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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.
- The Legislative Process
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- Legislative Branch Partners
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- History of the House
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- Branches of Government
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- Open Government
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- Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission
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- The Legislative Process
17 maj 2024 · Congress is the legislative branch of the government, and its many duties include declaring war, creating and changing laws and establishing an annual budget for the federal government. The U.S. House of Representatives has 435 members, and the U.S. Senate has 100 members.
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.
Caucus members have championed women’s issues around the globe from Afghanistan and Iraq, from Cambodia to Cairo to Beijing, and represented the Congress at UN world conferences on women, population, and development, working to bring international attention to the plight of women.
2 dni 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.
1 dzień 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.
3 wrz 2021 · The House of Representatives is the lower chamber of the two legislative bodies in the United States federal government. The House is currently made up of 435 representatives—referred to as congressmen or congresswomen—who serve an unlimited number of two-year terms.
