The differences in the organization of the two Chambers of Congress?

Question

1984 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002
House 95% 98% 98% 96% 88% 90% 94% 98% 98% 96%
Senate 90% 75% 85% 96% 93% 92% 91% 90% 79% 86%

Looking at the re-election rates for the House and Senate from 1984-2002, you can see that in general, members of the House of Representatives are re-elected more often than are members of the Senate. Discuss the differences in the organization of the two Chambers of Congress and how each of these differences impacts the re-electability of the members.

Answer 1

It's not so much an organizational difference.

Representatives serve 2-year years and are re-elected every two years (well, 95-98% of them are). Senators serve 6-year terms, and only 1/3 of them are up for re-election every two years.

So, Representative serving 12 years has been elected 6 times. A Senator serving 12 years has been elected twice.

Also, Senators are elected state-wide, while Representatives are elected by district. The lines defining the states don't get changed much, but the lines defining Congressional districts get changed frequently. It's called gerrymandering, and it's done to ensure that people who are in power remain in power.

None of these differences relate to the organization of either chamber, just the manner in which members are elected.

Answer 2

Well....This answer won't win any points...........BUT..............
The congress is divided into two chamber pots, in which they use the toilet. then they ( the congress ) sends it over to the senate and they( the senate )sniffs it. If it smells like their chamber pots, they applaud and thank the congress for sending such wonderful soup. then the senators go to chambers and pee in all the pots. taste, smell it.Then they send it to the president. Then he has to decide if it is good enough to pee in . And if he doesn't think its good enough to pour on our heads, he sends it back down the hill instead of pouring it on our heads.
Newly elected member of the senate are expected to hold their pee until they learn the steal all the golden chamber pots of the congress. who were given the pots by the lobbyists, who have to pee in the lobby. Thats one reason Washaington smells so bad. They have been doing this kind of thing since 1771 or so. so don't even go there.....They have crapped up the place so bad, that half of washington offices have moved to denver and so have a lot of wellfare rats who just can't leave the smell. As soon as the new senators learn thier lessons then they can pee. And when they do, they pee all over our heads and run for president......And now children I have to go and practice to become a senator.