The senate has senators. the house has representatives

The Senate has 100 senators. The House has 435 representatives.

The Article One of the United States Constitution establishes that each state will have two senators, elected in a direct popular election. The District of Columbia and its territories are not entitled to any representation. Since there are 50 states currently, the Senate has 100 members.

With respect to the House of Representatives, each state obtains representation proportional to its population, with the right to a minimum of one representative. The most populous state, California, has 53 representatives. The total number of representatives is currently set at 435 by the Reapportionment Act of 1929, although Congress retains the power to modify that number.