U.S. House of Representatives


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Noun1.U.S. House of Representatives - the lower legislative house of the United States CongressU.S. House of Representatives - the lower legislative house of the United States Congress
Congress, U.S. Congress, United States Congress, US Congress - the legislature of the United States government
house - an official assembly having legislative powers; "a bicameral legislature has two houses"
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A top official of the U.S. House of Representatives claimed in early March that the First Amendment does not call for the separation of church and state.
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Nancy Pelosi, Democratic Leader of the U.S. House of Representatives, will deliver the keynote address at the luncheon.
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It cost about $1 million to win a typical seat in the U.S. House of Representatives last year.
But this year, she has been targeted by Democrats who hope to take control of the U.S. House of Representatives. According to one political analyst, Morella is now "the most vulnerable Republican in Congress."
It begins with opening statements by John Boehner, Chairman, Committee on Education and the Workforce, U.S. House of Representatives and by George Miller, Ranking Minority Member, Committee on Education and the Workforce, U.S.
Republicans have a -- seat margin in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Both the U.S. House of Representatives and the Senate have passed separate versions of bills outlawing cybersquatting." According to Congress, cybersquatting occurs when a person registers as an Internet domain name a trademark or famous name to which he does not hold rights, with the intent of turning a buck.
* The U.S. House of Representatives on July 15, 1999, passed the Religious Liberty Protection Act with no exemptions--the version supported by the Coalition for the Free Exercise of Religion, of which the American Humanist Association is a member.
In addition to the fact that the bill faces an uncertain future in the U.S. House of Representatives, its passage in the Senate may only be political.

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