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Ahead of the 2026 midterm elections — where Republicans look to maintain control of both the Senate and House of Representatives and the Democratic Party fights to make gains in both chambers — a ...
The vote follows a marathon speech from Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries, who denounced the bill as reckless.
The number of representatives per state is set by that state's population. Texas boasts the second-largest delegation to the House of Representatives with 38, behind only California's 52.
The U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday took a step towards allowing members who are new parents to cast their ballots by proxy, overriding an effort by the chamber's Republican leadership to ...
Since 2009, members of the U.S. House of Representatives have received a salary of $174,000 each year.
Sensitive information for members of Congress and their staff and family members has been exposed in a data breach, according to House leaders. The FBI was able to purchase leaked information from ...
Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives will be defending a narrow 219-213 majority in the Nov. 5 elections, with court-ordered redistricting putting some of their seats - including one ...
This past week shows exactly why we need a better system to choose members of Congress. The US House of Representatives isn’t representative — and that’s a problem | Editorial ...
U.S. House of Representatives has hosted 6,958 events in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first program was a 1941 Address. The year with the most events was 2023 with 186 events.
That meant that the average member of the House represented 710,767 people. The 2020 Census has counted 331,108,434 Americans for purposes of apportioning the same 435 seats in Congress.
The US House of Representatives voted early Thursday morning to pass President Donald Trump’s sweeping tax and spending cuts package, a major victory for the president and House Speaker Mike ...
On average, that’s one House member for every 60,450 people. Today, there are 435 members representing 331 million people in 50 states – or one House member for every 761,169 people.