British Parliamnet Versus Congress

[Keith Broaders]

Each of the UK's 650 Members of Parliament (MPs) represents a single parliamentary constituency, with an average constituency population of around 70,000 to 100,000 people.

In the United Staes' House of Representatives we have 435 members representing and average of over 750,000 people.

Members of the House of Lords are appointed for their expertise rather than to represent geographical regions or specific constituencies. Unlike Members of Parliament (MPs) in the House of Commons, who represent local areas, peers bring a wide range of experience from fields like business, law, science, and the arts to review legislation for the UK as a whole. 

The U.S. Senate has 100 memebrs and the House of Lords has 825 members.

The House of Lords does not have constituencies; the members are unelected and chosen to represent districts.

This unelected chamber composed of life peers, hereditary peers, and Lords Spiritual.

[Keith Broaders]

The first Constitution for the united States was called the Articles of Confederation. It consisted of a single legislative brnach where each state could sent a minimum of two, but no more than seven delegates to Conress. Each state had one vote and nine of the 13 state needed to vote in favor of any legislative proposal. The Constitution could not be amended withou the unannimius consent of all 13 states.

[Keith Broaders]

The most hotly contested debate at the Constitutional Convention was over Congressional Rrepresentation. The large states like Virinia, Massachusetts and Pennsylvanie wanted representation to be based onpopulation while the smaller states insisted that all states should be equally represented.

A compromise was proposed that proposed the creation of a bicameral legislature similiar to the Britsh Parliament. With one chamber representing the people and a second House representing