A senator's term differs from that of a representative's in that a United States Senator's term is 6 years long while a United States Representative's term is 2 years long .
<h3>Further Explanation</h3>
- The United States government is divided into three branches that undertake various roles to enhance smooth running of any government.
- These branches include; the judiciary which functions to interpret the constitution and review laws, the Executive that is headed by the president and the Legislature whose function is to make Laws.
<h3>Legislature </h3>
- Legislature is the branch of the government that is tasked with formation and amendment of Laws.
- This branch is headed by the Congress. The Congress is divided into two; the senate and the House of Representatives.
- The branch of legislature can create laws or amend/change the existing laws.
<h3>1. House of Representative </h3>
- It consists of 435 members from the 50 states. The population of a state determines the number of representative members from each state.
- They are elected by the citizens of each state that have qualified to vote to serve a term of two years.
- These members must be citizens of U.S. who are over 25 years
<h3>2. The Senate </h3>
- This part of the Congress has 100 members that is two senators from each state and each must be of 30 years or above in age.
- The senators were initially chosen by state legislatures until 17th amendment in 1913, since then they are elected by the citizens of each state to a six-year term with the requirements of 7 years of being in the United States.
Keywords: Legislature, the senate, House of Representatives
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Level: High school
Subject: History
Topic: Government
Sub-topic: Legislature
<span>Thomas Jefferson opposed this plan. He thought states should charter banks that could issue money. Jefferson also believed that the Constitution did not give the national government the power to establish a bank. Hamilton disagreed on this point too.</span>
Al-Qaeda started as part of the forces that fought against the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. The Soviets invaded Afghanistan in the 1980s in an effort to prop up the communist government that came under attack their by rebel forces such as Al-Qaeda and the Mujahideen.
