Union defenses along the Potomac near Washington DC, The members of the House of Representatives serve two-year terms representing the people of a single constituency known as a "district" Congressional districts are apportioned to states by population using the United States Census results provided that each state has at least one congressional representative Each state regardless of population or size has two senators Currently there are 100 senators representing the 50 states Each senator is elected at-large in their state for a six-year term with terms staggered so every two years approximately one-third of the Senate is up for election, 10.2 Memory and memorials Corwin Amendment The concept of republican motherhood was inspired by this period and reflects the importance of Republicanism as the dominant American ideology it assumed that a successful republic rested upon the virtue of its citizens Women were considered to have the essential role of instilling their children with values conducive to a healthy republic During this period the wife's relationship with her husband also became more liberal as love and affection instead of obedience and subservience began to characterize the ideal marital relationship in addition many women contributed to the war effort through fundraising and running family businesses in the absence of husbands. . Lizards of the Potomac River Basin 4.6 West Point espionage Schools of thought[show]. The Federalist Papers argued in favor of a strong connection between citizens and their representatives, 4.7 Southern theater and Yorktown 2 History. . Same-sex marriage has been legal in the District since 2010 and conversion therapy has been forbidden since 2015 Assisted suicide is also permitted in the district with a bill legalizing the practice being introduced in 2015 signed by mayor Muriel Bowser in 2016 and going into effect in 2017 making Washington D.C the seventh jurisdiction in the United States to have legalized assisted suicide along with Washington Oregon California Colorado Hawaii Montana and Vermont.
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