n\nThe U.S. government is composed of three branches: legislative, judicial, and executive. The legislative branch consists of the U.S. Congress, which is responsible for creating laws. The judicial branch is composed of the federal courts, which are responsible for ruling on the validity of the laws that Congress passes and applying them in individual cases. The executive branch differs from both in scope and function.\n\n\nJudicial Branch\n\nThe court systems of local, state, and federal governments, responsible for interpreting the laws passed by the legislative branch and enforced by the executive branch. These courts try criminal cases (in which a law may have been violated) or civil cases (disputes between parties over rights or responsibilities). The courts attempt to resolve conflicts impartially in order to protect the individual rights guaranteed by the Constitution, within the bounds of justice, as defined by the entire body of U.S. law. Some courts try only original cases, whereas others act as courts of appeals. The ultimate court of appeals is the Supreme Court. On the federal level, the system of checks and balances empowers Congress to create federal courts, and all federal judges must be appointed by the president and confirmed by the Senate. The courts may exercise the powers of judicial review and injunction. \n\n\nLegislative Branch\n\nThe branch of the federal and state government empowered to make the laws that are then enforced by the executive branch and interpreted by the judicial branch. The legislative branch consists of Congress and the fifty state legislatures. At both state and federal levels, legislatures are made up of popularly elected representatives, who propose laws that are sensitive to the needs and interests of their local constituents. After a law is proposed as a bill, it is sent to appropriate committees for several stages of discussion, research, and modification. It is then debated in both legislative houses — except in Nebraska, which has a single-house legislature — and put to a vote. If the law is passed, it is still subject to further modification and final vote by both houses. Under the system of checks and balances, the president can refuse to sign the bill into law (through the veto power). The legislature can then vote to override the veto. Other checks and balances include legislative powers to impeach public officials (see impeachment), confirm appointments to the executive and judicial branches, and vote on appropriations.
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The US Senate is composed of two senators for each state -- 2 * 50 = 100\n\nThe US House of Representatives has 435 voting members and 5 non-voting members (representing DC, Puerto Rico, US Virgin Islands, Guam, and American Samoa) = 440\n\nTogether that adds up to 540 members of Congress .\n\nCongress is the correct name to refer to both houses together, although sometimes the term is used, incorrectly, to refer to the House of Representatives.  Also, we use the term "Congressman/woman so-and-so" to refer to a member of the House of Representatives, when we should correctly say "Representative so-and-so."