When talking about the federal government what does 'house' mean?
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House of Representatives.  One part of Congress.  The House of Representatives have delegates from each state.  The number from each state depends on the state's population.  (The other half of Congress is the Senate - always 2 members from each state no matter the population)
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The government deals basically with two things: the inside of a country and the outside of a country. A country is defined by just an idea, that is written on a Constitution. All countries have some type of document that defines what the country is and who their people are, and the rules of the country. If you think of a soccer match, the government is the coach, and the people are the players. The constitution is the idea that formed the team, and the rules. The game itself is like foreign relations.\nThis metaphor is very simplstic and has a lot of holes, but it's kind of like that.
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We are talking about Congress, right?
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Congress of USA consists of Senate and the House of Representatives.
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The Federal Housing Administration (FHA) is part of the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), and its primary function is to INSURE loans. FHA does not make loans, but it does regulate many conditions of the loan process.\n\nSo as a taxpayer funded organization, its primary purpose is to promote homeownership, not to make money.
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A nation is to a country what a home is to a house.
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The term "District of Columbia" is derived from an old poetic name for the United States, Columbia, which has fallen out of common use since the early 20th century.\n\nFederal districts are subdivisions of a federal system of government. Often, these districts are not one of the countries' component subdivisions, and should not be confused with them, but are rather separate entities under the direct control of the federal government. The seat of the federal government is often located in a Federal District, so that no single individual component can exercise undue influence over federal affairs.
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Washington is a federal city. It was awarded self government. However other than the USA Government located there  there is none.\nHopefully some day the feds will make this a truely federal city and remove the scum living there and reclaim it.
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I'm not going to repeat what's already been mentioned, but the Senate is considered the 'upper house' of Congress, and the House of Representatives is considered the 'lower house,' which is why the Senate has special roles (like passing treaties, etc.).
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The United States House of Representatives (or simply the House) is one of the two chambers of the United States Congress, the other being the Senate. Each state is represented in the House proportionally to its population, and is entitled to at least one Representative. The total number of Representatives is currently fixed at 435 by the Reapportionment Act of 1929, though Congress has the authority to change that number. Each Representative serves for a two-year term and may be re-elected an unlimited number of times. The presiding officer of the House is known as the Speaker, and is elected by the members. The present House delegations by state are shown in the article List of U.S. states by population.\n\nThe bicameral Congress arose from the desire of the Founders to create a "house of the people" that would represent public opinion, balanced by a more deliberative Senate that would represent the governments of the individual states, and would be less susceptible to variations of mass sentiment. The House is often considered the "lower house," and the Senate as the "upper house," although the United States Constitution does not use such language. The Constitution provides that the approval of both houses is necessary for the passage of legislation.\n\nThe House is generally considered a more partisan chamber than the Senate. Many of the Founding Fathers intended the Senate (whose members were originally chosen by the state legislatures) to be a check on the popularly elected House, just as the House was to be a check on the Senate. The "advice and consent" powers (such as the power to approve treaties) were therefore granted to the Senate alone. The House was granted its own exclusive powers: the power to initiate revenue bills, impeach officials, and elect the President in electoral college deadlocks. The Senate, however, can propose amendments to spending bills, try impeached officials, and choose the Vice President in an electoral college deadlock. The Senate and its members generally have greater prestige than the House since Senators serve longer terms (six years) in a smaller body and (in most cases) represent larger constituencies than Representatives.\n\nThe House meets in the south wing of the United States Capitol.
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HOME\nA place where one lives; a residence. \nThe physical structure within which one lives,\nA dwelling place together with the family or social unit that occupies it; a household. \nAn environment offering security and happiness\n\nHOUSE\nA structure serving as a dwelling for one or more persons, especially for a family.\nSomething, such as a burrow or shell, that serves as a shelter or habitation.\nA dwelling for a group of people, such as students or members of a religious community, who live together as a unit.\nA building house.
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the senate, and filibuster.\nsee http://www.thisnation.com/question/037.html\nthis gives a pretty good definition.
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cabinet\ncabinet, group of advisers to the head of the state who themselves are usually the heads of the administrative government departments. The nature of the cabinet differs widely in various countries. In Great Britain, where the cabinet system originated, it was at first a committee of the privy council and rose to its modern status only after the sovereignty of Parliament had been established by the Glorious Revolution of 1688 and the gradual emergence of party government in the 18th cent. The British cabinet is a body of ministers drawn from the party that possesses a majority in the House of Commons; it is responsible to the Commons for the conduct of the administration. The cabinet is chosen by the prime minister, who is guided by the necessity of choosing a group that will represent the disparate elements in his party. The defeat in the Commons of an important ministerial measure or a general election adverse to the government results in the fall of the cabinet. In continental European countries, where the two-party system is not the rule, the coalition cabinet is more common. Cabinet members need not be selected from the majority party nor necessarily from the legislature, and they may speak in either house of the legislature.\n\nThe U.S. cabinet was not specifically established by the Constitution; it evolved through custom and is now defined by statute law. The members of the cabinet are not members of either house of Congress and are responsible, individually and not as a body, to the president, who appoints them with the approval of the Senate and may remove them at will. The cabinet member may not address Congress but may be called as a witness before congressional committees. As an advisory body, the U.S. cabinet is generally a weak institution and is often overshadowed by a strong president and his staff. The first cabinet appointments (1789) were the secretaries of State, the Treasury, and War. Since then the size and composition of the cabinet has varied considerably. Presently the 15 executive departments whose heads sit in the cabinet are the departments of State; the Treasury; Defense; Justice; the Interior; Agriculture; Commerce; Labor; Health and Human Services; Housing and Urban Development; Transportation; Energy; Education; Veterans Affairs; and Homeland Security.
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I chose number 1 because it illustrates federalism - power is divided between federal and state government. \n\nFurther explanation: Federal government has specific powers, and state governments have their own powers.\n\n#2 is an example of separation of powers.\n#3 is an example of powers delegated only for the House of Representatives.
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It's just a comic acronym for the government of the UNited States of AMerica ! \n...Since the government is always asking its soldiers to go somewhere, fetch something, or do some of its own (dirty !) work, just as any biological uncle probably would, the 'boys' had coined this nick !
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house of representatives
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not sure I understand what you are asking.\n\nif your talking about a states representaion in the house  changes  as the population of the state changes