house of representatives

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Roughly 52 million of Thailand's 65 million population are eligible to cast votes for members of a new 500-seat house of representatives for the next four years.

From Reuters • May 12, 2023

Elections are also being held for 109 federal senators and 360 members of the house of representatives, with that for governors holding in March.

From BBC • Feb. 24, 2023

Hiromichi Watanabe, a member of Japan's more powerful lower house of representatives for the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, was in Myanmar from Aug 7 to Aug 12, his office confirmed on Friday.

From Reuters • Aug. 12, 2022

Her son, Tom, a member of Mississippi’s house of representatives, called her one night to remind her she did not need to go to work.

From The Guardian • Nov. 19, 2020

Only one such case of disagreement has ever occurred, namely, in the special session of November, 1903, when the senate proposed to adjourn and the house of representatives refused.

From Government in the United States National, State and Local by Garner, James Wilford