House of Representatives

Japanese: House of Representatives（英語表記）HouseofRepresentatives

...As a result, presidential candidates are often nominated from among the senators. The House of Representatives is made up of representatives (commonly known as congressmen) elected by each state for two-year terms in proportion to the state's population, with a fixed number of 435 (1997). Therefore, the allocation of representatives to each state changes depending on the census taken every 10 years. ...

From the House of Representatives

...It is usually composed of elected representatives who represent the interests of all citizens, has a shorter term of office than the Senate, and often has a system in place to dissolve the House of Representatives to reexamine public opinion. The House of Representatives in Japan, the House of Commons in the UK, the House of Representatives in the US, the National Assembly in France, and the Bundestag in Germany are examples of lower houses. As democratization progressed, the balance of power within parliaments gradually shifted in favor of the lower house. ...

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Japanese:

…その結果，大統領候補が上院議員の中から指名されることも多い。　下院House of Representativesは，各州より人口に比例して2年の任期をもって選出される議員(通称Congressman)により組織され，その定数は435名(1997)となっている。したがって，10年ごとに行われる国勢調査によって各州への議員の割当てに変動が見られる。…

【下院】より

…通常，全国民の利益を代表する民選議員によって組織され，上院に比して任期が短く，多くの場合，解散によって民意を問い直す制度を備えている。日本の衆議院，イギリスの庶民院House of Commons，アメリカの代議院House of Representatives，フランスの国民議会Assemblée nationale，ドイツの連邦議会Bundestagが下院に該当する。民主化が進むとともに，議会内での勢力関係はしだいに下院を優越させる方向へ変化した。…

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