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Extending Foreclosure Process Counterproductive
Two foreclosure-related bills were recently cleared by a House committee, meaning they'll soon be up for vote before the entire House of Representatives. The bills would offer protection for homeowners facing foreclosure. ...
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House of Representatives, This article does not cite any references or sources. (January 2008) Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unverifiable material may be challenged and removed. The Politics series List of politics topics Consent of the governed Politics by country Politics by subdivision Political economy Political history Political philosophy Political science International relations International relations theory Political scientists Comparative politics Public administration Bureaucracy Street-level bureaucracy Adhocracy Separation of powers Executive Judiciary Legislature Sovereignty Theories of political behavior Subseries of Politics Elections Electoral systems Voting Federalism Forms of government Ideology Political campaign Political parties Politics Portal This box: view €¢ talk €¢ edit House of Representatives is the name of any of many legislative bodies in many countries. The House of Representatives is the lower house of a bicameral legislature, with the corresponding upper house often called a "senate". In other countries, the House of Representatives is the sole chamber of a unicameral legislature. The functioning of a house of representatives can vary greatly from country to country, and depends on whether a country has a parliamentary or a presidential system. Members of a house of representatives are typically apportioned according to population rather than geography. "The House of Representatives" is the name of the lower house of the legislature in the following countries: Antigua and Barbuda House of Representatives of Antigua and Barbuda Australia Australian House of Representatives Belarus House of Representatives of Belarus Belize House of Representatives of Belize Bosnia and Herzegovina House of Representatives of Bosnia and Herzegovina Colombia House of Representatives of Colombia Fiji House of Representatives (Fiji) Indonesia Indonesian House of Representatives Ireland House of Representatives of Ireland Jamaica House of Representatives of Jamaica Japan House of Representatives of Japan Liberia House of Representatives of Liberia Malaysia House of Representatives of Malaysia Nepal House of Representatives of Nepal Nigeria House of Representatives of Nigeria Philippines House of Representatives of the Philippines Puerto Rico House of Representatives of Puerto Rico Somaliland House of Representatives of Somaliland Thailand House of Representatives of Thailand Trinidad and Tobago House of Representatives of Trinidad and Tobago United States United States House of Representatives Yemen House of Representatives of Yemen In the following countries it is the sole chamber in a unicameral system: Cyprus House of Representatives of Cyprus Malta House of Representatives of Malta New Zealand New Zealand House of Representatives In Indonesia, the Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat (DPR) is generally known in English as the "House of Representatives", as is the Dewan Rakyat of the Parliament of Malaysia. House of Representatives is the title of most, but not all, of the lower houses of United States state legislatures, with the exceptions usually called "State Assembly" or more rarely, "House of Delegates." Under apartheid, the House of Representatives was the house for South Africa's mixed race 'Coloured' community, in the Tricameral Parliament of 1984 to 1994. In the Austrian part Cisleithania of Austria-Hungary, the lower house the Abgeordnetenhaus is generally known in English as "House of Representatives".
[edit] See also List of legislatures by country Chamber of Deputies National Assembly House of Commons Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Representatives" Categories: LegislaturesHidden categories: Articles lacking sources from January 2008 | All articles lacking sources
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