structure of congress

• senate structure

  • The Senate has 100 members, with 2 Senators per state.
  • Senators serve 6-year terms, with 1/3 up for election every 2 years.
  • Key figures: Vice President Kamala Harris (President of the Senate), Chuck Schumer (Majority Leader), Mitch McConnell (Minority Leader).
  • Before the 2018 midterms: 51 Republicans, 47 Democrats, and 2 Independents.
• house of rep

  • The House has 435 members, representing districts based on population size.
  • States have at least 1 Congressperson, with California having 52.
  • Members are elected every 2 years, during presidential election years and midterms.
  • Key figures: Speaker Kevin McCarthy, Majority Leader Steve Scalise, Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries.
• • House members must be at least 25 years old and have been a U.S. citizen for at least 7 years.
  • There are 435 voting members and 6 non-voting members.
  • Non-voting members represent Puerto Rico, American Samoa, the Northern Mariana Islands, the District of Columbia, the US Virgin Islands, and Guam.
  • Non-voting members can sit in committees and introduce legislation.
• membership of the Senate

  • Members of the Senate must be at least 30 years old and have been a citizen for at least the last nine years.
  • There are 100 Members of the Senate.
  • Members of both houses must live in the state that they wish to represent at the time of the election.
• direclty elected as well
• midterm elections are elcetions for the whole of the house and one third of the senate that occur midway throhg the president 4 year term
• incumbent is a person who holds in office