What does the Senate and the House of Representatives do?
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The following may be helpful to you:\n\nhttp://www.senate.gov/\nhttp://www.house.gov/\nhttp://www.firstgov.gov/\n\nAlso, if this is for a school project, I'd suggest checking out http://www.kids.gov/k_gov.htm. Another great resource for you would be http://thomas.loc.gov/links/.
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Congressmen are the representatives in the U.S. House of Representatives, whereas senators are the Representatives of the U.S. Senate.  Congressmen are elected once every two years.
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senate  or house of represenitives
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Bills regarding taxes and appropriations for the expenses of the government must emanate from the House of Congress.\nBills affecting names of streets, public schools and other public places are initiated in the Lower House. \n\nBills affecting the whole country are passed in the Senate.
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The upper house is the House of Lords, or in the USA it is the Senate. The lower house is the House of Commons, in the USA the House of Representatives.
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I'm not going to repeat what's already been mentioned, but the Senate is considered the 'upper house' of Congress, and the House of Representatives is considered the 'lower house,' which is why the Senate has special roles (like passing treaties, etc.).
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In the senate..the  number is set to 100, 2 for each state..in the house..there is a total of 435 seats...the amount of seats each state gets is based on how big that state is.
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Don't wanna be a wikipaster, so this link here will give you some good information. the higher rated answers above explain things nicely as well\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Senate
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There are 2 houses, the House of Representatives & the Senate.
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Members of the house are re-elected every 2 years (I think) whereas members of the senate ever 6 years (I think)\n\nMembers of the house have limited time on the floor to talk whereas members of the senate can rant on for as long as they want to.\n\nSenate has 100 members.  House has 435 members.\n\nSenate is more rowdy.  House is more gentlemen-ly
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There's only 2 senators per state, and they are part of the "senate".\nThe others' numbers are determined by population, and they vote in the House of Representatives.\nThe senators are a little higher on the ladder.
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As far as the difference: there are many. For one, the Senate is presided over by Dick Cheney. He has some very major influence in the structure of commitee formation, which in essence determines the introduction of bills. It is ALOT harder to start a bill in the House, but it is even harder for Senators to get their bills to the President due to fillibusters that are common among House voters. The House seems attack Bush more frequently over homeland security matters and the prposed militarization of Mexico (as well as the biometrics part that they employers will need to verify while completing I-9 documents).\nThe Senate, as they appropriate budget bills, seems to be more concerned with defense spending and getting us OUT of Iraq ASAP
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House. If only one.\nNot necessarily more power.  They just can just set the agenda better from the house.  Even though it may not get past the senate.
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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 (congress) makes the laws; the executive branch (president) enforces the laws; the judicial branch (courts) interpret the laws.
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Legislative branch passes the laws.  The executive branch enforces the laws.  Judiciary tries the cases and interprets the meaning of the laws.
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The legislative branch is made up of the two houses of Congress—the Senate and the House of Representatives. The most important duty of the legislative branch is to make laws. Laws are written, discussed and voted on in Congress.\n\nThere are 100 senators in the Senate, two from each state. Senators are elected by their states and serve six-year terms. The Vice President of the U.S. is considered the head of the Senate, but does not vote in the Senate unless there is a tie. The Senate approves nominations made by the President to the Cabinet, the Supreme Court, federal courts and other posts. The Senate must ratify all treaties by a two-thirds vote.\n\nThere are 435 representatives in the House of Representatives\n\nBoth parties in the Senate and the House of Representatives elect leaders. The leader of the party that controls the house is called the majority leader. The other party leader is called the minority leader\n \nAs far as legeslative figures for CT., try this website www.state.ct.us/emblems.htm   and click on legislative at the top of the screen.\n\nI hope this helps, good luck