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The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Like the upper house,the House of Lords,it meets in the Palace of Westminster in London,England. The House of Commons is an elected body consisting of 650 members known as members of Parliament (MPs). MPs are elected to represent constituencies by the first-past-the-post system and hold their seats until Parliament is dissolved.
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The speaker of the United States House of Representatives,commonly known as the speaker of the House,is the presiding officer of the United States House of Representatives. The office was established in 1789 by Article I,Section II,of the U.S. Constitution. By custom and House rules,the speaker is the political and parliamentary leader of the House and is simultaneously its presiding officer,de facto leader of the body's majority party,and the institution's administrative head. Speakers also perform various other administrative and procedural functions. Given these several roles and responsibilities,the speaker usually does not personally preside over debates—that duty is instead delegated to members of the House from the majority party—nor regularly participate in floor debates.
The House of Windsor is a British royal house,and currently the reigning house of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms. The royal house's name was inspired by the historic Windsor Castle estate. Since it was founded in 1917,there have been five British monarchs of the House of Windsor:George V,Edward VIII,George VI,Elizabeth II,and Charles III. The children and male-line descendants of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip also genealogically belong to the House of Oldenburg since Philip was by birth a member of the Glücksburg branch of that house.
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The Lok Sabha,constitutionally the House of the People,is the lower house of India's bicameral Parliament,with the upper house being the Rajya Sabha. Members of the Lok Sabha are elected by an adult universal suffrage and a first-past-the-post system to represent their respective constituencies,and they hold their seats for five years or until the body is dissolved by the President on the advice of the council of ministers. The house meets in the Lok Sabha Chambers of the Parliament House,New Delhi.
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Alexander N. Green is an American lawyer and politician serving as the U.S. representative from Texas's 9th congressional district since 2005. A member of the Democratic Party,Green served as the justice of the peace of Harris County,Texas from 1977 to 2004. The 9th district includes most of southwestern Houston and part of Fort Bend County,including most of Missouri City. It also includes western portions of Pearland.
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House is an American medical drama television series that originally ran on the Fox network for eight seasons,from November 16,2004,to May 21,2012. The series' main character is Dr. Gregory House,an unconventional,misanthropic medical genius who,despite his dependence on pain medication,leads a team of diagnosticians at the fictional Princeton–Plainsboro Teaching Hospital (PPTH) in New Jersey. The series' premise originated with Paul Attanasio,while David Shore,who is credited as creator,was primarily responsible for the conception of the title character.
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Hakeem Sekou Jeffries is an American politician and attorney who has served as House Minority Leader and Leader of the House Democratic Caucus since 2023. He has been the U.S. representative for New York's 8th congressional district since 2013 and was a member of the New York State Assembly from 2007 to 2012.
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Dean Benson Phillips is an American businessman,politician,and candidate for the 2024 Democratic Party presidential nomination who has served as the U.S. representative from Minnesota's 3rd congressional district since 2019. Phillips's district encompasses the western suburbs of the Twin Cities,such as Bloomington,Minnetonka,Edina,Maple Grove,Plymouth,and Eden Prairie. A member of the Democratic Party,Phillips has both owned and started several companies in addition to serving as president and CEO of his family's liquor business,the Phillips Distilling Company. He is the former co-owner of Talenti gelato and co-owns Penny's Coffee. On November 24,2023,Phillips announced that he would not run for reelection.
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