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94 unusual facts about United States House of Representatives


2010 Israel–Lebanon border clash

After the United States House of Representatives voted to suspend military aid to Lebanon, the Lebanese government stated that it would reject any future U.S. military aid conditioned on Lebanon agreeing not to use it against Israel.

2011 alleged Iran assassination plot

Republican Representative Michael McCaul shared his view.

Alabama elections, 2004

The 2004 United States Senate election in Alabama took place on November 2, 2004 alongside other elections to the United States Senate in other states as well as elections to the United States House of Representatives, various state and local elections, and the presidential election of that year.

Álvaro Leonel Ramazzini Imeri

The same year he testified before the International Relations Sub-committee on the Western Hemisphere of the United States House of Representatives.

Annexation Bill of 1866

The Annexation Bill of 1866 was a bill introduced on July 2, 1866, but never passed in the United States House of Representatives.

Azalea Park, Florida

It is Florida's 8th Congressional District currently served by Republican Daniel Webster in the United States House of Representatives.

Battle of Queenston Heights

Stephen Van Rensselaer's popularity remained high enough that he was able to make an unsuccessful attempt to unseat Daniel Tompkins as Governor of New York, and he later served in the United States House of Representatives.

Benjamin Tallmadge

Benjamin Tallmadge (February 11, 1754 – March 7, 1835) was a member of the United States House of Representatives.

C. Hartley Grattan

In 1942 Grattan was forced to resign as Economic Analyst to the American Board of Economic Warfare when Representatives Martin Dies, Jr. and Jerry Voorhis accused him of being both a Nazi and Communist sympathizer; allegations that were withdrawn by Voorhis a short time later.

Carried interest

To address this concern, U.S. Representative Sander M. Levin introduced H.R. 2834 on June 22, 2007, which would eliminate the ability of persons performing investment-adviser or similar services to partnerships to receive capital-gains tax treatment on their income.

Center Township, Marion County, Indiana

Julia Carson, former U.S. representative and onetime Center Township trustee (now deceased) (1938–2007).

Chester Santos

In March 2012, while performing before a crowd in New York City, Santos demonstrated memory of all 435 members of the United States House of Representatives, their party, their state, which district they represent and the committees they sit on.

Cloud County, Kansas

Frank Carlson was an American politician who served as the 30th Governor of Kansas and United States Representative and United States Senator from Kansas.

Commission on Foreign Economic Policy

Section 301 of this Act provided for a bipartisan commission which consisted of seventeen members: seven appointed by the President, five appointed from the Senate by the Vice President, and five from the United States House of Representatives by the Speaker.

Conway County, Arkansas

Conway County was formed on October 20, 1825 from a portion of Pulaski County and named for Henry Wharton Conway who was the territorial delegate to the U.S. Congress.

Cullen Loeffler

Loeffler is the son of Tom Loeffler, a former Republican member of the United States House of Representatives who also played football for the University of Texas under Darrell Royal.

Diversity Immigrant Visa

In December 2005, the United States House of Representatives voted 273-148 to add an amendment to the border enforcement bill H.R. 4437 abolishing the DV.

Edward Burnett

Edward Burnett (March 16, 1849 – November 5, 1925) was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts.

Embassy of Luxembourg, Washington, D.C.

The building was originally constructed for lumber baron and former Congressman Alexander Stewart in 1909.

Enhanced Partnership with Pakistan Act of 2009

The House of Representatives passed the bill on September 30.

Floor Services Chief

The Floor Services Chief is the title of the staff member in the Speaker's or Majority Leader's office who runs the Majority cloakroom in the United States House of Representatives.

Gun Owners of America

On June 6, 1995, GOA helped in lobbying the House of Representatives to vote against the Moran Amendment, by a vote of 278 to 149.

Hammurabi

Hammurabi is one of the 23 lawgivers depicted in marble bas-reliefs in the chamber of the U.S. House of Representatives in the United States Capitol.

Henry Jordan

The ceremony brought together former NFL stars of the 1950s, 1960s, 1970s and 1980s, with surviving members of that year's Hall of Fame class representing the latter decade (one of them, then-Congressman Steve Largent flipped the coin on their behalf).

Herbert Henry Dow High School

Bill Schuette, District Court of Appeals Judge, former member of the United States House of Representatives and Attorney General of the State of Michigan

House Select Committee on Current Pornographic Materials

The House Select Committee on Current Pornographic Materials, commonly known as the Gathings Committee, was a select committee of the United States House of Representatives which was active in 1952 and 1953.

Hurlock, Maryland

William N. Andrews, U.S. Representative for Maryland's 1st congressional district (1919–1921), born in Hurlock on November 13, 1876.

James T. Molloy

Molloy was the last Doorkeeper of the House of Representatives.

James Thomas Molloy (June 3, 1936 – July 19, 2011) was elected Doorkeeper of the House of Representatives during the 94th Congress in 1974 and served through the 103rd Congress.

Janus-Merritt Strategies

Safavian left Janus in January 2001 to become Chief of Staff for Representative Chris Cannon.

Jocko Conlan

His son John Bertrand Conlan served as a U.S. Representative from Arizona from 1973 to 1977.

John Adams II

An investigating committee of the United States House of Representatives determined that Jarvis had initiated the attack, but took no other action.

John W. Kyle State Park

It is named after John W. Kyle, a former Mississippi state senator and a former U.S. representative from Mississippi.

Joseph Wheaton

Joseph Wheaton was an elected United States House of Representatives officer from 1789 to 1809.

K25IA-D

This ended in September 2013, when all TBN services were dropped in favor of Informed TV, a series of video lectures from Alan Roebke, a former Representative from Minnesota's 7th Congressional District.

Kenny Dies

Cartman gives a speech to the House of Representatives on behalf of stem cell research.

Khalid Adem

After Adem's arrest, Representative Mary Margaret Oliver (D-Decatur), in collaboration with Fortunate Adem, was able to get a law passed specifically outlawing female genital cutting in the state of Georgia.

Louisa Adams

Louisa thought she was retiring to Massachusetts permanently, but in 1831 her husband began seventeen years of service in the United States House of Representatives.

Midnight regulations

A subcommittee on administrative law in the Democratic House of Representatives held a hearing on midnight regulations the month after Obama's inauguration.

Mildred O'Neill

Mildred O'Neill (1914?-October 6, 2003) was the widow of former Speaker of the United States House of Representatives Tip O'Neill.

Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation

The Foundation was established by the Congress in 1992 to honor Morris Udall’s thirty years of service in the House of Representatives.

Movie4k.to

In 2011, the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) classified Movie2k.to as a "notorious market" for piracy in a letter to the United States House of Representatives.

Muttshack Animal Rescue Foundation

In 2005, founder Amanda St. John and marty st. john was honored with special awards from the United States House of Representatives and the City of Los Angeles for rescue efforts and community service.

Myroslava Gongadze

The activities were supported by Freedom House and the Committee to Protect Journalists, and received letters of support from several members of the United States House of Representatives.

National World War II Memorial

Kaptur introduced the World War II Memorial Act to the House of Representatives as HR 3742 on December 10.

Old Deer

The village is the birthplace of David B. Henderson, one of only two foreign born Speakers of the United States House of Representatives.

Olympic Peninsula

The Olympic Peninsula is represented in the U.S. House of Representatives by Derek Kilmer.

Oncology Nursing Society

With Representative Steve Israel as the bill sponsor, ONS reintroduced the Assuring and Improving Cancer Treatment Education and Cancer Symptom Act (H.R. 1661) to the House of Representatives in 2013.

Parliamentarian of the United States House of Representatives

The Parliamentarian of the United States House of Representatives manages, supervises, and administers its Office of the Parliamentarian, which is responsible for advising presiding officers, Members, and staff on procedural questions under the U.S. Constitution, rule, and precedent, as well as for preparing, compiling, and publishing the precedents of the House.

Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins

One of her first initiatives after taking over Green For All was to build a coalition of "a broad range of groups — many of whom are not known for their engagement in climate and energy issues." This coalition came together to advocate for equity-based amendments to the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009 (ACES) — the climate bill in the House of Representatives.

Phil Valentine

Valentine is the son of former six-term Democratic U.S. Representative Tim Valentine of North Carolina, but is nonetheless a self-described conservative.

Pius L. Schwert

Pius Louis Schwert (November 22, 1892 – March 11, 1941) was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from New York.

Prince Alwaleed Center for Muslim–Christian Understanding

On February 14, 2008 Republican congressman Frank Wolf questioned the prince's gift, and whether the center had ever been critical of the Saudi government.

Recording Studio of the United States House of Representatives

The House Recording Studio provides radio and television recording services to Members, Committees, and Officers of the United States House of Representatives.

Republican Policy Committee Chairman of the United States House of Representatives

This is a list of Chairman of the Republican Policy Committee of the United States House of Representatives.

Ringgold, Louisiana

Ringgold, the son of a congressman from Maryland, was known for his particularly effective use of artillery.

Robby Wells

The Constitution Party nomination was won on the first ballot by former U.S. Congressman Virgil Goode.

San Francisco Institute of Architecture

SFIA Director Fred Stitt received the award at a ceremony in the United States House of Representatives building in Washington, D.C. on February 26, 2009.

Science and technology in Italy

On September 25, 2001, US Congress passed a resolution that officially recognized the Florentine immigrant to the United States, Antonio Meucci, as the inventor of the telephone.

Septimus Tustin

While at Warrenton, he was elected to serve as chaplain of the United States House of Representatives.

Skinner Butte

U.S. Representative from Oregon Charles O. Porter was one of the people who had advocated for the removal of the cross.

Snoqualmie River

On August 8, 2007, U.S. Representative Dave Reichert (WA-08), King County Executive Ron Sims, and others announced a proposal to expand the Alpine Lakes Wilderness to include the valley of the Pratt River, a tributary of the Middle Fork, near the town of North Bend.

Svend Auken

He is one of the few Danish politicians to be honoured in the United States House of Representatives.

Term limit

There are no term limits for Vice Presidency, Representatives and Senators, although there have been calls for term limits for those offices.

Thomas Ustick Walter

Construction on the wings began in 1851 and proceeded rapidly; the House of Representatives met in its new quarters in December 1857 and the Senate occupied its new chamber by January 1859.

Tom Renyi

On September 22, 1999, Renyi testified before United States House of Representatives and United States Senate hearings, conducted in 1999 and 2000, amidst the Bank of New York scandal, during which billions of dollars from Russia were laundered through the Bank, which has long been considered one of the most respected financial pillars of America.

Transgenerational design

A National Research Conference on Technology and Aging, and the Office of Technological Assessment of the House of Representatives, initiated a major examination of the impact of science and technology on older Americans”.

Trey Watts

Coming out of high school, Watts primary selling point was that his father, J.C. Watts, a former member of the United States House of Representatives, was previously a starting quarterback for the Oklahoma Sooners.

United States and the United Nations

The Task Force came into being in January 2005, co-chaired by former House Speaker Newt Gingrich and former Senate Majority Leader, George J. Mitchell.

United States Congress Joint Committee on Atomic Energy

Congress soon transferred the bulk of the joint committee's jurisdiction over civilian nuclear power to other standing congressional committees in the House and Senate.

United States Court of Private Land Claims

At first the Congress tried to deal with each land grant by special bill and the House had a Committee on Private Land Claims, seats on which were sought after as a way of dispensing patronage.

United States House Committee on Accounts

In addition, the committee was responsible for the accountability of officers of the House, the procurement of rooms for the use of House committees and for the Speaker, and for recommending and authorizing the employment of such persons as stenographers, reporters of debates, janitors, and clerks and staff assistants for committees, members and senators.

The United States House Committee on Accounts is a former committee of the United States House of Representatives from 1803 to 1927.

United States House Committee on Commerce and Manufactures

The United States House Committee on Commerce and Manufactures was a standing committee of the U.S. House from 1795 until 1819, when the two initially related subjects were split into the Committee on Commerce and the Committee on Manufactures.

United States House Committee on Elections

The United States House Committee on Elections is a former standing committee of the United States House of Representatives.

United States House Committee on Enrolled Bills

The United States House Committee on Enrolled Bills is a former standing committee of the United States House of Representatives.

United States House Committee on Public Works

The United States House Committee on Public Works was a U.S. House committee, established in 1947 by the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946, that had jurisdiction over infrastructure within the United States.

United States House Committee on Revolutionary Pensions

The United States House Committee on Revolutionary Pensions was a U.S. House committee, established on January 10, 1831, that superseded the defunct Committee on Military Pensions to assume jurisdiction over issues related to pensions for service in the American Revolutionary War.

United States House Committee on the Election of the President, Vice President and Representatives in Congress

The United States House Committee on the Election of the President, Vice President, and Representatives in Congress is a former standing committee of the United States House of Representatives.

United States House of Representatives elections in Arizona, 2004

The 2004 congressional elections in Arizona were elections for Arizona's delegation to the United States House of Representatives, which occurred along with congressional elections nationwide on November 2, 2004.

United States House Select Committee on Government Contracts

On July 8, 1861, the House of Representatives appointed a committee to summon witnesses and take testimony, on the matter.

The Committee on Government Contracts was a select committee of the United States House of Representatives from 1861 to 1863 during the 37th Congress.

United States House Select Committee on the Memorial of the Agricultural Bank of Mississippi

The Committee on the Memorial of the Agricultural Bank of Mississippi was a select committee of the United States House of Representatives that existed during the 27th Congress.

United States House Select Committee to Investigate Alleged Corruptions in Government

The Select Committee to Investigate Alleged Corruptions in Government was as select committee of the United States House of Representatives which operated during the spring and summer of 1860 during the 36th Congress.

United States House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Health

The Subcommittee on Health is a subcommittee of the Committee on Ways and Means in the United States House of Representatives.

United States Senate election in Connecticut, 1986

The 1986 United States Senate election in Connecticut took place on November 3, 1986, alongside other elections to the United States Senate and United States House of Representatives.

United States Senate election in Connecticut, 1992

The 1992 United States Senate election in Connecticut took place on November 3, 1992, alongside other elections to the United States Senate in 34 other states, as well as with a presidential election and elections to the United States House of Representatives in all 50 states.

United States Senate Watergate Committee

Its revelations prompted the introduction of articles of impeachment against the President in the House of Representatives, which led to Nixon's resignation.

United States-China Economic and Security Review Commission

The twelve commissioners are appointed to two-year terms by the majority and minority leaders of the U.S. Senate, and by the minority leader and speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives.

Vacco v. Quill

To this effect the Court quoted a House Judiciary Committee hearing, stating that a physician performing an assisted suicide, "must, necessarily and indubitably, intend primarily that the patient be made dead."

Wall Doxey State Park

It is named after Wall Doxey, a former U.S. Representative and U.S. Senator from Mississippi.

Ways and Means committee

The United States House Committee on Ways and Means is a committee in the United States House of Representatives similar to that same committee in the United Kingdom House of Commons.

William Homer Leavitt

Ruth Bryan Owen lived abroad for several years during her English husband's postings, until she returned to America, where she ran for Congress from Florida after his early death.

Yuri Bezmenov

In 1983, at a lecture in Los Angeles, Bezmenov expressed the opinion that he "wouldn't be surprised" if the Soviet Union had shot down Korean Air Lines Flight 007 in order to kill Larry McDonald, a member of the United States House of Representatives.


Alfred Conkling Coxe, Jr.

Coxe was the son of the US Circuit Court of Appeals Justice (2nd Circuit) Alfred Conkling Coxe, Sr., great grandson of Alfred Conkling, who served as a U.S. Representative from upstate New York and a judge in the Northern District, and grand nephew of Roscoe Conkling, who was a Congressman and Senator from New York and boss of the state's Republican political machine.

Ambler, Pennsylvania

The borough is part of the Thirteenth Congressional District (represented by Rep. Allyson Schwartz), the 151st State House District (represented by Rep. Todd Stephens) and the 12th State Senate District (represented by Sen. Stewart Greenleaf).

American Lung Association

The association members recommended a public health committee be formed by The National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis and be officially sanctioned by the United States House of Representatives.

BluegrassReport.org

The blog, which further covers ongoing intra-party operations, political issues and scandals, was started in June 2005 by Democratic consultant Mark Nickolas, former campaign manager for both Speaker of the Kentucky House Jody Richards and U.S. House Rep. Ben Chandler's 2003 gubernatorial campaign.

Bonneville Unit Clean Hydropower Facilitation Act

The Bonneville Unit Clean Hydropower Facilitation Act (H.R. 254) was a bill introduced in the 113th United States Congress which passed in the United States House of Representatives on April 9, 2013.

Chip Reid

Reid began covering the Senate and the House of Representatives for NBC News in the fall of 2004; and, he served as a political coverage anchor for MSNBC, as well as a reporter for all the major NBC News broadcasts.

Civil Rights Act of 1875

The bill was proposed by Senator Sumner and co-sponsored by Representative Benjamin F. Butler, both Republicans from Massachusetts, in the 43rd Congress of the United States in 1870.

Davis–Bacon Act

The act is named after its sponsors, James J. Davis, a Senator from Pennsylvania and a former Secretary of Labor under three presidents, and Representative Robert L. Bacon of Long Island, New York.

Enumerated powers

At the beginning of the 105th Congress, the House of Representatives incorporated the substantive requirement of the Enumerated Powers Act into the House rules.

Eugene Hale

He was elected to the Maine Legislature 1867–68, to the U.S. House of Representatives 1869–79, serving in the 41st and four succeeding Congresses.

Federal Contested Elections Act

The Federal Contested Elections Act of 1969 (2 U.S.C. §§ 381 et seq.), also FCEA provides a procedure for candidates to the United States House of Representatives to contest general elections by filing with the Clerk of the House.

Glass–Steagall in post-financial crisis reform debate

During the 2009 United States House of Representatives consideration of H.R. 4173, the bill that became the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010, Representative Maurice Hinchey (D-NY) proposed an amendment to the bill that would have reenacted Glass–Steagall Sections 20 and 32, which had been repealed by the 1999 Gramm–Leach–Bliley Act (GLBA), and also prohibited bank insurance activities.

Henry Hull Carlton

Running as a Democrat, he was elected to the 50th United States Congress as a Representative and was re-elected to one additional term in that body.

Idaho Democratic Party

Richard Stallings, a former member of the United States House of Representatives from Idaho, had served as the party's chair since 2005.

John Fritchey

Fritchey was one of many candidates who ran for former US Representative Rahm Emanuel's seat in Illinois's 5th congressional district special election, 2009.

Lucius Seymour Storrs

Storrs is a relative of Henry Randolph Storrs, a U.S. Representative from New York; and William L. Storrs, a U.S. Representative from Connecticut.

Maud Crawford

Former Arkansas Attorney General Jim Guy Tucker (later a U.S. Representative and then governor), considered the deeds "powerful evidence" that Mike Berg sought to defraud his aunt.

Mel Levine

In 1992, Levine entered the Democratic primary election for the U.S. Senate, but lost the nomination to then-Congresswoman Barbara Boxer.

Melissa Winter

She worked for then Congressman Norman Mineta for seven years as his Staff Assistant and then Executive Assistant before working for Senator Joe Lieberman.

National Fish and Wildlife Foundation

Previously, Trandahl served as the thirty-second Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives.

Paula Aboud

On January 3, 2006 she was appointed to the Arizona State Senate by the Pima County Board of Supervisors, following the resignation of Gabrielle Giffords, who stepped down to run for the United States House of Representatives.

Pennsylvania's 7th congressional district election, 2010

Pennsylvania 7th congressional district election, 2010 was an election held to determine who would represent Pennsylvania's 7th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives during the 112th Congress.

Philetus Sawyer

He ran for and was elected to the United States House of Representatives in 1864 and served for ten years from 1865 until 1875 being first elected to the 39th United States Congress.

Politics and government of North Carolina

In the 113th Congress, the state is represented by four Democratic and nine Republican members of congress, plus one Republican and one Democratic Senator.

Robert W. Levering

Robert Woodrow Levering (October 3, 1914 – August 11, 1989) was a U.S. Representative from Ohio, son-in-law of Usher L. Burdick and brother-in-law of Quentin N. Burdick.

Ruse of war

The use of the American flag flown on the RMS Lusitania while crossing through the Irish Sea to avoid attack by German submarines during the First World War was criticized in debate in the United States House of Representatives by Republican Eben Martin of South Dakota, who stated that "the United States cannot be made a party to a ruse of war where the national colors are involved".

Sampson Willis Harris

Harris was then elected in 1846 to represent Alabama's 3rd congressional district in the United States House of Representatives during the 30th United States Congress and was reelected to three additional terms (31st, 32nd and 33rd Congresses) in that seat from March 4, 1847, until March 3, 1855.

South Carolina's 1st congressional district special election, 1971

The 1971 South Carolina 1st congressional district special election was held on April 27, 1971 to select a Representative for the 1st congressional district to serve out the remainder of the term for the 92nd Congress.

Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act

The Act was introduced in the House of Representatives on June 17, 2009, by Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Maryland) and has been cosponsored by 169 of the 257 House Democrats.

T. D. Little

He ran for Alabama's 3rd congressional district for United States House of Representatives in 1996 after Glen Browder retired but lost to Bob Riley (R).

Thomas Jefferson Building

Senate, House and Supreme Court pages formerly attended school together in the Capitol Page School located on the attic level above the Great Hall.

United States Congress Joint Committee on the Organization of Congress

The last and most recent version of this committee attempted further reforms, some of which were adopted by Congress when Republicans gained control of the House and Senate after the 1994 Congressional elections.

United States House of Representatives election in American Samoa, 2008

The non-voting delegate to the United States House of Representatives is elected for two-year terms; whoever is elected will serve in the 111th Congress from January 3, 2009 until January 3, 2011.

United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1914

The United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1914 was an election for California's delegation to the United States House of Representatives, which occurred as part of the general election of the House of Representatives on November 3, 1914.

United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1924

The United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1924 was an election for California's delegation to the United States House of Representatives, which occurred as part of the general election of the House of Representatives on November 4, 1924.

United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1974

The United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1974 was an election for California's delegation to the United States House of Representatives, which occurred as part of the general election of the House of Representatives on November 4, 1974.

United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1978

The United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1978 was an election for California's delegation to the United States House of Representatives, which occurred as part of the general election of the House of Representatives on November 7, 1978.

United States House of Representatives elections in Florida, 1908

Elections to the United States House of Representatives for Florida's three House seats in the 61st Congress were held November 3, 1908 alongside the election for President and the election for Governor.

United States House of Representatives elections in Massachusetts, 1790

Elections for the United States House of Representatives for the 2nd Congress were held in Massachusetts on October 4, 1790, with subsequent elections held in four districts due to a majority not being achieved on the first ballot.

United States House of Representatives elections in New Hampshire, 2008

The 2008 congressional elections in New Hampshire were held on November 4, 2008 to determine who would represent the state of New Hampshire in the United States House of Representatives during the 111th Congress from January 3, 2009 until January 3, 2011.

United States Senate election in West Virginia, 2008

Both Representative Alan Mollohan (D-1st District) and Representative Nick Rahall (D-3rd District) had more formidable challenges from Republicans when compared to 2000 and 2002.

Virgil City, Missouri

Virgil City has been the home of two members of the United States House of Representatives: Charles Germman Burton (a Republican) and Frank H. Lee (a Democrat).

Wilmot Proviso

Congressman David Wilmot first introduced the Proviso in the United States House of Representatives on August 8, 1846, as a rider on a $2,000,000 appropriations bill intended for the final negotiations to resolve the Mexican–American War (this was only three months into the two-year war).