effacement - shortening of the uterine cervix and thinning of its walls as it is dilated during labor. 1  biological process, organic process - a process occurring in living organisms.
There are 535 people in congress. Each state has 2 senators which is 100 and there are 435 representatives. There are 535 members in the United States Congress. 435 100 in the senate (2 per state), the other half of congress is the house of representatives which is 335. The house is based on the state's population.
6-7-2017 See Article History. The U.S. Congress consists of two houses, the House of Representatives and the Senate. Each state elects two senators, while seats in the House of Representatives are apportioned by state according to population, with each state receiving a minimum of one representative. After each decennial census, the House of Representatives used to increase in size, but in the 1910s overall membership was capped at 435 (it expanded temporarily to 437 after Alaska and Hawaii were admitted as states in 1959).