house of representative

1. 1) INTRODUCTION
Article 1 of the American Constitution says that “All Legislative Powers herein
granted shall be vested in the congress of the United States which shall consist of
Senate and House of Representative.”
The House of Representative is the lower chamber of American Congress. The
farmers of the Constitution intended the House to represent the multitude, the
common people.
2) RELEVANT PROVISION
Article 1 of American constitution
3) COMPOSITION
1) Article 1 Section 2
b) No of members 435
c) Presiding officer Speaker
d) Sessions
2) QUALIFICATION FOR MEMBERSHIP
a) Age 25 Years
b) Citizenship Seven Years
c) Residence
(Must be a resident of the State from which he wants to contest election)
3) DISQUALIFICATION
1) Holding any office of profit
2) Appointed any civil office
4) METHOD OF ELECTION
6) TENURE
Two years
7) PRIVILEGES
a) Can’t be impeached
b) Can’t be arrested except on some case
c) Salary
8) POWERS
1) LEGISLATIVE POWER
a) Co-ordinate power
b) Amendment in the bills
c) Amendment in laws
2) EXECUTIVE POWER
a) Declare war
b) Conclude Peace
2) JUDICIAL POWER
a) Impeachment
Subject: US Constitution
Standard: LL.B 4th
semester
Topic: House of representative it’s composition &powers
MUNIR HUSSAIN KTK
Lecturer
UNIVERSITY LAW COLLEGE
QUETTA
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2. b) Frame of charge against the President
c) Frame of charge against other civil officer
3) ELECTORAL POWER
Election of President-(When no candidates secure an absolute
majority then elect one out of three candidates securing the
highest votes)
4) DECLARING OF WAR
5) FINANCIAL POWER
a) Origination of money Bills
6) CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDIND POWER
9) FACTORS INCLUDING IN THE LESSER POWERS OF THE HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVE
a) Structure of the House
b) Short tenure
c) In-experienced members
d) Powerless House
e) Limitation on freedom of speech
f) No executive control
g) Political parties are not arranged
10) CONCLUSION
In all the democratic countries of the world the lower houses enjoy
greater powers than the upper ones. But in America the House of Representative
is less influential & powerful than the Senate. As compare to the Senate, the House
of Representative has less authority, which makes it a weak house.