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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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tennessee's 8th congressional district legislativeBody United States House of Representatives
David Madison memberOf United States House of Representatives
subject surface form: David Madison Cawthorn
Anna Eshoo legislativeBody United States House of Representatives
W. H. F. Lee memberOf United States House of Representatives
Thomas Corwin legislativeBody United States House of Representatives
Sanford Bishop memberOf United States House of Representatives
Ohio's 13th congressional district legislativeBody United States House of Representatives
George Santos legislativeBody United States House of Representatives
William Vans Murray legislativeBody United States House of Representatives
Frank T. Bow legislativeBody United States House of Representatives
William Branch Giles memberOf United States House of Representatives
Michigan's 3rd congressional district legislativeBody United States House of Representatives
Bart Gordon memberOf United States House of Representatives
Ohio's 6th congressional district legislativeBody United States House of Representatives
House Resolution 6 of the 104th Congress legislativeBody United States House of Representatives
subject surface form: House Resolution 6 (104th Congress)
House Doorkeeper legislativeBody United States House of Representatives
Edward A. Garmatz memberOf United States House of Representatives
New Hampshire's 1st congressional district legislativeBody United States House of Representatives
Fred Grandy legislativeBody United States House of Representatives
Republican Conference Secretary legislativeChamber United States House of Representatives
MA-08 legislativeBody United States House of Representatives
Shelby memberOf United States House of Representatives
subject surface form: Shelby Moore Cullom
Colorado's 4th congressional district legislativeBody United States House of Representatives
John J. Esch legislativeBody United States House of Representatives
Massachusetts's 7th congressional district legislativeBody United States House of Representatives
Naval Act of 1794 legislativeBody United States House of Representatives
Nevada's 1st congressional district legislativeBody United States House of Representatives
Mark Amodei memberOf United States House of Representatives
New Hampshire at-large congressional district legislativeBody United States House of Representatives
committees of the U.S. House of Representatives legislativeChamber United States House of Representatives
William Irvine memberOf United States House of Representatives
Office of the Delegate of the District of Columbia legislativeBody United States House of Representatives
Office of the Delegate of American Samoa legislativeChamber United States House of Representatives
Office of the Delegate of the U.S. Virgin Islands legislativeBody United States House of Representatives
Nevada's at-large congressional district legislativeBody United States House of Representatives
Greg Pence legislativeBody United States House of Representatives
James A. Burke legislativeBody United States House of Representatives
John Rose legislativeBody United States House of Representatives
Jacob Javits memberOf United States House of Representatives
Robert Reynolds legislativeBody United States House of Representatives
subject surface form: Robert Reynolds (Ohio politician)
Peter Muhlenberg memberOf United States House of Representatives
Hawaii's 1st congressional district legislativeBody United States House of Representatives
William Jones Lowndes legislativeBody United States House of Representatives
Tim Wirth legislativeBody United States House of Representatives
Missouri's 3rd congressional district legislativeChamber United States House of Representatives
Quigley memberOf United States House of Representatives
subject surface form: Mike Quigley
Hawaii's 2nd congressional district legislativeBody United States House of Representatives
Elizur Goodrich memberOf United States House of Representatives
George W. Summers memberOf United States House of Representatives
Hubert D. Stephens memberOf United States House of Representatives