Senate
CLEP American Government, Chapter 7 Senate The Senate gives every state two members serving staggered six-year terms. It confirms many appointments, consents to treaties, tries impeachments, and uses rules that give individual senators more procedural leverage than House members ordinarily possess. Statewide constituencies and staggered six-year terms give senators a broader electoral base and more […]
House of Representatives
CLEP American Government, Chapter 7 House of Representatives The House represents population through districts, uses two-year terms, begins revenue bills, brings articles of impeachment, and relies on majoritarian procedures suited to a large chamber. Its members are more electorally proximate than senators. Population-based districts create relatively localized constituencies, and the two-year term keeps members close […]
