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Also referred to as a congressman or congresswoman, each representative is elected to a two-year term serving the people of a specific congressional district. Among other duties, representatives introduce bills and resolutions, offer amendments and serve on committees.
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The United States House of Representatives is the lower chamber of the United States Congress, with the Senate being the upper chamber. Together, they compose the national bicameral legislature of the United States.
1 dzień temu · The House of Representatives shares equal responsibility for lawmaking with the U.S. Senate. As conceived by the framers of the Constitution, the House was to represent the popular will, and its members were to be directly elected by the people.
The Congress of the United States serves two distinct purposes that overlap: local representation to the federal government of a congressional district by representatives and a state's at-large representation to the federal government by senators.
22 godz. temu · Congress of the United States, the legislature of the United States of America, established under the Constitution of 1789 and separated structurally from the executive and judicial branches of government. It consists of two house: the Senate and the House of Representatives.
28 cze 2017 · Representatives of the House are addressed as “The Honorable,” before their names, or as congressman, congresswoman, or representative. Members of the senate are typically called senators.
16 gru 2018 · The U.S. Congress is the nation’s legislature. It is made of two parts: the Senate and the House of Representatives. The House of Representatives is called “the House” for short. And...
