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This is a letter I received from Congressman Denny Smith with a postage frank stamp showing that it is an official US House of Representatives, Washington DC 20515, public document, Official Business letter that was sent to me at the Days Inn of Frederick
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He recently expounded on the United States Constitution, regarding the separate branches of the federal government, to wit, and here I paraphrase: There are three branches, which are the Senate, the House of Representatives, and the Presidency
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Yesterday‘s (November 8th) historical off-year elections resulted in the Republican Party seizing bilateral control of the House of Representatives and Senate for the first time since 1954
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The House of Representatives recently voted to begin impeachment proceedings against William Jefferson Clinton, a wicked man
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The magnitude of that triumph amounts to a sweep if one considers that the president has carried along with him other Republican candidates in the Senate and the House of Representatives, so that since 1900 when republican McKinley was president, neither party had succeeded in reelecting simultaneously the Presidency, the Congress and the Senate, while at the same time adding seats in both chambers of congress
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The election went into the House of Representatives
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Congress of the United States, which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives
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House of Representatives
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House of Representatives has changed accordingly
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In the House of Representatives the hard left Nancy Pelosi wing was a majority of the Democrats in that chamber
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That didn’t happen either, though the House of Representatives passed its half of a bill
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(2) Send specific instructions to their federal representatives (House of Representatives and Senate) to ‘reclaim’ some of the powers formally granted the Federal Government through a restructuring of the Federal Government
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In the House of Representatives there were 313 Democrats,
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and House of Representatives
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House of Representatives, but the Senate may propose or concur
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Porcess before the Rules Committee of the House of Representatives, testimony by the Director of Fiscal Policy Studies with the Cato
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in the House of Representatives
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decisions and other judicial decisions of like Judges, an admitted lesbian law-maker in the California House of Representatives, has
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The House of Representatives: Democrats —267;
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staffs in the House of Representatives have grown by 158 percent
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Constitution’s requirement that all such measures originate in the House of Representatives
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It’s about the House of Representatives
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It would be our first meeting regarding the new talk show about the House of Representatives entitled Plate Number 8
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Discussion of the proposed talk show about the House of Representatives which we would host together would start in a few minutes
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“So I suggested to my friend Butch Roxas of having a show that showcases the House of Representatives
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Management had decided that David and I would host the talk show about the House of Representatives instead of having a Congressman whose official vehicle bore the plate number eight
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House of Representatives, a bill was taken up appropriating
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We must have Truman impeached as a co-conspirator with the Power Base, and we must force the House of Representatives to select a new president
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We have time to organize a complete slate of candidates, but this is not a presidential year, so unless we impeach Truman as a criminal conspirator with the Power Base and force the House of Representatives to choose another man, we will have him for another two years after that
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Only in very specific circumstances will the House of Representatives overrule this procedure and choose a president
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The House of Representatives, with their Constitutional majority, chose MacArthur as the next president
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Her first two tries in 1962 and 1964 didn’t get her a seat in the House of Representatives in Texas, but that changed in 1966
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In 1885, Bob was elected to the United States House of Representatives where he was in office for three terms
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The House of Representatives displayed respect by its early adjournment and held memorial services, as did the Senate
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$36,749,000 was added by the House of Representatives for a generic increase for industrial preparedness
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There is another kind of change that seems to grip senators, members of the House of Representatives, governors and anyone else in positions of power
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bill and the House of Representatives was ready to do the same in order to establish a thirty-hour
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Earlier, I mentioned Congress’s approval rating – maybe it should be disapproval rating – but there are senators and people in the House of Representatives who actually work for the taxpayers they represent
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I mentioned writing those in the Senate and House of Representatives earlier
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over the leadership in the White House, the Senate and the House of Representatives
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votes on policy in the House of Representatives and the Senate
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House of Representatives, Congress Building
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‘’My dear colleagues of the House of Representatives, we are here this morning facing a grave crisis for our country, a crisis caused directly by the criminal negligence of the present administration and, in particular, of President Truman
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‘’Ingrid, the radio news just announced that the House of Representatives has just voted in favor of censuring President Truman
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‘’As you may know, the House of Representatives has voted to censure President Truman and the Senate now has to judge the President on accusations of criminal negligence towards the American armed forces, as well as for abuse of power, for having dragged the country in this war without the approval of the Congress
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‘’Since President Truman never cared to name a vice-president, the Speaker of the House of Representatives will have to temporarily fill the functions of President until presidential elections can be organized and held next November
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However, out of sight of the public, the report of the investigative commission led in Korea by Senator Millikin had the effects of a bomb in the Senate and in the House of Representatives
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Truman, having been censored by the House of Representatives and having been found guilty as charged by the Senate, will have to leave his office today, August 21 of the year 1948
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Since President Truman had not deemed necessary to name a vice-president while he was in office, The Honorable Joseph William Martin Junior, Speaker of the House of Representatives, will carry the functions of President of the United States until a new president can be elected according to the official procedures of the government
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system of about 1,400 legislators), and the American Senate and House of Representatives
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In the House of Representatives of the Congress, the representatives had followed the presidential television message and the question period on both radio and television
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out in the House of Representatives, made up of Congressmen
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It was only after the war, and what happened at Pearl Harbour, that things really started to move, and even then the Senate rejected the first Bill which the House of Representatives passed
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Members will know that the United States Congress, through which all legislative powers are granted, consists of two houses, the Senate and the House of Representatives
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It is envisaged that Ireland will have two Senators and four members of the House of Representatives, two of whom will be empowered to sit in this Chamber and take part in debates on any issue that relates to or might impact upon the State of Ireland
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Legislative branch, composed of the House of Representatives and the Senate,
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In 1971, Peter contested election to represent our constituency at the Federal House of Representatives
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House of Representatives, Washington DC
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The President of the United States entered the house of representatives to an
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House of Representatives - as his father always wanted
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These laws started out in the House of Representatives, made up of Congressmen whose numbers were determined by the size of the population in each state, and the laws were then approved by the Senate, whose numbers remained at 100
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And then, congressman, as Speaker of the House of Representatives, you are next in the chain of command
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An unpleasant-looking hulk of a man, he was undoubtedly a great politician in the House of Representatives and later in the Senate
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“What is happening at the White House?” New Mexico Democrat William Richardson asked on the floor of the House of Representatives
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“In campaigning for the United States Senate in California in 1950, in campaigning for the House of Representatives in 1946, I never once mentioned the word, ‘Republican
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The first branch, the legislative, consists of the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate; this branch writes the laws of the United States
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Known as the legislative branch, Congress is made up of two houses, the Senate and the House of Representatives
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THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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The number of representatives each state has in the House of Representatives is proportionate to the state’s population, which gives the large states more power in that body of Congress
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Currently we have 535 members of Congress, 100 of whom are in the Senate and 435 of whom are in the House of Representatives
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Section 2 of Article 1 outlines the structure of the House of Representatives
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Who is eligible to be elected to the House of Representatives? The founders decided that representatives must be at least twenty-five years old, residents of the state they represented, and citizens of the United States for at least seven years prior to their election
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With that ratio there would be an unworkably large number of legislators in the House of Representatives
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The Speaker is chairman of all the official meetings of the House of Representatives and has the ability to promote a bill—or to suppress it, even though many other representatives have invested enormous time, effort, and resources in it
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The members of the House of Representatives can choose anyone they want to be the Speaker of the House, whether that person is an elected representative or not
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Finally, section 2 of Article 1 states that the House of Representatives is the sole holder of the power to impeach public officials of the U
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Although the founders did an excellent job of defining the roles of all the branches of government, including the House of Representatives, today this congressional body has great difficulty getting things done
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As an example, the only people with the ability to introduce tax bills are members of the House of Representatives
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This is an important clause because some states are much bigger than others and have many times as many of representatives in the House of Representatives
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All legislative Powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States, which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives
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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
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The House of Representatives shall chuse their Speaker and other Officers; and shall have the sole Power of Impeachment
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All Bills for raising Revenue shall originate in the House of Representatives; but the Senate may propose or concur with Amendments as on other Bills
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Every Bill which shall have passed the House of Representatives and the Senate, shall, before it become a Law, be presented to the President of the United States; If he approve he shall sign it, but if not he shall return it, with his Objections to that House in which it shall have originated, who shall enter the Objections at large on their Journal, and proceed to reconsider it
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Every Order, Resolution, or Vote to which the Concurrence of the Senate and House of Representatives may be necessary (except on a question of Adjournment) shall be presented to the President of the United States; and before the Same shall take Effect, shall be approved by him, or being disapproved by him, shall be repassed by two thirds of the Senate and House of Representatives, according to the Rules and Limitations prescribed in the Case of a Bill
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The President of the Senate shall, in the Presence of the Senate and House of Representatives, open all the Certificates, and the Votes shall then be counted
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The Person having the greatest Number of Votes shall be the President, if such Number be a Majority of the whole Number of Electors appointed; and if there be more than one who have such Majority, and have an equal Number of Votes, then the House of Representatives shall immediately chuse by Ballot one of them for President; and if no Person have a Majority, then from the five highest on the List the said House shall in like Manner chuse the President
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The Electors shall meet in their respective states and vote by ballot for President and Vice-President, one of whom, at least, shall not be an inhabitant of the same state with themselves; they shall name in their ballots the person voted for as President, and in distinct ballots the person voted for as Vice-President, and they shall make distinct lists of all persons voted for as President, and of all persons voted for as Vice-President, and of the number of votes for each, which lists they shall sign and certify, and transmit sealed to the seat of the government of the United States, directed to the President of the Senate;—the President of the Senate shall, in the presence of the Senate and House of Representatives, open all the certificates and the votes shall then be counted;—The person having the greatest number of votes for President, shall be the President, if such number be a majority of the whole number of Electors appointed; and if no person have such majority, then from the persons having the highest numbers not exceeding three on the list of those voted for as President, the House of Representatives shall choose immediately, by ballot, the President
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And if the House of Representatives shall not choose a President whenever the right of choice shall devolve upon them, before the fourth day of March next following, then the Vice-President shall act as President, as in case of the death or other constitutional disability of the President
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The Congress may by law provide for the case of the death of any of the persons from whom the House of Representatives may choose a President whenever the right of choice shall have devolved upon them, and for the case of the death of any of the persons from whom the Senate may choose a Vice President whenever the right of choice shall have devolved upon them
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Whenever the President transmits to the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives his written declaration that he is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office, and until he transmits to them a written declaration to the contrary, such powers and duties shall be discharged by the Vice President as Acting President
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Whenever the Vice President and a majority of either the principal officers of the executive departments or of such other body as Congress may by law provide, transmit to the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives their written declaration that the President is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office, the Vice President shall immediately assume the powers and duties of the office as Acting President
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Thereafter, when the President transmits to the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives his written declaration that no inability exists, he shall resume the powers and duties of his office unless the Vice President and a majority of either the principal officers of the executive department or of such other body as Congress may by law provide, transmit within four days to the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives their written declaration that the President is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office
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House of Representatives, 99–104
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House of Representatives, 101, 107–8
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House of Representatives, 101
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of House of Representatives, 102–3
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House of Representatives, 100–101
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House of Representatives, 102–3
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Jack, the war hero, had been elected to the House of Representatives by Massachusetts voters in 1947, and he was hopeful for a future Senate seat