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The lower house of the U.S. Congress and of most state legislatures. [1]
For legislative information about previous Congresses, please see House History in the Art & History section. [2]
George B. Galloway, History of the House of Representatives (1976); James H. Hutson, To Make All Laws: The Congress of the United States, 1789-1989 (1990). [1]
Choose a state from the map below. [3]
So, too, have strong committee chairs, notably of the powerful Rules Committee and of the ‘money’ committees: Appropriationsand Ways and Means. [...] It has an equal status with the senate on most matters, but a superior status in tax and spending. [1]
Roll Call votes are compiled through the electronic voting machine by the House Tally Clerks under the direction of Lorraine C. Miller, Clerk of the House. [2]
It has 435 members elected from equal population districts, and a single elected non-voting delegate from each of the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and Guam. [1]
The Centers for Disease Control website will be updated regularly as information becomes available. [4]
Providing for consideration of the Senate amendments to H.R. 1424, Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008. [5]
Committee reforms in 1975 opened the chairmanships, particularly of subcommittees, to more members and gave members of the majority party the opportunity to vote to remove committee chairs who acted arbitrarily. [...] In the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, most legislation was considered in the full House or in temporary committees appointed for the purpose of perfecting individual bills. [...] The House was granted its own exclusive powers: the power to initiate revenue bills, impeach officials, and elect the president in electoral college deadlocks. [...] The Virginia Plan drew the support of delegates from large states such as Virginia, Massachusetts, and Pennsylvania, as it called for representation based on population. [...] When either the Speaker or party organizations have exercised wide discretionary power over committee memberships, as was the case until the end of World War I and since 1975 (for the Democrats), the major parties have been a powerful force in legislative deliberations. [1]
Sources:
[1] House of Representatives: West’s Encyclopedia of American Law (Full …
[2] Office of the Clerk
[3] Member Web Site Listing (by State) - United States House of …
[4] United States House of Representatives
[5] U.S. House of Representatives Roll Call Votes