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The U. S. Constitution

Explore the U.S. House of Representatives, its structure, powers, and the role it plays in Congress. Learn about the qualifications, terms, and the unique power of impeachment held by the House. Discover how representatives are elected and the essential function they serve in making laws.

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The U. S. Constitution

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  1. The U. S. Constitution The House of Representatives

  2. The House of Representatives • Legislative Branch • part of Congress • The job of Congress is to make laws • The members meet in the Capitol Building (which is in Washington D.C.) • The U. S. Senate is the other part of Congress (remember, it’s bicameral)

  3. This is a picture of the Capitol’s dome. The House of Representatives meets in this building.

  4. Qualifications for House Members • Must be at least 25 years old • Must have been a U.S. citizen for at least 7 years • Must live in the state he or she represents

  5. Terms for Members of the House of Representatives • Members are elected by the people • They serve a 2 year term – that means members run for reelection every 2 years, and all 435 run at the same time • And there is no limit on the number of terms they can serve – as long as people will elect them!

  6. Structure of the House of Representatives • There are 435 members in the House • The House is based on population – the bigger the population in the state, the more representatives that state has. So a state like Alaska that is big in size but doesn’t have many people has only 1 Representative in the House . . .

  7. . . . But a state like California that has a huge population has 53 members in the House of Representatives (California has more than any other state) • New Jersey has 12 representatives in the House of Representatives (states are split into pieces called districts, and NJ has 12 districts)

  8. The government has to figure out how many people are in a state so they knows how many representatives a state gets in the House. • So the government does a census every 10 years on years that end in a zero (the last one was in 2010 and the next one will be in 2020). A census is simply counting the number of people in a state.

  9. One of the 435 members of the House is chosen to be the leader. • He or she is called the Speaker of the House. • That person is 3rd in line to the presidency – that means he or she becomes president if something happens to both the president and vice president at the same time.

  10. Right now, the Speaker of the House is Paul Ryan. He is a Republican from Wisconsin. • The Speaker of the House is always from the party that has the most members – the majority party.

  11. Paul Ryan

  12. Powers of the House of Representatives • Make laws • The House also has one unique power that no one else in the government has . . .

  13. . . . The House of Representatives can impeachthe president. Impeach means to accuse; it doesn’t mean guilty! The House impeaches a president if they feel he has done something very wrong (the Constitution says “high crimes or misdemeanors.”)

  14. An impeached president gets a fair trial, just like everyone else . . . And the U.S. Senate is the court that tries the president. The president stays president during the impeachment and the trial. If he’s not guilty, he stays in office. If he’s found guilty, the president has to leave the presidency, but he doesn’t go to jail.

  15. We’ve had two impeached presidents: Neither president was found guilty. Andrew Johnson Bill Clinton

  16. We had one president who resigned before the House could impeach him. That president was….

  17. Our Representative in the House of Representatives Ho-Ho-Kus is in New Jersey’s 5th District Right now, the Representative for our district is a Republican named . . .

  18. Josh Gottheimer

  19. That’s the House of Representatives! Be sure to ask any questions you have!

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