Question

How many chambers does the US Congress have, what are they, and what are two reasons for making the Congress bicameral?

Answer 1

The Legislative Branch, formed by Article I of the Constitution, comprises the House of Representatives and the Senate, which together constitute the Congress of the United States. The Constitution allows Congress the exclusive authority to pass laws and wage war, the ability to approve or refuse certain Executive nominations, and significant powers of inquiry.

The relation to a legislature of two legislative houses or chambers is a bicameral structure. The Latin term that defines a two-house parliamentary structure is Bicameral. The bicameral system originated in England, and upon its founding, the U.S. followed the system. Like all U.S. states do, with the exception of Nebraska, the U.S. federal government uses a bicameral system. In comparison, U.S. cities generally use the unicameral system, such as Nebraska,

The historical explanation in the U.S. is that the fathers of America did not compromise at the Constitutional Convention on whether states should each have the same number of representatives or whether the number of representatives should be population-based. In an arrangement known as the Great Compromise, the founders agreed to do both, and so the bicameral structure we know today was created.