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| Congress | A bicameral legislature made up of two houses. |
| Senate and House of Representatives | The two houses of Congress |
| January 3rd | Each term of Congress starts on this date on odd-numbered years. |
| Term | A __ of Congress is broken into two sessions and lasts for two years. |
| Session | A term of Congress is broken in two of these which are each one year. |
| House of Representatives | The larger body of Congress, with 435 members. |
| Population | The number of House seats for each state is based upon this. |
| Twenty-five | The minimum age of a Representative |
| Two Years | The length of a Representative's term. |
| Seven Years | Representatives must have been citizens for this amount of time. |
| Census | Population count. |
| Ten Years | A census is taken every __. |
| Census Bureau | Takes a national census every 10 years. |
| Reapportionment | Determining the new number of representatives following a census. |
| Redistricting | Setting up new congressional district lines. |
| Wesberry v. Sanders | Case resulted in principle of one-person, one-vote rule. |
| Gerrymandering | A controlling political party draws a district's boundaries to gain an election advantage. |
| One Hundred | The total number of members in the Senate. |
| Two | Each state is represented by this number of U.S. Senators. |
| Thirty | The minimum age of a Senator. |
