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The US Congress — Конгресс США

The Congress of the United States is composed of two houses: the Senate and the House of Representatives. The Senate represents the states. Each state is guarantied at least one representative in the House. The remainder are apportioned among the states according to their population. The Senate of US is composed of one hundred members — two being elected from each state.
Senators are chosen for six years, one-third retiring or seeking is re-elected every two years. Two senators from the same state never finish their terms at the same time, one of them is called «Senior Senator» and the other — «Junior Senator».
The presiding officer of the Senate is the Vice-President of the United States. The Vice-President is not a member of the chamber over which he presides and he sometimes is not a member of the party in power.
The work of the US Congress is done mostly in different committees. The most important of the Senate committees are Appropriations

Foreign Relations, Finance, Armed Services.
In the House of Representatives the most important are Rules, Appropriations, Ways and Means, Judiciary, Agriculture. The chairmen of the standing committees are considered the real rulers of the Senate and the House of Representatives.

Конгресс США

Конгресс США состоит из 2 палат: сената и палаты представителей. Сенат представляет штаты. Каждый штат имеет по меньшей мере одного представителя в палате представителей, остальные места в ней распределены между штатами в зависимости от количества их населения. Сенат США состоит из 100 членов, по 2 от каждого штата.
Сенаторы избираются сроком на 6 лет, одна треть из них уходит в отставку или переизбирается каждые два года. Два сенатора одного

и того же штата никогда не выходят из состава сената одновременно, одного называют «старший сенатор», другого — «младший сенатор».
Председатель сената — вице-президент Соединенных Штатов. Вице-президент не является членом сената, а иногда не является даже членом правящей партии.
Деятельность конгресса осуществляется в основном через различные комитеты. Важнейшими в сенате являются комитеты по ассигнованиям, иностранным делам, финансам, вооруженным силам.
В палате представителей важнейшие комитеты — процедурный, по ассигнованиям, бюджетная комиссия, по судопроизводству, сельскому хозяйству. Председатели комитетов считаются реальными руководителями сената и палаты представителей.

Questions:

1. How many houses are there in the US Congress?
2. What represents the Senate?
3. How many members of Senate are there?
4. Who is the Vice-President?
5. How is the work of the US Congress done?
6. Name the important committees of the Congress.

Vocabulary:

To compose — составлять
according — соответственно
to retire — уходить в отставку
senior — старший
junior — младший
chamber — палата
chairman — председатель

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