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*LIST OF ‘CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS’*
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(the United States House of Representatives is 1 of the 2 houses of the ‘United States Congress’ (a bicameral legislature) alongside the ‘senate’)
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(the composition and powers of the House are established in Article One of the ‘United States Constitution’)
(the major power of the ‘House’ is to pass federal legislation that affects the entire country, although its bills must also be passed by the Senate and further agreed to by the U.S. President before becoming law (unless both the House and Senate re-pass the legislation with a two-thirds majority in each chamber))
(the House has some exclusive powers: the power to initiate revenue bills, to impeach officials (impeached officials are subsequently tried in the Senate), and to elect the U.S. President in case there is no majority in the ‘Electoral College’)
(each U.S. state is represented in the House in proportion to its population as measured in the census, but every state is entitled to at least 1 representative)
(the most populous state, ‘California’, currently has 53 representatives)
(on the other end of the spectrum, there are 7 states with only 1 representative each (Alaska, Delaware, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Vermont, and Wyoming))
(the total number of voting representatives is fixed by law at ‘435’)
(in addition there are six non-voting ‘Representatives’ who have a voice on the floor and a vote in committees, but no vote on the floor)
(‘The ‘Speaker of the House’, who presides over the chamber, is elected by the members of the ‘House’, and is therefore traditionally the leader of the ‘House Democratic Caucus’ or the ‘House Republican Conference’, whichever party has more voting members)
(the ‘House’ meets in the south wing of the ‘United States Capitol’)
The United States House of Representatives is one of the two houses of the United States Congress (a bicameral legislature) alongside the Senate.
The composition and powers of the House are established in Article One of the United States Constitution.
The major power of the House is to pass federal legislation that affects the entire country, although its bills must also be passed by the Senate and further agreed to by the U.S. President before becoming law
(unless both the House and Senate re-pass the legislation with a two-thirds majority in each chamber).
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The House has some exclusive powers: the power to
initiate revenue bills,[1]
to impeach officials (impeached officials are subsequently tried in the Senate),[2]
and to elect the U.S. President in case there is no majority in the Electoral College
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Each U.S. state is represented in the House in proportion to its population as measured in the census, but every state is entitled to at least one representative.
The most populous state, California, currently has 53 representatives.
On the other end of the spectrum, there are seven states with only one representative each (Alaska, Delaware, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Vermont, and Wyoming).
The total number of voting representatives is fixed by law at 435. in addition there are six non-voting Representatives who have a voice on the floor and a vote in committees, but no vote on the floor.
The Speaker of the House, who presides over the chamber, is elected by the members of the House, and is therefore traditionally the leader of the House Democratic Caucus or the House Republican Conference, whichever party has more voting members.
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(the ‘house’ meets in the ‘south wing’ of the ‘united states capitol’)
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👈👈👈☜*“THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS”* ☞ 👉👉👉
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*🌈✨ *TABLE OF CONTENTS* ✨🌷*
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