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The House of Representatives

The House of Representatives. Who Can Be in the House? . Formal Qualifications (Constitutional) Age 25 Citizen at least 7 years Inhabitant of State where elected Informal Qualifications Party ID Name recognition Political experience. Facts about members of the House.

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The House of Representatives

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  1. The House of Representatives

  2. Who Can Be in the House? • Formal Qualifications (Constitutional) • Age 25 • Citizen at least 7 years • Inhabitant of State where elected • Informal Qualifications • Party ID • Name recognition • Political experience

  3. Facts about members of the House • Elections take place on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November • 435 Members • Serve 2 year terms • All members elected every 2 years. • Salary: $174,000, eligible for retirement benefits after serving for 5 years.

  4. How are Districts Created? • All 435 seats in House of Representatives are apportioned (distributed) among States • Census determines number of Representatives each state gets • Each state must have at least 1 representative • Not mentioned in the Constitution • Reapportion=redistributed • Done by each State’s legislature * Under the 2000 Census PA had 19 seats in the house, but as a result of the 2010 Census PA now has 18 seats, so we must redistrict.

  5. Gerrymandering • Gerrymandering = Congressional districts drawn to the advantage of the political party that controls the State’s legislature. • Lines drawn to: • Concentrate opposition in a few small districts to leave the other districts safely won by the party in power. • Spread opposition out through many districts so that there is not a majority in any district. • Gerrymandering by race is prohibited by the 15th Amendment, but otherwise is not unconstitutional.

  6. http://www.wrhammons.com/pennsylvania-congressional-districts.htmhttp://www.wrhammons.com/pennsylvania-congressional-districts.htm

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