What is the difference between a Senate and a Congressman?
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There isn't one. A Senator is a Congressman, but Senator is a more specific term than Congressman, which refers to both the House of Representatives and the Senate.
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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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Here's a link on the US Senate Committee that should give you an idea of what role they play in shaping legislation.  I can't tell you what effect committee assignments have on individual legislators, but think about this: ask yourself what interests an individual legislator from their state must serve while serving on a particular committee assignment?  Good luck...
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Yes indeed. "Legislative" means the ones who actually pass the laws ("legis" -- from the Latin for law), while "Executive" means the ones who execute (enforce) them, and "judicial" means the ones who judge them.  So Congress (the House of Representatives) and the Senate are both part of the legislative branch.
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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 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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The President of the Senate is technically in charge of the running of the Senate. The Vice President holds this position, but usually the Vice President is not in the chamber. In his absence, the President pro tempore acts as the President of the Senate.\n\nThe only important function the President of the Senate serves is, if there is a tie vote, he casts the deciding vote. It has happened fairly infrequently, but often is important on controversial bills.
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aside from thier creation. The senate has 2 representives from each state. the house has a diffrent number of representives, depending on population of the states represented.
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The senate.  House sets are good for only two years, senate seats are good for six years.  Like Jefferson stated the house is to the senate are like the saucer is to the cup of coffee.  The house brings about new ideas which some are too controversial.  Its the senates job to weed out the inappropriate ones and cool down the legislation to fit mainstream America.
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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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You mean representative in the statistical sense?  Because we don't want an Average person to be responsible for making laws, do we?  I, for one, would rather send the best we have to Congress -- Parliament, in your terms -- and we can't do that, either.  The best people don't run for political office, they are too busy doing more significant things.  But we do the best we can.
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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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Elections are held every 2 years.  We elect all members of congress every 2 years which is an election cycle.  In order words every member of congress will have to run of election again in two years.  Senators have 6 years terms.  Each state has 2 senators.  Their terms are staggered (only one runs for re-election at a time).  And elect them every 3 election cycles.
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1     When writing the constitution, the delegates to the Constitutional Convention ran into a problem. The states were in fierce disagreement over how to establish the Congress. The smaller states wanted equal division of representatives. The larger states wanted representatives based on population. In coming to a compromise – called The Great Compromise – the delegates divided the Congress into two houses, the Senate, and the House of Representatives.\n \n2     The Senate gives the small states an equal voice in the government. Each state has two Senators who serve six-year terms. In order to serve in the Senate, a person must be thirty years old, have been a U.S. citizen for nine years, and be a resident of the state where elected. The Senate is the more distinguished house in Congress. Members are older and usually have more experience in government. Of the one-hundred members, one-third of the Senate comes up for election every two years. The rotating elections help to maintain the stability of this house of Congress.\n \n3     The Senate has many important jobs of its own. In addition to working on bills, the Senate is responsible for approving many of the decisions of the president. Treaties and appointments of judges, department heads, ambassadors, and agency leaders receive final approval in the Senate. Treaties are given special consideration and must be approved by a two-thirds vote to become law.\n \n4     The leader of the Senate is the vice-president. As leader, the vice-president decides who will speak to the Senate and casts a deciding vote when a tie occurs. However, the vice-president is not a member of the Senate and does not participate in debates about bills.\n \n5     When the Senate discusses a bill, they do not have a strict set of rules to follow. Standard procedures allow debating and amending a bill to continue indefinitely. However, an agreement called "unanimous consent" can change the standard procedures followed. Under "unanimous consent," all of the Senators must agree to modify the procedures. If one individual Senator disagrees, that Senator has the power to stop the modification. When this happens, a bill becomes the victim of a filibuster. In a filibuster, the Senator in disagreement talks on and on about the bill to delay the final vote. In order to end this, sixty Senators must call for cloture, which sets a time limit for debate.\n \n6     The House of Representatives is called the lower house of Congress. There are four-hundred and thirty five members in the House. Every two years the entire House of Representatives is up for election. Representatives must be careful to be the voice of the people for their state. The shorter term gives the people the opportunity to choose someone else when a representative does not follow their wishes. To serve as a representative, a person must be twenty-five years old, a U.S. citizen for seven years, and a resident of the state where elected.\n \n7     Population determines the number of representatives allotted to a state. In order to determine allotment, the federal government takes a census every ten years. State leaders form districts in each state based on the census results. Each district gets one representative. Every state receives at least one representative no matter how small their population may be.\n \n8     In addition to working on laws with the Senate, the House of Representatives has other responsibilities. In a presidential election where a candidate does not receive a majority of the electoral votes, the House of Representatives meets to choose the next President.\n \n9     In addition, a bill concerning taxes must start in the House.
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A legislation is a act decision made by the legislative branch (congress).\n\nIt can be poposed by just about anyone, but it usually takes a powerful voice to be heard. It must first be passed by the house of repesentatives, and then onto the Senate.
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House: "No Person shall be a Representative who shall not have attained to the Age of twenty five Years, and been seven Years a Citizen of the United States, and who shall not, when elected, be an Inhabitant of that State in which he shall be chosen." (U.S. Constitution, Article I, Section 2)\n\nSenate: "No person shall be a Senator who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty Years, and been nine Years a Citizen of the United States, and who shall not, when elected, be an Inhabitant of that State for which he shall be chosen." (U.S. Constitution, Article I, Section 3)\n\nJustice: I don't think there is any specific requirements. They are appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate.
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Our government is a Republic, which in the U.S. is a representative Democracy.  We elect our Congressional delegates, our representatives, to pass laws by which we will govern ourselves.