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The House of Representatives is one of the most powerful institutions in America.

As per the Constitution, the U.S. House of Representatives makes and passes federal laws. The House is one of Congress’s two chambers (the other is the U.S. Senate) and part of the federal government’s legislative branch. 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.

A legislative power that is designed to bring and protect the rights of the ordinary US people and hold the US President to account.

In 2007 history was made by electing the first female woman to serve as a speaker of the House.

Nancy Pelosi is the 52nd Speaker of the House of Representatives and for short, The House of Representatives is often called or known as ‘The House’.

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The US House of Representatives has approved significant legislation that may lead to the banning of TikTok in the United States. Under this legislation, the Chinese parent company of the popular social media platform, ByteDance, would have a six-month window to divest its controlling stake, failing which the app would be barred from operation in the US.