Are Legislators and Congress the Same?

The legislative branch is made up of the House and Senate, known collectively as the Congress. Among other powers, the legislative branch makes all laws, declares war, regulates interstate and foreign commerce and controls taxing and spending policies.

Is state legislature the same as Congress?

States like California and New York have large full-time legislative bodies with numerous committees and large staff, not unlike the U.S. Congress. However, most state legislatures are considerably smaller, both in numbers of elected members and staff.

Are Congressmen legislators?

This is because in the United States the word Congress is used as a descriptive term for the collective body of legislators, from both houses of its bicameral federal legislature: the Senate and the House of Representatives. ... Members of Congress in both houses are elected by direct popular vote.