What does the house of representatives and senate do while in office?
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Quite simply, they party.
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The United States federal government is divided into three branches: Executive (the President), Judiciary (the Supreme Court), and Legislative (Congress).\n\nCongress's job is to draft, deliberate, and vote on laws.  The Congress also keeps the other two branches in check, as all Supreme Court nominees must be confirmed by Congress, as do most Presidential nominations and decision.  Technically, at least, it is Congress that declares war, and Congress also has the power to censure or impeach the President.
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Some senators take bribes from their communities to represent their probs in senate. while other give interviews and statments to news media.:P
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The United States Senate is one of the two chambers of the Congress of the United States, the other being the House of Representatives. In the Senate, each state is equally represented by two members; as a result, the total membership of the body is currently 100. Senators serve for six-year terms that are staggered so elections are held for approximately one-third of the seats (a "class") every second year.The Vice President of the United States is the President of the Senate and serves as its presiding officer, but is not a Senator and does not vote except to break ties. The Vice President rarely acts as President of the Senate unless casting a tie-breaking vote or during ceremonial occasions, so the duty of presiding usually falls to the President Pro Tempore, customarily the most senior senator of the majority party. Most often, the President Pro Tempore will designate a member from his party to serve as presiding officer for the day.
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the legislative branch of our government is organized into a bicameral system. We have two chambers. One is the United States Senate which has 100 members. 2 Senators are elected from each state and serve for 6 year terms. The other is the House of Representatives. The House has 435 members who are elected from congressional districts which are determined by population. Members of the House serve for 2 year terms.
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The members of the Congress are elected by the people in their state or districts.  Thus, they represent the people in national issues and decides for the in the Congress.  In so doing, they are representives of the people to the national level.
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There are no senators in the White House.  The White House is where the President of the US lives.  Senators are part of the legislative branch of the US government and the Senate, together with the House of Representatives comprise Congress and are located in the Capitol building.\n\nThere are 100 Senators in Congress -- two for each of the 50 states.  The House has 435 members that vary between the states based on the population distribution seen during the US national census.\n\nNikki's answer above of 35 senators pertains to the senate of the STATE OF ALABAMA only!!!!  As does the constitution in the link she provided.
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At the federal level:\n\nAll executive branch members except for the President and Vice President.  If the vice presidency is vacant, the president may appoint a vice president under the 25th Amendment.\n\nAll judicial branch members (justices/judges).\n\nSenators and Representatives are traditionally elected, though state governors can fill Senate vacancies by appointment.  ALL Representatives are elected, without exception.
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the US government is separated into three branches of goverment that theoretically ensure a balance of power.  These branches are the legistislature (house & senate), exectutive (president) and the judicial (supreme court).  \n\nEach branch is designed to work independent of one another, though at the same time work with each other to create laws, implement policy and to interpret the constitution through the judicial process. \n\nA governor is similar to the executive branch, but for a state. \n\nCongressman are those who are elected to the House of Representatives and Senators are those who are elected to the Senate.  Each state is represented by 2 senators for a total of 100.  The number of representatives from each state to the House is determined by its population.  The House and Senate were both created to ensure equal representation of all states, without favoring larger states.\n\nThe House of Representatives writes legistlation (laws).  But before they are made into laws, the Senate must vote on a 51-49 majority to pass it into law and the president must sign the law to become official. \n\nHope this helps!
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Oh my god!!! Simple stuff...you should know this already. \n\nThe Legislature or Legislative Branch of Government - they are in charge of making the laws of this Country.\n\nExecutive Branch - That's where Bush and Cheney are right now. The president, vice president & their two cabinets .....they are responsible for carrying out the laws of the land, at the National Level. They also enforce our Laws and develop policy in certain key areas like Commerce & Education..etc\n\nHope you get it now....\n\ngo to www.mcwdn.org
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There are two from every state.  They are representative for their constituents.  They are supposed to advocate for the best interests of the citizens of their state, as well as the best interests of the USA.  They serve six year terms.  Many of them were lawyers before becoming senators.  They draft legislation thereby making laws that can affect all Americans.  They vote on legislation.  And together with the House of Representative, the other body of the Legislative Branch, and the President (the Executive branch), they make federal laws.  They also nominate high school students for admission to military schools such as West Point.  The senate is also broken up into sub-committees, where senators break up into different committes such as the Judiciary committee, ways and means committees, etc., where they discuss and debate issues in smaller groups and decide what should be discussed with all senators in their specific topic area.
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There are two houses of congress, the Senate, and the House of Representatives. \n\nThe Senate has two representatives (Senators) from each state.\n\nThe House of Representatives has representatives based on the population in each state.\n\nA Congressman may be either a Senator or a Representative. Generally, the distinction is Congressman and Senator, but not always.\n\nSenators, by virtue of the fact that there only 100, have more power. I don't know exactly how many Representatives there are - you could probably find that datum fairly quickly, and I am too lazy to do it for you. I think a conservative estimate is that there are more that 3 representatives for every Senator.
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The House has 435 members and each state gets a certain number of representatives based on their population. Each state gets two senators. This was a compromise way back when so that large population states woudn't be under represented when small states also got two senators.\n\nHouse members run every two years; Senators every six. \n\nThe Senate is considered the more deliberative and stately of the two. The House tends to be a rough and tumble place. \n\nBoth houses consider legislation; legislation can originate in either house, but it must also be approved in the other house and differences must be worked out in conference. \n\nIf there is a tie in the Senate, the vice president can break the tie.\n\nThe House can vote to impeach a president; the Senate tries him or her.
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Most of our politicians are lawyers. Study history and political science, sociology and communication skills as an undergrad. Then go to law school. Then work for a Senator,  Congressman or Supreme Court Justice and/or get hired onto an election campaign or two. Then run for office in your city or state.
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Republicans control both the House & Senate.\n\nThe House initiates the impeachment process and it is tried in the Senate.\n\nIt is a political process, it is not a legal process. And,  it is highly unlikely either party would impeach their own president (the head of their party).\n\nIt's possible, but so is being struck by lightning.
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2 years is in each term in the U.S. House of Representatives\n\nSo of course House of Representative Candidates always have their name on the same Ballot as Governor and Presidential Elections.\n\nSome members of Congress serve for years because of no Term limits and incumbents are hard to remove from office.
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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.