• The United States House of Representatives rarely meets in closed session. In the House, Rule XVII, clause 9, governs secret sessions, including the types...
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  • list of individuals serving in the United States House of Representatives (as of March 22, 2024, the 118th Congress). The membership of the House comprises...
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    The United States House of Representatives is the lower chamber of the United States Congress, with the Senate being the upper chamber. Together, they...
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  • list of current members of the United States House of Representatives based on seniority. For the most part, representatives are ranked by the beginning...
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  • the successful motion to vacate the speakership of Kevin McCarthy of California on October 3, 2023, the members of the U.S. House of Representatives began...
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    The sergeant at arms of the United States House of Representatives is an officer of the House with law enforcement, protocol, and administrative responsibilities...
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  • An election for speaker of the United States House of Representatives is held when the House first convenes after a general election for its two-year term...
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  • The United States House of Representatives Page Program was a program run by the United States House of Representatives, under the office of the Clerk...
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  • the Congress of the United States, a closed session (formally a session with closed doors) is a parliamentary procedure for the Senate or the House of...
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  • As of March 2024, there have been 462 joint sessions and joint meetings of the United States Congress. †John Howard's address before the Joint Meeting...
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    as the 53rd speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 2011 to 2015. A member of the Republican Party, he served 13 terms as the U.S...
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    district. A member of the Republican Party, he has served in the U.S. House of Representatives for thirteen terms. He chaired the House Rules Committee from...
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    Council of Union. The Council of Representatives consists of 325 members elected for four years, with two sessions in each annual term. The Council passes...
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  • At the opening of the 118th United States Congress, the members-elect of the House of Representatives elected in the 2022 midterms held an election for...
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  • In the United States House of Representatives, the two major political parties maintain policy and steering committees. Their primary purpose is to assign...
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  • the procedures of the United States House of Representatives are governed by the Constitution, the House Rules, and Jefferson's Manual. Prior to the adoption...
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    recorded in the proceedings of the Confederate States Congress (House of Representatives) reads, "The hour of 2 o'clock having arrived, / The Speaker announced...
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    The United States House of Representatives has had 157 elected African-American members, of whom 151 have been representatives from U.S. states and 6...
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  • victory as the first "Northern victory" in the events leading to the American Civil War. Following the 1854–55 United States House of Representatives elections...
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    Jefferson Beauregard Sessions III (born December 24, 1946) is an American politician and attorney who served as the 84th United States attorney general from...
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    The United States Congress is the legislature of the federal government of the United States. It is bicameral, composed of a lower body, the House of...
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