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| | Congress of the United States: The House of Representatives |
 | | Members of the House of Representatives are apportioned among the states according to their populations in the federal census. |
 | | States that are entitled only to one (Alaska, Delaware, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Vermont, and Wyoming, by the 1990 census) have a representative at large, i.e., one elected by the whole state. |
 | | The presiding officer of the House, the speaker, is elected by the members of the House and may designate any member of the House to act in his absence. |
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