| | '''''House of Representatives''' redirects here, for the Australian equivalent see [[Australian House of Representatives]].'' | | '''''House of Representatives''' redirects here, for the Australian equivalent see [[Australian House of Representatives]].'' |
| − | The '''House of Representatives''', often referred to as just "'''The House'''," is the lower chamber of [[Congress]] in which representatives of each state in the union gather. There are 435 voting members of the House, and each serves two year terms. Representatives can be re-elected an unlimited number of times, and indeed, most incumbents who seek re-election are continually successful. <ref>http://www.thirty-thousand.org/pages/QHA-08.htm</ref> Every state has at least one Representative, and are allocated more based on population. For example, [[California]] has 53 Representatives. The House of Representatives meets in the United States [[Capitol]] in [[Washington, D.C.]] | + | The '''House of Representatives''', often referred to as just "'''The House'''," is the lower chamber of [[Congress]] in which representatives of each state in the union gather. There are 435 voting members of the House, and each serves two year terms. Representatives can be re-elected an unlimited number of times, and indeed, most incumbents who seek re-election are continually successful.<ref>http://www.thirty-thousand.org/pages/QHA-08.htm</ref> Every state has at least one Representative, and are allocated more based on population. For example, [[California]] has 53 Representatives. The House of Representatives meets in the United States [[Capitol]] in [[Washington, D.C.]] |
| | The House is the only part of government in which a member must be elected by the people, and cannot be appointed to the position. The [[origination Clause]] of the [[Constitution]] prohibit any revenue-raising bill from becoming law unless it originated in the House. | | The House is the only part of government in which a member must be elected by the people, and cannot be appointed to the position. The [[origination Clause]] of the [[Constitution]] prohibit any revenue-raising bill from becoming law unless it originated in the House. |