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How many members of the House of Representatives must each state have according to the Constitution?
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What according to the constitution is a states representation in the US House of Representatives depends upon the states what?
Population.
How many members of the US House of Representatives does Florida have?
The Florida House of Representatives, one of the two Chambers of the Florida Legislature, is composed of 120 members, each representing a district.
What does the Constitution say about the size of the House of Representatives?
Best answer is to read the document, but basically the House shall not exceed 435 voting members (there are nonvoting members such as Guam, Puerto Rico, etc....). Representatives are from districts which are redrawn every 10 years after the Census (which is also mandated by the Constitution). States with greater populations such as California, thus have more representatives. The concept is great but in actuality Gerrymandering (the drawing of districts to favor the incumbent or the party in power) is rampant.
Who can write tax bills according to the US constitution?
According the United States Constitution, only the House of Representatives can introduce tax bills. The Senate has to approve them and the president must sign it for it to become law.
What does the US Constitution state about the US Census?
In Article I, Section 2, the US Constitution requires a census every ten years for purposes of apportioning members of the House of Representatives among the various states.
How many members did the 1876 Texas Constitution stipulate in the Texas House of Representatives?
How many members did the 1876 Texas Constitution stipulate in the Texas House of Representatives
According to the constitution how is the Prime Minister chosen?
The prime minister of Australia is chosen by a majority of the members of the house of representative's. The members of the house of representatives get there by being voted for by the general population.
Which state initially assigned 10 members to House of Representatives?
The U.S. Constitution initially entitled Virginia to elect 10 voting members to the U.S. House of Representatives.
The Constitution stipulated that all members of the be elected directly by the people?
House of Representatives
“In which part of the government, according to the Constitution, is the numberof representatives based on population“?
The House Of Representatives
How is the number of members in the senate decided?
The number of senators is in the Constitution: every state has 2 senators.
Who is the leader of the house of representatives chosen?
Members of the House of Representatives get to choose the Speaker of the House as their presiding officer. This position was established in 1789 by Article I, Section 2 of the United States Constitution.
Which part of the government according to the constitution according to the constitution should be made up of two representatives per state?
The Senate
Who is the only officer of the house of representatives to come from the elected members of the house?
The Speaker of the House is chosen from the party that holds the majority of elected members in the House. The speaker is the presiding officer of the House of Representatives.
How many members house of representatives'?
There are 435 members in the House of Representatives.
According to the US Constitution which official of the federal government would be elected directly by the people?
A member of the House of Representatives
How much how much members in the House of Representatives?
435 members in a house of representatives
