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House of Representatives

Lower chamber of the US Congress, with 435 members elected at regular two‐year intervals, every even year, in November. States are represented in proportion to their population. The Speaker of the House is the majority party's leader.

All spending bills must, in accordance with Section 7 of Article 1 of the constitution, originate in the House of Representatives, thus making its financial committees particularly influential bodies. Once bills are passed in the House, they are sent to the Senate for consideration. The House also has sole powers of instigating impeachment proceedings, and elects the president (as it did in 1800 and 1824) if there is no majority in the electoral college. Members of the House must reside in the roughly equal‐sized constituencies they represent.

The House started with fewer than 70 members, but grew as new states joined the Union and the US population increased. Since 1941 the number of members has been fixed at 435.

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Charlie Wilson's War

3 February 1988
Iran-Contra Affair: The United States House of Representatives rejects President Ronald Reagan's request for $36.25 million to aid Nicaraguan Contras.

9 February 1825
John Quincy Adams is elected President of the United States by the House of Representatives after no presidential candidate received a majority of electoral votes.

1 April 1789
Frederick Augustus Conrad Muhlenberg is elected the first speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives.

9 May 1974
In America, the House of Representatives Judiciary Committee opens its impeachment hearing against President Nixon.

8 June 1789
James Madison proposes a Bill of Rights to the American House of Representatives.

27 July 1974
In America, The House of Representatives charges President Richard Nixon with the first of three articles of impeachment for obstruction of justice after he refused to release White House tape recordings that contained crucial information regarding the Watergate scandal.

16 September 1940

Sam Rayburn is elected Speaker of the United States House of Representatives.

8 October 1998

The U.S. House of Representatives votes to proceed toward impeaching President Bill Clinton on charges of perjury and obstruction of justice.

1 December 1824
In America, no presidential candidate receives a majority of the total electoral votes in the presidential election. Congress, as stated by the 12th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, turns over the presidential election to the House of Representatives to decide.