Rachel Box
Government 2305
C. Cooper
September 20, 2016
A Bicameral Legislature
The bicameral Legislature structure of the U.S. Congress was established by the framers of the Constitution to minimize the possibility of one government body having too much power and as a representation for equality regarding a check and a balance for each state, small or large. The Constitution states, “The Legislature House was built to be the supreme democratic house of the national institutions as they are supposed to reelect every two years and the Senate was intended as an elite body that would act as a check on the House.” –The Constitution
The founders feared that one government would become too strong, therefore establishing Congress as a bicameral legislature as an act against tyranny and inequality. This bicameral arrangement distributes equal power inside two houses that are a check and balance for each other; working together, rather than working to gain and obtain power and authority in a single house.
The houses that make up the legislative body are the House of Representatives and The Senate. The House of Representatives is the larger house with membership based on each state’s population. The Senate is the smaller house in which each state has two delegates. The Senate is the less formal legislative body with only 100 members as the House of …show more content…
No person is able be elected to the office of Presidency more than twice, and no person who has held the office of President for more than two years of a term to which some other person was elected President will be elected to the office of the President more than
Government 2305
C. Cooper
September 20, 2016
A Bicameral Legislature
The bicameral Legislature structure of the U.S. Congress was established by the framers of the Constitution to minimize the possibility of one government body having too much power and as a representation for equality regarding a check and a balance for each state, small or large. The Constitution states, “The Legislature House was built to be the supreme democratic house of the national institutions as they are supposed to reelect every two years and the Senate was intended as an elite body that would act as a check on the House.” –The Constitution
The founders feared that one government would become too strong, therefore establishing Congress as a bicameral legislature as an act against tyranny and inequality. This bicameral arrangement distributes equal power inside two houses that are a check and balance for each other; working together, rather than working to gain and obtain power and authority in a single house.
The houses that make up the legislative body are the House of Representatives and The Senate. The House of Representatives is the larger house with membership based on each state’s population. The Senate is the smaller house in which each state has two delegates. The Senate is the less formal legislative body with only 100 members as the House of …show more content…
No person is able be elected to the office of Presidency more than twice, and no person who has held the office of President for more than two years of a term to which some other person was elected President will be elected to the office of the President more than