United States House of Representatives

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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.

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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 United States government
surface form: federal government of the United States
locatedIn Washington, D.C.
meetsIn United States Capitol
minimumAgeOfMembers 25 years
nickname United States House of Representatives self-linksurface differs
surface form: the House
nonVotingDelegatesCount 6
numberOfMembers 435
partOf United States Congress
presidingOfficerTitle Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
surface form: 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
Sergeant at Arms of the House of Representatives
surface form: 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

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John Whiteaker electedTo United States House of Representatives
this entity surface form: United States House of Representatives from Oregon's at-large district
Henry Wharton Conway legislativeBody United States House of Representatives
John Wesley Longyear legislativeBody United States House of Representatives
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 chamberInvolved United States House of Representatives
97th United States Congress hasChamber United States House of Representatives
New York's 22nd congressional district legislativeBody United States House of Representatives
Article I, Section 2 of the United States Constitution governs United States House of Representatives
Texas in the United States House of Representatives legislativeBody United States House of Representatives
Pat Harrison legislativeBody United States House of Representatives
Jonathan Hunt legislative body United States House of Representatives
Williamsbridge federalRepresentation United States House of Representatives
United States congressional delegations by state includesChamber United States House of Representatives
59th United States Congress hasChamber United States House of Representatives
59th United States Congress legislativeBody United States House of Representatives
Joseph Gurney Cannon memberOf United States House of Representatives
New York's 19th congressional district legislativeBody United States House of Representatives
North Carolina's 6th congressional district representedIn United States House of Representatives
Garrett Davis member of United States House of Representatives
Morton D. Hull member of United States House of Representatives
Kirsten memberOf United States House of Representatives
subject surface form: Kirsten Gillibrand
57th United States Congress hasPart United States House of Representatives
57th United States Congress legislativeBody United States House of Representatives
57th United States Congress lowerHouse United States House of Representatives
North Carolina's 5th congressional district legislativeBody United States House of Representatives
Tallmadge Amendment debate legislativeBody United States House of Representatives
Kingsbridge neighborhood federalRepresentation United States House of Representatives
subject surface form: Kingsbridge
Jonathan Fisk memberOf United States House of Representatives
Thomas Beall Davis legislativeBody United States House of Representatives
Social Security Amendments of 1961 legislativeBranch United States House of Representatives
Henry Gray Turner memberOf United States House of Representatives
Gregg County, Texas (part) electsRepresentativeTo United States House of Representatives
Smith County, Texas (part) governmentJurisdiction United States House of Representatives
Polk County, Texas (part) governmentalJurisdiction United States House of Representatives
Polk County, Texas (part) representedIn United States House of Representatives
Arizona's 4th congressional district legislativeBody United States House of Representatives
Ford House Office Building usedBy United States House of Representatives
Ford House Office Building legislativeBodyServed United States House of Representatives
this entity surface form: U.S. House of Representatives
Trey Gowdy memberOf United States House of Representatives
United States House Select Committee on Benghazi legislativeBody United States House of Representatives
United States House Select Committee on Benghazi createdBy United States House of Representatives
United States House Select Committee on Benghazi parentOrganization United States House of Representatives
Slaughter hasNotableAssociation United States House of Representatives
United States House Committee on Rules house United States House of Representatives
United States House Committee on Rules legislativeChamber United States House of Representatives
United States House Committee on Rules reportsTo United States House of Representatives
United States House Committee on Rules establishedBy United States House of Representatives
Congressional Progressive Caucus chamber United States House of Representatives
2010 United States House of Representatives elections legislativeBody United States House of Representatives
Nixon family hasPoliticalRole United States House of Representatives
this entity surface form: U.S. House of Representatives