house of representatives

The other branch of the legislature, which is usually called the house of representatives, has no share whatever in the administration, and only takes a part in the judicial power inasmuch as it impeaches public functionaries before the senate.

American Institutions and Their Influence Alexis de Tocqueville 1832

Jose Lara, one of the lead organizers for today's action and a member of the UTLA board of directors, revealed in a phone call to The Huffington Post that the board of directors voted yesterday to unanimously support the wider Occupy LA movement, and the motion has been referred to the house of representatives for final approval tomorrow.

The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com The Huffington Post News Editors 2011

Why, then, is only one of the two branches called the house of representatives?

The Government Class Book Designed for the Instruction of Youth in the Principles of Constitutional Government and the Rights and Duties of Citizens. Andrew W. Young

A recent IMF report warned that Japan should take urgent action to prevent these deteriorating debt dynamics from forcing up bond yields: but one of the few proposed measures to bring in more revenue – an increase in the consumption tax – prompted nine members from the ruling DPJ party to resign from the house of representatives last week.

If RBS takes stakes in its ailing debtors, who knows what George Osborne could end up owning? 2012

The truth in labelling – palm oil bill, which will require products to carry information on palm oil content, is now expected to be approved by the house of representatives.

Palm oil labelling in Australia could become a reality if bill passes 2011

The democratically controlled senate and house of representatives resorted to having their votes bought by Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi who are pushing the Obama agenda.

Tony Blair: The Next Labour Prime Minister? 2010

The election delivered exactly the secretive backroom bargaining that a first-past-the-post constituency system -- as in the US house of representatives -- was supposed to avoid.

Simon Jenkins: Cry for Help From UK to USA 2010

It is said that…it becomes possible for the speaker of the house of representatives and the president of the senate to impose upon the people as a law a bill that was never passed by congress.

The Slaughter solution, constitutionality, and precedent 2010

The contributory bailout fund proposed by the house of representatives is silly.

Lawrence G. McDonald: Will The Next Three Weeks Change Wall Street Forever? 2010

Kendrick Meek, the African American member of the house of representatives, won the Florida Democratic nomination for senate last night, as he was expected to, against a self-financing candidate who ran into some controversies he couldn't shake.

John McCain's primary purpose 2010