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House of Representatives (The House)：众议院 House of Representatives (the house) 众议院是国会两院规模较大的一院，435名议员通常被称作国会议员和国会女议员，他们的任期为两年，参议员的任期则为六年。众议院议长由每届新国会开幕时众议员们经过多数投票产生。众议员代表着他们“选区”的近五十万公民，每个州选区的众议员人数每10年根据联邦人口统计数据确定一次。 The house of Representatives is a large-scale house of two houses of Congress. 435 members are usually called members of Congress and women members of Congress. Their term of office is two years, while the term of office of senators is six years. The speaker of the house of Representatives is elected by a majority vote at the opening of each new Congress. Representatives represent nearly half a million citizens in their "constituencies," and the number of representatives in each state constituency is determined every 10 years based on federal demographic data. House Majority leader：众议院多数派领袖 House Majority Leader 众议院多数派领袖是众议院多数派政党第二位最有权力的人士。与众议院议长不同，他/她对众议院不负总体责任，主要任务完全是推动所属政党的利益。 The house majority leader is the second most powerful member of the house majority party. Unlike the speaker of the house of Representatives, he / she has no overall responsibility for the house of Representatives, and his / her main task is to promote the interests of his / her party. | 
