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[[Article One of the U.S. Constitution]] requires that members of Congress be at least 25 years old for the House and at least 30 years old for the U.S. Senate, be a [[Citizenship of the United States|U.S. citizen]] for seven years for the House and nine years for the Senate, and be an inhabitant of the state which they represent. Members in both chambers may stand for {{Nowrap|re-election}} an unlimited number of times. | [[Article One of the U.S. Constitution]] requires that members of Congress be at least 25 years old for the House and at least 30 years old for the U.S. Senate, be a [[Citizenship of the United States|U.S. citizen]] for seven years for the House and nine years for the Senate, and be an inhabitant of the state which they represent. Members in both chambers may stand for {{Nowrap|re-election}} an unlimited number of times. | ||
The Congress was created by the [[U.S. Constitution]] and first met in 1789, replacing the [[Congress of the Confederation]] in its legislative function. Although not legally mandated, in practice since the 19th century, members of Congress are typically affiliated with one of the [[Two-party system|two major parties]], the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]] or the | The Congress was created by the [[U.S. Constitution]] and first met in 1789, replacing the [[Congress of the Confederation]] in its legislative function. Although not legally mandated, in practice since the 19th century, members of Congress are typically affiliated with one of the [[Two-party system|two major parties]], the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]] or the Republican Party, and only rarely with a [[Third-party members of the United States House of Representatives|third party]] or [[Independent (politician)|independents]] affiliated with no party. In the case of the latter, the lack of affiliation with a political party does not mean that such members are unable to [[Caucuses of the United States Congress|caucus]] with members of the political parties. Members can also [[Party switching|switch parties]] at any time, although this is quite uncommon. | ||
==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||