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Bookmark or Share- Homepage | house.govView Representatives by State. Enter your zip code. Elected by their peers, certain representatives hold positions that combine institutional, administrative and partisan roles. Elected by the whole of the House of Representatives, the Speaker acts as leader of the House and combines several institutional and administrative roles.
- Bills This Week - Home - HouseText of Bills for the Week of Nov. 11, 2024. The following are links to the text of legislation scheduled for consideration during the week of Nov. 11, 2024. For the complete schedule, please visit the Majority Leader’s site.
- Leadership - house.govRep. Mike Johnson. Elected by the whole of the House of Representatives, the Speaker acts as leader of the House and combines several roles: the institutional role of presiding officer and administrative head of the House, the role of leader of the majority party in the House, and the representative role of an elected member of the House.
- The Legislative Process | house.govLaws begin as ideas. First, a representative sponsors a bill. The bill is then assigned to a committee for study. If released by the committee, the bill is put on a calendar to be voted on, debated or amended. If the bill passes by simple majority (218 of 435), the bill moves to the Senate.
- Representatives - house.govDirectory of Representatives. Also referred to as a congressman or congresswoman, each representative is elected to a two-year term serving the people of a specific congressional district. The number of voting representatives in the House is fixed by law at no more than 435, proportionally representing the population of the 50 states.
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