THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Fast facts

Amount of members: 435                                                                                                                                                                                              This number is based on population in different states.The more people your state has, the more representatives you have in your state. See below for the amount of representatives per state.

 

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As you can see, the more people in a state, the more representatives a state receives. Each time a census takes place - every ten years - the amount of representatives each state changes. 

Each representative gets two year terms, with an unlimited amount of terms allowed.

Qualifications

Age: 25
Years of Citizenship: 7
Must be a resident of the state one is serving.

Leaders of The House of Representatives - as of April 1st, 2010

Speaker of the house: Nancy Pelosi
Floor Leaders: Steny Hoyer (majority), John Boehner (minority)

Floor Whips: James E. Clyburn (majority), Eric Cantor (Minority)