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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's presiding officer is a Representative from the party with the most members currently in the House, and is known as the [[Speaker of the House]]. The current Speaker of the House is [[Democrat]] [[Nancy Pelosi]], who is from [[California]]. The majority leader is [[Steny Hoyer]] and the minority leader is [[John Boehner]].

The House's presiding officer is a Representative from the party with the most members currently in the House, and is known as the [[Speaker of the House]]. The current Speaker of the House is [[Republican]] [[John Boehner]], who is from [[Ohio]]. The majority leader is [[Eric Canter]] and the minority leader is [[Nancy Pelosi]].

==Powers of the House==

==Powers of the House==

==Current Composition==

==Current Composition==

*'''Democratic Party (Majority): 258 (+6)

*'''Republican Party (Majority): 242 (+0)

*'''Republican Party (Minority): 177 (+0)

*'''Democratic Party (Minority): 193 (+6)

''Numbers in brackets are non-voting members from US territories such as the [[District of Columbia]] and [[Puerto Rico]].

''Numbers in brackets are non-voting members from US territories such as the [[District of Columbia]] and [[Puerto Rico]].