Room of the Representatives of the United States

The Chambre of the representatives of the United States (in English United States House off Representative ) composes, with the Sénat, the Congrès of the United States and forms for this reason, one of the two bodies of the Legislative power of the the United States. It represents the Citoyen S within the Union. Its seat is in the southern wing of the Capitole, with Washington.

Role

In addition to voting the federal laws, the Room of the representatives:

holds the initiative for the vote of the budget. The Senate can all the same amend or to disallow its proposals
can elect the President of the United States, if no majority can be found within the Great Electors. In this case, each delegation of State has a voice.

Composition

Since 1941, the number of representatives was fixed at 435. Those are distributed between the States according to their population, knowing that all the States are entitled to at least a representative. This distribution is readjusted every ten years, after each federal census. The federal district is represented by a delegate. The representatives of the Virgin Islands, American Samoa and Guam take part only in the commissions of development of the law.

One of the representatives is elected as President of the Room (the Speaker off the House ), it generally belongs to the majority party in the Room of the representatives. He is the third character of the State after the President and the Vice-Président. The January 4th 2007, Nancy Pelosi was elected with 223 votes, that is to say the majority of the 435 members of the Room, and becomes the first elected woman president of the Room of the representatives.

With the January 4th 2007, the announcer is Nancy Pelosi (Democratic of California), the chief of the majority is Steny Hoyer (Democratic Maryland) and the chief of the minority is John Boehner (Republican of the Ohio).

The composition of the Room of the representatives in the 110 {{E}} Congrès (2007-2009) is the following one:

Election

The representatives are elected for two years, with the Universal direct suffrage, the uninominal majority poll with a turn, except in Louisiana where they are selected with the uninominal majority Scrutin with two turns. The representatives are renewed entirely at the time of the presidential election and in the middle of a presidential mandate ( Midterm elections - elections of semi-mandate), two years later.

The elections proceed within districts, called districts , defined by the States at the time of the census of the population. The districts must have the same number of voters, and are not cut out at the federal level but by the legislatures of the States, i.e. by the elected officials themselves.

To be eligible, the candidate has had to be at least 25 years old and to be of American nationality for at least 7 years.

Many representatives per State

The number of representatives is proportional to the demographic weight of the State, on the basis of representative for 646.952 inhabitants. According to the census of 2000, one thus has:

And in the decreasing order, always for 2000:

See too

Member of the Room of the representatives of the United States

External bond

Official site of the Room of the representatives of the United States

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