CH10 national legislature AB

5. redistribute the seats in the house after decennial census
8. they attempt to combine the basic elements of the trustee
11. the framers had to create a two chambered body to settle the conflict between the Virginia
13. another vital part of their committee work involves
14. 110th congress began on what date
17. they have been drawn to the advantage of the political party
20. the British parliament had consisted of two houses since the 1300s
21. congress has met for two year terms in
22. every two years the senate is then a ________
24. how many members where in the senate by the end of the first congress in 1791
25. has 435 members

1. Robert Byrd was elected to his first term in the Senet in what year
2. number of seats in the house of representatives shall be _____ among the states
3. they believe that each question they face must be decided on its merits
4. is a well known benefit that allows them to mail letters and other materials
6. to end discontinue a session
7. the farmers favored a bicameral congress in order that one house might act as a check on the other
9. when was the 17th amendment ratified
10. finally bowed to public opinion and agreed to what became the 17th amendment
12. a ______ of congress is that period of time each year
15. was one of the first two African Americans to serve in the senate
16. time between presidential elections are called _____
18. special sessions of congress have ever held
19. elections proved grossly unfair
23. those lawmakers who owe their first allegiance to their political party are ______