The Legislative Branch
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Questions
Answers
1.
Who makes federal laws?
2.
What are the two parts of the U.S.
Congress?*
How many U.S. senators are there?
We elect a U.S. Senator for how
many years?
Who is one of your state’s U.S.
Senators?*
• Congress
• The Senate and the House (of
Representatives)
• (U.S. or national) legislature
The Senate and
The House (of Representatives.)
100
6
3.
4.
5.
• Amy Klobuchar
• Al Franken
6.
The House of Representatives has
how many voting members?
435
7.
We elect a U.S. Representative for
how many years?
2
8. Name your U.S. Representative
9. Who does a U.S. senator represent?
10. Why do some states have more
Representatives than other states
All of the people of the state
• (because of) the state’s population
• (because) they have more people
• (because) some states have more
people
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