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Mechanics of Government
A) There are 100 members of the Senate and each state elects two senators.
Senators serve for six years. (1) To be a U.S. Senator you must be at least 30
years old, have been a citizen of the United States for at least the past nine
B. There are 435 members of the house of representatives and the number of
representative you must be at least 25 years old, have been a U.S. citizen for the
last 7 years and be a resident of the state you represent. Representatives serve
C. There are different requirements for Representatives and Senators because they
whole.(3) Members of the House are re-elected every two years to ensure that
they are accurately representing the views of the people.(3) The Senate was
Representatives. Each State has two representatives in the Senate so that they
are all equally represented. The House is more democratic in nature because it
represents the people. The two branches of Congress work together to decide
be at least 35 years old, and have to have lived in the U.S. for at least 14
years.(4) Presidents also can only serve two terms of four years.(4)
E. California has 53 representatives, Oregon has 5, New York has 27, and Alaska
has one.(5)
F. The two federal senators for California are, Kamala Harris and Dianne Feinstein,
(10)
K. The phrase “natural born Citizen” is most commonly used to describe someone
who was a U.S. citizen at birth.(11) They either would have had to be born in the
U.S.A. or have parents who are U.S. citizens.(11) The founders were not clear on
exactly what a natural born citizen is and there have been many debates over the
www.senate.gov/reference/reference_index_subjects/Senators_vrd.htm.
www.house.gov/the-house-explained.
government.
www.presidentsusa.net/qualifications.html+.
www.house.gov/representatives#state-alabama.
www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm?State=CA.
www.house.gov/representatives/find-your-representative.
pressgallery.house.gov/member-data/party-breakdown.
www.ca.gov/Agencies/Secretary-of-State/Agency-Services/Look-Up-My-Representatives.
11. “On the Meaning of ‘Natural Born Citizen.’” Harvard Law Review,
harvardlawreview.org/2015/03/on-the-meaning-of-natural-born-citizen/.
12. “Natural Born Citizen: The Original Intent.” Tenth Amendment Center, 16 Sept. 2016,
tenthamendmentcenter.com/2016/01/19/natural-born-citizen-the-original-intent/.