United States House of Representatives

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chamber of the United States Congress lower house of bicameral legislature

The United States House of Representatives is the popularly elected legislative chamber of the U.S. Congress whose members represent districts apportioned by population and serve two-year terms.

Aliases (17)

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	chamber of the United States Congress → lower house of bicameral legislature →
apportionmentBasis	population →
buildingSection	House wing of the United States Capitol →
citizenshipRequirement	at least 7 years a U.S. citizen →
constitutionalArticle	Article I of the United States Constitution →
country	United States of America →
createdOn	1789 →
electionCycle	every 2 years →
electionSystem	single-member districts →
establishedBy	United States Constitution →
exclusivePower	impeach federal officials → originate revenue bills →
governingRules	Rules of the House of Representatives →
hasChamber	House chamber →
hasCommitteeSystem	yes →
hasMajorityLeader	House Majority Leader →
hasMajorityWhip	House Majority Whip →
hasMajorParties	Democratic Party → Republican Party →
hasMinorityLeader	House Minority Leader →
hasMinorityWhip	House Minority Whip →
hasOfficialWebsite	https://www.house.gov →
hasSpeaker	Speaker of the United States House of Representatives →
hasUpperHouse	United States Senate →
languageUsed	English →
lastsFor	one Congress per 2-year term →
legislativeBodyFor	federal government of the United States →
locatedIn	Washington, D.C. →
meetsIn	United States Capitol →
minimumAgeOfMembers	25 years →
nickname	the House →
nonVotingDelegatesCount	6 →
numberOfMembers	435 →
partOf	United States Congress →
presidingOfficerTitle	Speaker of the House →
primaryFunction	lawmaking → power of the purse → representation of the people →
residencyRequirement	inhabitant of the state represented →
supervises	Chief Administrative Officer of the House → House Office of the Clerk → House Sergeant at Arms →
termLength	2 years →
typeOfLegislature	partisan legislature →
votingMembersCount	435 →
votingMethod	electronic voting system → recorded roll call vote → voice vote →
votingSystem	first-past-the-post →

Referenced by (496)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
101st United States Congress → 107th United States Congress → 109th United States Congress → 4th congressional district of Florida → 58th United States Congress → 5th congressional district of Florida → 73rd United States Congress → 74th United States Congress → 75th United States Congress → 76th United States Congress → 77th United States Congress → 82nd United States Congress → 99th United States Congress → Albert Gallatin → Alexander Hamilton's First Report on the Public Credit → Atomic Energy Act of 1946 → Barney Frank → Benghazi attack congressional hearings → California's 11th congressional district → California's 13th congressional district → California's 2nd congressional district → California's 5th congressional district → California's 8th congressional district → Cordell Hull → Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Act of 2018 → First United States Congress → Georgia's 3rd congressional district → Hawaiian Homes Commission Act of 1920 → Henry Jarvis Raymond → Henry Markham → Henry T. Rainey → House Committee on Public Works → House Democratic Caucus Chair → House Majority Leader → House Majority Whip → House Minority Leader → House Republican Conference Chair → House Resolution 658 (95th Congress) → Illinois's 5th congressional district → Iowa's 1st congressional district → Iowa's 2nd congressional district → Iowa's 3rd congressional district → Iowa's 4th congressional district → Jim Wright → John E. Sununu → John W. Wydler → John W. Wydler → Joseph W. Martin Jr. → Kevin McCarthy → Lance Gooden → Lever Food and Fuel Control Act of 1917 → Maine's 1st congressional district → Michigan's 5th congressional district → Music Modernization Act → National Park Service Organic Act → Native Hawaiian Government Reorganization Act → New Jersey's 10th congressional district → New Mexico's 2nd congressional district → New York's 21st congressional district → New York's 25th congressional district → New York's 28th congressional district → OPEN Government Act of 2007 → Pennsylvania's 9th congressional district → Prentiss M. Brown → Privacy Act of 1974 → Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act → Samuel Smith → Shadrach Bond → Shipping Act of 1916 → Speaker of the United States House of Representatives → Steve Bartlett → TX-05 → Texas's 10th congressional district → Texas's 11th congressional district → Texas's 13th congressional district → Texas's 15th congressional district → Texas's 17th congressional district → Texas's 18th congressional district → Texas's 1st congressional district → Texas's 21st congressional district → Texas's 23rd congressional district → Texas's 24th congressional district → Texas's 25th congressional district → Texas's 27th congressional district → Texas's 28th congressional district → Texas's 2nd congressional district → Texas's 31st congressional district → Texas's 32nd congressional district → Texas's 36th congressional district → Texas's 37th congressional district → Texas's 38th congressional district → Texas's 3rd congressional district → Texas's 7th congressional district → Texas's 8th congressional district → Texas's 9th congressional district → U.S. House of Representatives elections in New York → United States House Select Committee on Assassinations → United States House of Representatives Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs → Virginia's 10th congressional district → Virginia's 11th congressional district → Virginia's 7th congressional district → Washington's 4th congressional district → William C. Redfield →	legislativeBody
Abraham Lincoln ("U.S. House of Representatives") → Adam Clayton Powell Jr. → Adlai E. Stevenson I → Alben W. Barkley → Albert Gore Jr. → Albert Gore Sr. → Andrew Pickens ("United States House of Representatives for South Carolina") → Benjamin F. Butler → Bill Nelson → Bob Dole → Charles A. Halleck → Charles Curtis → Christopher Dodd → Clare Boothe Luce → Dan Quayle → Daniel Pope Cook → Daniel Pope Cook ("United States House of Representatives from Illinois") → David Meriwether → Dennis Hastert → Dick Cheney ("U.S. House of Representatives") → Don Fuqua → Edward Dickinson Baker → Everett Dirksen → Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr. → Gabriel Duvall → George B. McClellan Jr. → George W. Norris → Gerry Connolly → Henry Alexander Scammell Dearborn → Henry Clay → Henry Jarvis Raymond → Horace Greeley → James A. Garfield → James M. Cox → John Bingham → John Garamendi → John McCain → John Nance Garner → John Randolph of Roanoke → John W. McCormack → John W. Wydler → Joseph T. Robinson → Kirsten Gillibrand → Lee H. Hamilton → Liz Cheney → Lyndon B. Johnson → Mick Mulvaney → Mike Pence ("U.S. House of Representatives") → Monica De La Cruz → Nancy Pelosi → Nathaniel Macon → Paul Ryan → Rahm Emanuel → Richard Armey → Richard Dobbs Spaight → Richard Mentor Johnson → Robert Emmett Bledsoe Baylor → Roger Sherman → Thaddeus Stevens → Thaddeus Stevens → Thomas Sumter → Tip O'Neill → William A. Burwell → William Jennings Bryan → William P. Frye → William Randolph Hearst →	memberOf
110th United States Congress → 118th United States Congress → 72nd United States Congress → 79th United States Congress → Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1933 → Aldrich–Vreeland Act → Bituminous Coal Conservation Act of 1935 → Civil Rights Act of 1957 → Emergency Quota Act of 1921 → Home Rule Act of 1973 → House Democratic Policy and Communications Committee Chair → House Republican Policy Committee Chair → House simple resolution → Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008 → Joint Economic Committee of Congress → Public Law 107-56 → Public Law 79-585 → Public Law 81-171 → Smoot–Hawley Tariff Act → Subcommittee on Central Intelligence Agency → Texas's 14th congressional district → U.S. intelligence authorization and appropriations acts → United States House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence → United States House leadership → Voting Rights Act Reauthorization and Amendments Act of 2006 → Washington's 3rd congressional district → Wheeler-Rayburn Act →	legislativeChamber
80th United States Congress → American Indian Religious Freedom Act Amendments of 1994 → California's 5th congressional district ("House of Representatives") → Civil Rights Act of 1866 → Congressional tax-writing committees → Don Fuqua Wydler → House Committee on the Judiciary ("House of Representatives") → House Democratic Caucus Chair ("House of Representatives") → House Resolution 658 (95th Congress) ("House of Representatives") → Illinois's 5th congressional district ("House of Representatives") → Iowa's 3rd congressional district ("House of Representatives") → NASA Authorization Act of 2010 → New York's 11th congressional district → New York's 21st congressional district ("House of Representatives") → New York's 25th congressional district ("House of Representatives") → Social Security Amendments of 1950 → Subcommittee on National Intelligence Enterprise → TX-05 → Texas's 19th congressional district → Texas's 20th congressional district ("U.S. House of Representatives") → Texas's 28th congressional district → Texas's 33rd congressional district → Texas's 5th congressional district → VA-11 → Virginia congressional delegation → Virginia's 10th congressional district ("U.S. House of Representatives") →	chamber
American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 → Civil Rights Act of 1964 → Comprehensive Anti-Apartheid Act of 1986 → Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 → Department of Veterans Affairs Act → Emergency Banking Act → Employment Act of 1946 → Espionage Act of 1917 → Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2007 → Funding Act of 1790 → Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003 → National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 → National Recording Preservation Act of 2000 → Public Law 103-308 → Public Law 116-283, Division F → Public Law 80-242 → Revenue Act of 1934 → USA PATRIOT Act Additional Reauthorizing Amendments Act of 2006 → VRA →	chamberInvolved
Assistant Speaker of the House → Chief Administrative Officer of the House → Clerk of the United States House of Representatives → House Committee on the Judiciary → House Majority Leader → House Minority Whip → House Office of the Clerk → House Office of the Legislative Counsel → House Un-American Activities Committee → Michigan's 5th congressional district → New Jersey's 12th congressional district ("U.S. House of Representatives") → New York's 26th congressional district → OLRC ("U.S. House of Representatives") → Office of the Law Revision Counsel of the U.S. House of Representatives → Sergeant at Arms of the House of Representatives → Texas's 14th congressional district ("U.S. House of Representatives") → Texas's 14th congressional district → U.S. Representative → United States House leadership →	partOf
California's 5th congressional district → Daniel Webster ("United States House of Representatives from New Hampshire") → Daniel Webster ("United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts") → New Jersey's 12th congressional district → Oregon's 4th congressional district → Schuyler Colfax → Texas's 10th congressional district → Texas's 12th congressional district → Texas's 16th congressional district → Texas's 18th congressional district → Texas's 20th congressional district → Texas's 22nd congressional district → Texas's 29th congressional district → Texas's 30th congressional district → Texas's 34th congressional district → Texas's 35th congressional district → Texas's 4th congressional district → Texas's 6th congressional district → Virginia's 8th congressional district →	representedIn
101st United States Congress → 103rd United States Congress → 108th United States Congress → 112th United States Congress → 58th United States Congress → 63rd United States Congress → 75th United States Congress → 76th United States Congress → 81st United States Congress → 83rd United States Congress → 87th United States Congress → 89th United States Congress → 93rd United States Congress → 95th United States Congress → New York's 26th congressional district ("House of Representatives") → Texas's 2nd congressional district ("House of Representatives") → U.S. Congress →	hasChamber
100th United States Congress → 107th United States Congress → 111th United States Congress → 115th United States Congress → 116th United States Congress → 41st United States Congress → 72nd United States Congress → 74th United States Congress → 82nd United States Congress → 84th United States Congress → 86th United States Congress → 88th United States Congress → 91st United States Congress → 94th United States Congress → 96th United States Congress → 98th United States Congress → 99th United States Congress →	hasPart
Don Fuqua → Guy T. Helvering → John Lewis → John W. McCormack → Kweisi Mfume → Mark Meadows → Michael G. Oxley → Sherman Adams → Steve Bartlett →	employer
Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 → National Emergencies Act → PRWORA → Public Law 103-141 → Public Law 111-203 → Public Law 89-97 → Rogers Act of 1924 → USA PATRIOT Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2005 →	sponsorChamber
Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act → Homeland Security Act of 2002 → House simple resolution → John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 → Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act → Public Law 100-690 → USA FREEDOM Act →	introducedIn
Texas's 11th congressional district ("U.S. House of Representatives") → Texas's 15th congressional district ("U.S. House of Representatives") → Texas's 18th congressional district ("U.S. House of Representatives") → Texas's 38th congressional district ("U.S. House of Representatives") → Texas's 7th congressional district → Texas's 9th congressional district →	currentRepresentativeChamber
Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 → Federal Reserve Act of 1913 → Glass–Owen Act → IRTPA → Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 → Internal Revenue Service Restructuring and Reform Act of 1998 →	introducedInChamber
118th United States Congress → 58th United States Congress → New York congressional delegation → United States government → United States of America → United States politics →	lowerHouse
Bernie Sanders → Charles Curtis → James Buchanan ("United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania") → John Tyler → Millard Fillmore → Sam Rayburn →	servedIn
Clerk of the United States House of Representatives → House Office of the Clerk → Sergeant at Arms of the House of Representatives → Speaker of the United States House of Representatives → United States Commission on Civil Rights →	appointedBy
Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002 → Full Employment and Balanced Growth Act of 1978 → Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act → Morrill Anti-Bigamy Act → Smith Act →	chamberOfOrigin
Dennis Hastert ("U.S. House of Representatives") → Mark Meadows → Michigan's 5th congressional district ("United States House of Representatives seat") → Monica De La Cruz → William C. Redfield →	officeContested
House of Representatives chamber → House simple resolution → Mace of the United States House of Representatives → Statuary Hall →	usedBy
Kaneohe ("U.S. House of Representatives Hawaii delegation") → San Bernardino County → Stafford County, Virginia →	federalRepresentation
Texas's 24th congressional district → Texas's 29th congressional district → Texas's 34th congressional district →	governmentBody
Andrew Johnson → Bill Clinton → William Jefferson Clinton →	impeachedBy
Chief Administrative Officer of the House → House Office of the Clerk → Sergeant at Arms of the House of Representatives →	jurisdiction
Affordable Care Act → Higher Education Act of 1965 → Public Law 89-97 →	legislativeChamberOfOrigin
Chief Administrative Officer of the House → Clerk of the United States House of Representatives → House Office of the Legislative Counsel →	reportsTo
Capitol Police Board → Comptroller General of the United States → Office of Legislative Affairs →	worksWith
Rules of the House of Representatives → Title 2 of the United States Code →	appliesTo
Ettie R. Garner → Kennedy family →	associatedWithOffice
Frank Wolf → Grenville M. Dodge →	electedTo
Texas's 12th congressional district ("U.S. House of Representatives") → United States congressional districts in California →	electsToBody
United States House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence → United States House Select Committee on Assassinations →	establishedBy
Chief Administrative Officer of the House → House of Representatives chamber →	governingBody
85th United States Congress → United States Congress →	hasComponent
United States Capitol → United States Capitol Complex →	houses
1950 State of the Union Address → 1975 State of the Union Address →	legislativeAudience
House Office of the Clerk → House Office of the Legislative Counsel →	legislativeBodyServed
Authorization for Use of Military Force of 2001 → Judiciary Act of 1789 →	otherChamber
Report on Manufactures ("House of Representatives of the United States") → Report on Public Credit ("House of Representatives of the United States") →	presentedTo
Bertrand H. Snell → Henry B. Steagall →	represented in
Madam Speaker → Mister Speaker →	usedIn
James F. Byrnes → William B. Bankhead →	wasMemberOf
Rules of the House of Representatives →	adoptedBy
Eugene McCarthy →	affiliation
United States House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence ("HPSCI") →	alsoKnownAs
Do-Nothing Congress →	appliedToBody
House Democratic Policy and Communications Committee Chair →	appliesToJurisdiction
Article I of the United States Constitution ("House of Representatives") →	assignsImpeachmentPowerTo
Chief of the United States Capitol Police →	associatedWith
Congressional Gold Medal →	awardedBy
House simple resolution →	bindingOn
Mace of the United States House of Representatives →	category
86th United States Congress →	chamber2
Homeland Security Act of 2002 →	chamberOfIntroduction
Sergeant at Arms of the House of Representatives →	confirmedBy
House simple resolution →	consideredBy
Capitol Hill →	contains
United States presidential election →	contingentElectionBodyIfNoMajority
Article I of the United States Constitution →	creates
Article I of the United States Constitution ("House of Representatives") →	dividesCongressInto
Abbott Lawrence →	electedIn
Robert Byrd →	electedToBody
Charles Schumer →	electedToOffice
Texas's 31st congressional district →	electsTo
New Jersey's 12th congressional district ("House of Representatives") →	federalChamber
Texas's 5th congressional district →	governmentalBody
"Day of Infamy" speech →	governmentBodyAddressed
Origination Clause →	grantsPowerTo
JEC →	hasChamberRepresentation
82nd United States Congress ("82nd United States House of Representatives") →	hasMemberChamber
Texas's 5th congressional district →	hasRepresentationIn
1949 State of the Union Address →	houseAddressed
Congress Hall →	housedBody
United States federal elections →	includeElectionFor
Texas congressional delegation ("House of Representatives") →	includesChamber
Henry B. Steagall →	legislative body
Eisenhower's 1960 State of the Union Address →	legislativeBodyAddressed
impeachment of Andrew Johnson →	legislativeBodyInitiating
Electoral Count Act of 1887 →	legislativeBodyInvolved
Texas congressional districts →	legislativeBodyRepresented
Public Law 107-306 →	legislativeBranch
USA PATRIOT Act →	legislativeChamberInvolved
Fordney–McCumber Tariff ("passed by U.S. House of Representatives") →	legislativeProcess
Gerald Ford administration →	legislatureLowerHouse
Mace of the United States House of Representatives ("Chamber of the United States House of Representatives") →	location
Texas congressional delegation →	lowerHouseComponent
First United States Congress →	meetsIn
United States House of Representatives ("the House") →	nickname
District of Columbia →	nonVotingRepresentativeIn
United States House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence →	parentOrganization
Monica Lewinsky scandal →	parliamentaryBodyInvolved
Kathy Hochul ("U.S. Representative") →	positionHeld
Speaker of the United States House of Representatives ("House of Representatives") →	positionIn
Three-Fifths Compromise →	relatedTo
House simple resolution →	requiresApprovalFrom
Barney Frank →	retiredFromPosition
Congressional Record →	scope
Joint Committee on Taxation →	servesChamber
Section 1 of the Twentieth Amendment to the United States Constitution ("Representatives in the United States House of Representatives") →	setsTermEndDateFor
United States Senate →	sharesLegislativePowerWith
110th United States Congress →	speakerChamber
John Nance Garner →	speakerOf
United States House of Representatives Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs →	subordinateTo
Fiona Hill →	testifiedBefore
Majority Whip →	usedInChamber
U.S. War Powers Resolution →	vetoOverride
Civil Rights Act of 1866 →	vetoOverrideBy