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Top: Regional: North_America: United_States: Government: Legislative_Branch: House_of_Representatives
This subcategory is for sites pertaining to the House of Representatives, the lower house of the United States Congress.The makeup of the House is determined by the US Constitution. There are 435 representatives who serve two-year terms (each House is reconstituted on January 3 of every odd-numbered year). Members of the House of Representatives must be 25 years of age, an inhabitant of the state from which he or she is elected, and a citizen of the United States for at least 7 years.
The representatives are divided among the states proportionally according to population, determined by a decennial census ("actual enumeration"). Each state is entitled to at least one representative. Over the years, politically-motivated re-districting (referred to by critics as "gerrymandering") has allowed many districts to become strongholds or "safe seats" for either the Democratic or the Republican Party, since the borders are drawn to include voting groups favorable to one or the other.
While they do not vote for members of either the House or the Senate, residents of the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, and other districts and territories of the United States are represented by delegates. These delegates participate in certain committees, but their votes are not counted in proceedings of the full House.
Includes both standing, select, special, and other committees of the United States House of Representatives.
| This category consists of sites for the leadership of the United States House of Representatives. This does not include Committee Chairs whose sites will be found listed on the individual committees. |
The political parties in the House elect leaders who will serve as spokespersons for the party and for the House. Leaders represent their parties on the Floor, advocate their parties' policies and viewpoints, coordinate their parties' legislative efforts, and help determine the schedule of legislative business.-From Clerk of the House
This category is for web sites about incumbent members of the United States House of Representatives that are provided on a non-partisan basis. Non-partisan and clearly factual web sites can be listed here, if their content is not covered by sites that are already listed. This category also covers the official web sites of these Representatives, but not their campaign web sites.
Authorized by the First Amendment and second in line to the Presidency the Speaker is elected by the house.As specified in the rules and customs of the House, responsibilities of the Speaker include:
* Calling the House to order. * Administering the oath of office to House Members. * Presiding over debate, recognizing Members to speak on the floor, and preserving order; or delegating that power to another Member of Congress. * Setting the legislative agenda. * Leading the appointment process for the chairs of the various committees and subcommittees in the House, including conference committees which negotiate final versions of legislation.
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