How many people are members of The House of Representatives?
The United States House of Representatives is one of the two chambers of the United States Congress; the other is the Senate. Each state receives representation in the House proportional to its population but is entitled to at least one Representative; the most populous state, California, currently has 53 representatives. The total number of voting representatives is currently fixed at 435. Each representative serves for a two-year term. The presiding officer of the House is the Speaker, and is elected by the members. Because its members are generally elected from smaller (an average of 693,000 residents as of 2007) and more commonly homogenous districts than those from the Senate, the House is generally considered by some sources to be a more partisan chamber. The House was granted its own exclusive powers: the power to initiate revenue bills, impeach officials, and elect the President in electoral college deadlocks. The House meets in the south wing of the United States Capitol. Sour
I am assuming you are referring to the US House of Representatives, seeing as this is a US based site–but many other countries have the same governmental situation, as do all the states in the US have their own STATE House of Representatives. In the US, the total number of voting representatives is currently fixed at 435–plus 5 non-voting members: Puerto Rico, The District of Columbia and the territories of American Samoa, Guam, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. A new-none voting member will be elected in November from Northern Mariana Islands. The number for each state is based on their population. For example, California has 53. There are 235 Democrats and 199 Republicans, with one vacancy, currently in the US House of Representatives. If you visit Washington DC, try to take the time to attend a session of the House. It’s very interesting! Stop by your state reps office to get a pass, and then head over. If it’s in the evening, you won’t need a pass if they are still in session, just sh
