= Congress = The '''Congress''' is the federal national legislature of the United States. <> ---- == House of Representatives == The '''House of Representatives''' is the lower body of the legislature. Per the '''Apportionment Act''' (1911) and the '''Reapportionment Act''' (1929), there are 435 representatives. There are also 5 non-voting delegates from Washington, D.C., Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands, the Northern Mariana Islands, and American Samoa. Additionally, there is an elected resident commissioner of Puerto Rico, who functions as a representative in all matters ''except'' votes on the floor. (For example, they can be a voting member of committees.) ---- == Senate == The '''Senate''' is the upper body of the legislature. Since the [[UnitedStates/Constitution#Seventeenth_Amendment|17th Amendment]], there are 100 senators, 2 per state. ---- == History == TODO: learn some history! ---- CategoryRicottone CategoryTodoLearnHistory