A PRIMER on United States Politics

The United States CONGRESS is divided into two houses:

1. The United States SENATE (upper house)
2. The House of REPRESENTATIVES (lower house)

POWERS and constitution of the Senate and the House are governed by ARTICE ONE of the constitution (covers LEGISLATION, aka STATUTORY LAW).

Each STATE is represented by TWO SENATORS regardless of population. The current PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE is Richard Cheney (REPUBLICAN).

The Speaker of the House of Representatives is Nancy Pelosi (DEMOCRAT).

The name AMERICA is believed to have been coined after ITALIAN explorer AMERIGO VESPUCCI. The full name of the country was first used officially in the DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE (July 4 1776, the year was famous for the AMERICAN REVOLUTION).