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1. The House of Representatives

2. House of Representatives

3. Size and Terms • There are 435 members in the House • They are apportioned based on population • Each land is guaranteed 1 representative • Alaska, Delaware, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Vermont, Wyoming • Some territories take representatives that are not total members of the Business firm • They are chosen every two years • No limit on the number of terms they may serve • People have tried to laissez passer a limit amendment

4. Term Limit Propaganda

5. Term Limit Propaganda

6. Reapportionment • Each x years the Firm is reapportioned • The nation grew very chop-chop • So did Congress • By 1910 it had grown to 435 members • The Reapportionment human action of 1929 gear up the size at 435 • Each seat is about 710,000 people • The Census Bureau determines the number of seats for each state • Congress must "approve" the reapportionment

7. 2010 Reapportionment

8. Congressional Elections • Elections are on the Tuesday after the first Monday of Nov of even years • Went into effect in 1872 • Elections not conducted at the aforementioned fourth dimension as presidential elections are off-yr elections • Typical for the president'south political party to lose seats

9. Districts • There are 435 districts • States set up districts • No mention in the Constitution • Seats were filled at large • Congress did away with at large elections in 1842 • State legislatures draw the commune lines • They must exist: • Contiguous • Population equal • Meaty

10. Kansas Districts

11. Qualifications • In that location are 2 "types" of qualifications • Formal and Breezy • Formal: • At to the lowest degree 25 years of age • Citizen for at least 7 years • Must live in the land y'all are elected from • Custom (not law) requires you lot live in the district y'all correspond • Congress can not seat a fellow member or throw i out • Powell 5. McCormack in 1969 said yous cannot exclude a member if they meet the requirements

12. Patrick Spud (Youngest Member)

13. Expulsions and Punishment • Five people take been booted from congress • Three in 1861 for "support of rebellion" • Michael Myers in 1980 for corruption • James Traficant in 2002 for bribery and tax evasion • People tin exist "punished" • People volition often resign earlier beingness kicked out or punished

14. Informal Requirements • These deal more than with ability to become votes • Vary from Land to State and district to commune • Include: • Ethnicity • Political experience • Name familiarity

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