House of Representatives
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Definition
The 435-member chamber of Congress based on state population.
House of Representatives in plain English
The House of Representatives is one of the two halves of Congress, the part of the U.S. government that writes laws. It has 435 voting members, and here's the key idea: seats are split up by population, so a big state like California gets far more representatives than a small state like Wyoming — the more people, the more voices. It's meant to be the chamber that most closely mirrors the everyday public, which is why the whole House is re-elected every two years.
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