Tirohia te wāhanga i raro nei, kātahi ka whakautu i te pātai i muri mai i te reo kotahi me te wāhanga:  Passage: Article I, Section 3, of the Constitution, sets three qualifications for senators: (1) they must be at least 30 years old; (2) they must have been citizens of the United States for the past nine years or longer; and (3) they must be inhabitants of the states they seek to represent at the time of their election. E toru ngā whakaritenga mō ngā kaumatua: (1) kia 30 tau te pakeke; (2) kia iwa tau, neke atu rānei te roa o te noho hei tangata whenua o te Hononga o Amerika; me (3) kia noho hei tangata whenua o ngā kāwanatanga e hiahia ana rātou ki te māngai i te wā i kōwhiria ai rātau. Ko nga tohu tau me te taangata mo nga senate he tino uaua atu i era mo nga mema. I roto i te Federalist No. 62, i whakatika a James Madison i tenei whakaritenga ma te tohe ko te "whakawhirinaki a te senatorial" i tono mo te "nui ake o nga korero me te pumau o te tuakiri".  Pātai: He aha te mea nui ake mō te māngai?
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