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	United States House of Representatives - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The United States House of Representatives is, along with the United States Senate, one of the two houses of the Congress of the United States.
		The chamber of the United States House of Representatives is located in the south wing of the Capitol building, in Washington, D.C. This photograph shows a rare glimpse of the four vote tallying boards (the flish squares across the top), which display each member's name and vote as votes are in progress.
		The largest committee of the House is the Committee of the Whole, which, as its name suggests, consists of all members of the House.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives (6043 words)

	United States House of Representatives (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Delegates to the United States House of from Dakota Territory
		Delegates to the United States House of from the District of Columbia
		Delegates to the United States House of from Guam
	www.freeglossary.com /United_States_House_of_Representatives (2337 words)

	United States House of Representatives - Knowmore (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		The United States House of Representatives is one of the two houses of the Congress of the United States, the other being the Senate.
		Each state is represented in the House in accordance with the size of its population, with the proviso that each state is entitled to at least one Representative member.
		Under Article One of the Constitution, seats in the House of Representatives are apportioned among the states on the basis of population, as determined by a census conducted every ten years.
	www.knowmore.org /index.php/United_States_House_of_Representatives (4519 words)

	House of Representatives - Demopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		It is the Lower House of the Congress, and together with the Senate forms the legislative branch of the United States.
		The House of Representatives was first devised in its current form during the Constitutional Convention of 1787.
		Article I, Section 1, Clause 2 of the United States Constitution stipulates three requirements necessary to become a United States Representative: the person must be at least twenty-five years old, have lived in the United States for at least seven years, and not be an inhabitant of the state where he or she is chosen.
	demopedia.democraticunderground.com /index.php/House_of_Representatives (395 words)

	House of Representatives - dKosopedia
		The House of Representatives shall be composed of Members chosen every second Year by the People of the several States, and the Electors in each State shall have the Qualifications requisite for Electors of the most numerous Branch of the State Legislature.
		No Person shall be a Representative who shall not have attained to the Age of twenty five Years, and been seven Years a Citizen of the United States, and who shall not, when elected, be an Inhabitant of that State in which he shall be chosen.
		Members of the House are elected in even-numbered years to two-year terms, though special elections may be held at other times to fill a vacancy in the case of a member's resignation, death, or removal from office.
	www.dkosopedia.com /index.php/United_States_House_of_Representatives (549 words)

	Speaker of the United States House of Representatives - dKosopedia
		The Speaker of the House of Representatives is the presiding officer of the United States House of Representatives.
		While there is a majority leader in the House of Representatives, he is in fact the second highest officer of the majority, and the Speaker is in fact the functioning leader of the majority.
		The speaker of the House is ceremonially the highest ranking legislative official in the United States government.
	www.dkosopedia.com /index.php/Speaker_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives (749 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: The United States of America
		That river separates the United States from the Republic of Mexico until at the city of El Paso it turns northward; from that point to the Colorado River an arbitrary line marks the boundary of the two republics.
		In examining the constitutionality of a state law one is to assume that the state legislature has power to pass all acts whatever, unless they are prohibited by the Constitution of the United States or by the constitution of the state.
		It also provides that the citizens of each state shall be entitled to all privileges and immunities of citizens in the several states; for the return of fugitives from justice and for the admission of new states.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/15156a.htm (21426 words)

	Wikinfo \| United States House of Representatives
		The House of Representatives is the lower house of the United States Congress, whose upper house is the United States Senate.
		The House is presided over by the Speaker of the House, who is elected from among the members.
		The House chamber is located in the north wing of the United States Capitol, in Washington, DC.
	www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=United_States_House_of_Representatives (1937 words)

	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 (currently Alaska, Delaware, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Vermont, and Wyoming) have a representative at large, i.e., one elected by the whole state.
		A representative must be 25 or older, a U.S. citizen of at least seven years standing, and a resident of the state in which he or she is elected.
	www.factmonster.com /ce6/history/A0857528.html (304 words)

	List of United States House committees - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Members of the Committee on Financial Services sit in the tiers of raised chairs (R), while those testifying and audience members sit below (L).
		This is an incomplete list of active United States Congressional committees (standing committees, joint committees, special committees and subcommittees) of the United States House of Representatives.
		"List of Standing Committees and Select Committee and their Subcommittees of the House of Representatives of the United States together with Joint Committees of the Congress with An Alphabetical List of The Members and Their Committee Assignments." Retrieved June 16, 2005.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives_committees (592 words)

	United States House of Representatives, 109th Congress, 2nd Session: Homepage
		Oversight plans based on the jurisdiction of the committee and the hearing schedules for the 109th Congress.
		Current operating status of the United States House of Representatives.
		U.S. House of Representatives, Washington, DC 20515 (202) 224-3121 TTY: (202) 225-1904
	www.house.gov (239 words)

	Chaplain of the House of Representatives (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		To serve as Chaplain for the U.S. House of Representatives is truly an honor and a privilege.
		At one and the same time to be a minister of the Lord and an officer serving the United States government responds to a two-fold call to serve others and offer prayer which unites heaven and earth.
		With 435 members in the House and their staffs, plus all the other wonderful people who serve here with committee work or in the Chamber, including teenage pages, creates the pastoral duties that are many and varied.
	chaplain.house.gov (552 words)

	House_Home (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		The House of Representatives is composed of 41 members, each of whom is elected to a two year term.
		The Speaker is elected by the majority party caucus followed by confirmation of the full House through the passage of a House Resolution.
		Representatives must be citizens of the United States, have lived in Delaware for three years, been a resident of their respective district for at least one year preceding their election and must be at least 24 years old by the time of their election.
	www.legis.state.de.us /house (154 words)

	United States House of Representatives and Senate pass long-awaited energy appropriations bill - keeps funding in ...
		A conference committee comprised of members of the Senate and House was established to reconcile the differences between the House and Senate versions of the appropriation bill.
		This conference committee has been working for the last several months to develop the final legislation which passed Tuesday with the Senate voting 84 to 4 in favor of H.R. The same bill passed the House of Representatives by a vote of 399 to 17 on November 9th, 2005.
		Specifically, section 356 states that the "Commission shall use amounts made available...to carry out energy programs, including...projects using coal as a fuel, including coal gasification projects." The just-passed H.R. 2419 (an appropriation bill) includes $50 million for the Alaska Denali Commission.
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	Department of Commerce v. United States House of Representatives, 525 U.S. 316 (1999)
		I write separately to respond at somewhat greater length to Justice Stevens’ analysis of 13 U.S.C. (a), to add several additional points of textual analysis, and to invoke the doctrine of constitutional doubt, which is a major factor in my decision.
		The authorization of sampling techniques in the “decennial census of population” is not necessarily an authorization of such techniques in all aspects of the decennial census–any more than it is necessarily an authorization of all sampling techniques (for example, those that would violate the Fourth Amendment).
		United States, 521 U. S 898, 905 (1997) (historical evidence that “earlier Congresses avoided use of [the] highly attractive power [to compel state executive officers to administer federal programs]” gave us “reason to believe that the power was thought not to exist”).
	www.law.cornell.edu /supct/html/98-404.ZC.html (1445 words)

	United States House of Representatives
		These committees should have both the institutional legal authority and the political stature to serve as the coordinator of the CRA process in each house of Congress.
		The functions of the coordinator committee would include making sure that the agencies and the GAO follow the requirements of the Act; keeping track of the CRA process in each of house of Congress; and coordinating the review of rules and joint resolutions of disapproval.
		The ideal solution would be for both houses to appoint a Joint Committee or Task Force on Regulation that can help facilitate and coordinate the work of individual committees in both the House and Senate.
	judiciary.house.gov /legacy/524.htm (2537 words)

	Statement to the United States House of Representatives Committee on International Relations (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Let me be clear: we in the United Nations Secretariat are acutely aware of the reform issues raised by events of recent months -- by the troubling revelations on oil-for- food, the related findings of the Volcker panel, your own Congressional probes, and reports of sexual exploitation and abuse in some of our peacekeeping operations.
		Among other things, that means measures to better protect whistleblowers, so that staff feel free to come forward with their concerns, confident that they will be protected against retribution; and a host of concrete steps to stamp out the heinous acts of sexual exploitation and abuse which have inflicted such wounds on our field operations.
		Chairman, transparency and accountability are the watchwords for the United Nations in the new century.
	www.un.org /reform/mallochbrown.htm (1300 words)

	United States Centennial Commission - International Exhibition of 1876 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Early in March 1870, a bill was presented to the House of Representatives and, after several amendments, was adopted by Congress on 3 March 1871.
		On 4 July 1873, a tract of approximately 450 acres overseeing the west bank of the Schuylkill River, was formally transferred to the United States Centennial Commission for use as the exhibition grounds, with great ceremonies.
		The United States Centennial Commission continued in existence until all of the financial accounting was completed and held their final sessions on 15 January 1879
	www.phila.gov /phils/Docs/Inventor/graphics/agencies/A230.htm (517 words)

	Speaker of the House (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		The Speaker of the House of Representatives is widely viewed as symbolizing the power and authority of the House.
		In this capacity he is empowered by House rules to administer proceedings on the House floor, including the power to recognize Members on the floor to speak or make motions and the power to appoint Members to conference committees.
		The Speaker also oversees much of the non-legislative business of the House, such as general control over the Hall of the House and the House side of the Capitol and service as the chairman of the House Office Building Commission.
	www.speaker.gov /features/role.asp (258 words)

	Committee on House Administration :: Welcome
		The committee is unable to take on interns due to the sensitive nature of the committee`s work.
		WASHINGTON –The Committee on House Administration Thursday held an oversight hearing on the ongoing technology, design and preservation initiatives at the Library of Congress.
		The hearing supported efforts by Chairman Vernon J. Ehlers, R-Mich., to ensure that the Library is well-positioned to meet the needs of the future through the use of emerging technologies in the preservation of historic works and digital media.
	cha.house.gov (339 words)

	NARA - Guide to Federal Records - Records of the United States House of Representatives
		1:72), records under the jurisdiction of the House are open to research after 30 years, except investigative records containing personal data, administrative records relating to personnel, records from hearings that are closed under rule 11 (now House Rule 7), and records for which access is specially designated by order of a committee.
		Record copies of publications of the various committees of the United States House of Representatives in RG 287, Publications of the U.S. Government.
		George P. Perros, comp., Preliminary Inventory of Records of Certain Committees of the House of Representatives Investigating the Disposal of Surplus Property, 1946-48, PI 65 (1954).
	www.archives.gov /research/guide-fed-records/groups/233.html?template=print (2557 words)

	Congressional Committee Materials Online via GPO Access
		Calendars of the U.S. House of Representatives and History of Legislation
		Hinds' Precedents of the House of Representatives of the United States
		Cannon's Precedents of the House of Representatives of the United States
	www.gpoaccess.gov /congress/index.html (139 words)

	U. S. House Of Representatives Web Sites Search (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Committee on House Administration :: Dear Colleague :: Bloggers And Election Law Experts Agree Support H.R. 1606 Oppose H.R. Links to the full articles from which these excerpts are drawn are accessible on the electronic version of this document, and on the website of the Committee on House Administration (www.cha.house.gov).
		In my own research, I was commissioned by the State of Californi a to examine the voting soft- ware from one major vendor, and I found multiple security flaw s even though the software was previously approved by ITAs 15.
		Office Equipment The Employing Office and/or the House of Representatives may pursue recovery from the Employee for property belonging to the Employing Office that is deliberately, or through negligence, damaged, destroyed, lost or stolen while in the employee?s care, custody, or control.
	wwws.house.gov /search97cgi/s97_cgi (905 words)

	Vinson & Elkins L.L.P. - United States - House of Representatives Holds Hearings on Hospital Tax Exempt Status, Charges ...
		Last week, two separate U.S. House of Representatives subcommittees held hearings regarding hospital charges and billing and collection practices.
		The House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Oversight also considered under what conditions a non-profit hospital should be able to retain its tax-exempt status.
		The committees are considering whether hospitals should be required to disclose their prices and whether some hospitals are overcharging the uninsured and subjecting them to "aggressive" colle
	www.mondaq.com /article.asp?articleid=26933 (296 words)

	U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on Resources, Chairman Richard Pombo
		The House Committee on Resources today united behind Chairman Richard W. Pombo (R-Calif.) and Ranking Member Nick Rahall (D-W.V.) to pass the Restricting Indian Gaming to Homelands of Tribes (RIGHT) Act.
		The House of Representatives today passed S. The Electronic Duck Stamp Act, on a vote of 358 to 4.
		– The House of Representatives passed H.R. 4075, which reauthorizes the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972.
	resourcescommittee.house.gov (479 words)

	United States Congressman - John Linder (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		There are great lessons to be learned from our Constitution which divided the government into the executive, judicial and legislative branches, serves as the supreme law of the land and has influenced countless constitutions across the world.
		January 4, 2005, the House of Representatives created its newest Committee, voting to create a permanent standing Committee on Homeland Security.
		On this Committee, I chair the Homeland Security Subcommittee on Prevention of Nuclear and Biological Attack.
	linder.house.gov /index.cfm?Fuseaction=Resources.Home&Resource_id=4 (238 words)

	House Committee on Financial Services
		The Committee oversees the entire financial services industry, including the securities, insurance, banking, and housing industries.
		The Committee also oversees the work of the Federal Reserve, the Treasury, the SEC, and other financial services regulators.
		Chairman Michael G. Oxley represents Ohio’s Fourth Congressional District, and is serving his eleventh full term in Congress.
	financialservices.house.gov (224 words)

	GU - SFS - ISD Iden Lecture by Lee Hamilton
		Congressman Hamilton is the Ranking Democrat, International Relations Committee, U.S. House of Representatives.
		Both the House and Senate moved to cut off funds for the war, and eventually policy changed.
		But usually, the United States cannot line up the international community to support a policy of isolation.
	www.georgetown.edu /sfs/programs/isd/hamilton.htm (3573 words)

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