why do we have two senators
2007-11-05 07:48:16 · 11 answers · asked by samroxs88 3 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
When the United States adopted the Constitution, the smaller states were afraid the large ones would dominate them completely. So, two houses of Congress were formed. One, the House of Representatives, where each state gets at least one, and the rest are apportioned by population. So California, as the biggest state population has a lot of Congressmen.
Now the other house was the Senate, and every state was given two Senators. It was done so a state like Delaware has as much clout in the Senate as a California does. That is why California has two senators.
2007-11-05 07:54:22 · answer #1 · answered by Songbyrd JPA ✡ 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Two Senators From California
2017-01-11 03:26:08 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
California is a state, and all states have 2 senators, regardless of population, as dictated by the Constitution.
2007-11-05 14:35:48 · answer #3 · answered by Agit8r 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Every state has 2 senators. The House of Representatives members are based on population.
2007-11-05 07:51:35 · answer #4 · answered by slykitty62 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Because California is a state. Each state gets two senators. See http://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/constitution.overview.html
2007-11-05 07:50:58 · answer #5 · answered by davidmi711 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Because the constitution mandates two senators for each state, so the USA has 100 senators. The number of congressmen however is population based, so the house of representatives is proportionally represented in congress.
2007-11-05 07:52:48 · answer #6 · answered by Jim 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
The question should be why doesn't California have 2 good senators.
2007-11-05 07:55:58 · answer #7 · answered by Sparxfly 4 · 4⤊ 0⤋
All states have two senators.
It's a question of balance when it comes to elected officials deciding the nations fate when they go to vote on important issues.
But to keep things fair each state also has representatives.
The number of representatives differs from state to state,according to that states population.
Between the house of representatives and the senate (together they are called "congress") each state is supossed to have it's fair amount of influence on the affairs of our nation.
2007-11-05 07:55:29 · answer #8 · answered by Danny 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The United States Constitution says that each state will have 2 senators.
California (though many may deny this) is a United States state.
2007-11-05 07:50:28 · answer #9 · answered by Elana 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Every state has 2
2007-11-05 07:50:10 · answer #10 · answered by guru 5 · 6⤊ 1⤋