How is the United States Congress organized?
Congress is 'bicameral,' meaning 2 chambers: 435 Representatives in The House of Representatives and 100 Senators in The Senate. The original "House" had each 30,000 citizens in a State represented by 1 Representative, according to The Constitution.. That was fine when the total U.S. population was around 13 million people. If that were still the case, there would be over ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND Representatives, obviously an unwieldy situation. So the number was fixed at 435 Representatives, which means that each Rep now represents about 700,000 people. For the States with less than 700,000 residents, they are guaranteed at least one Rep anyway. But ALL States have 2 Senators, no matter how big or small the population of the state. To keep up with the proportional representation of the citizens a State, a National Census is conducted every 10 years by the U.S. Commerce Department. The Census produces tons of demographic data about the population, including average family size, racial makeup and many other statistics. Those statistics are used by each individual State to re-draw their Congressional district boundaries (if necessary) to reflect the latest population data to result in equitable representation. In the past, and to a lesser extent even now, sometimes districts are re-drawn to favor one political party or another in a process called 'gerrymandering.' It is not uncommon for lawsuits to result from the redrawing of districts. Representatives are elected every 2 years. Senators run for re-election every 6 years, with 1/3 of them running for re-election every 2 years. For example: Senator XYZ (and 32 other Senators) was elected in 2002, so he will run for re-election in 2008. Senator ABC (and 32 other Senators) was elected in 2004, so she runs for re-election in 2010. And Senator LMN (and 33 other Senators) was elected in 2006, so he runs again in 2012. There is much, much more to learn, so why go to your Google search-box and type in "United States Congress" and then you'll see gazillions of websites appear, including at least 1 site from the Congress itself. You might also want to Google "U.S. Constitution" and look at what The Constitution and its Amendments say about Congress in terms of its makeup, structure and powers. .
There are two big gangs with some other people that don’t really belong to either. They go around flashing gang signs and threatening each other. Every once in a while there is drive by legislation. People don’t get to read drive by legislation. It is voted on before anyone knows what is in it.
How is congress organized?
The House is led by the Speaker of the House. Underneath the Speaker are the House Majority and Minority leaders, and their assistants (known as "Whips"). The work flow of the House is directed by the Speaker and Majority leaders. They funnel bills to the committees where all of the work gets done. There are 19 standing committees in the House. In addition there are temporary committees that spring up occasionally to handle special work; but the majority of the heavy lifting is done by the 19 standing committees. The Senate is structured similarly, but with one difference, the Senate is presided over by the Vice president of the US. When he is not there, the President Pro Tem of the Senate presides. There is a senate Majority and Minority Leader, as well as the Whips. But there are only 16 standing committees in the Senate.
How is the senate organized ?
Their are 100 memebrs of the US senate, 2 from every state. The politcal party breakdown is 57 democrats, 41 republicans, and 2 independents (although they act and vote similar to the democrats). The constitution does say that the VP is the presiding officer of the senate..... but only to break ties..... when the VP is not present, the president pro-tempore takes his place. The president pro tempore, although without voting privledges, presides over the overall function of the senate. The parties (democrat and republican) are also headed by their party leaders. To futher break things down the senate has committees (which is were most bills start). Their are 16 standing (or permanent) committees in the senate.
Yes they can. They do not have lifetime appointments like Supreme Court Justices.
How was the society of the roman republic organized?
Roman Republic Society
How is the Senate majority leader selected?
The Senate Majority and Minority Leaders are two United States Senators who are elected by the party conferences that hold the majority and the minority respectively. These leaders serve as the chief Senate spokesmen for their parties and manage and schedule the legislative and executive business of the Senate. By rule, the Presiding Officer gives the Majority Leader priority in obtaining recognition to speak on the floor of the Senate. The Majority Leader customarily serves as the chief representative of his or her party in Senate, and sometimes even in all of Congress if the House of Representatives and thus the office of Speaker of the House is controlled by the opposition party. Many state senates are organized in the same way as the United States Senate.