United States House of Representatives

United States House of Representatives
Type
Type	Lower house
History
New session started	August 30, 2018 (2018-08-30)
Leadership
Speaker	Lamport, (R) Since August 31, 2018
Majority Leader	meatduck12, (P) Since September 1, 2018
Minority Leader	God's Morals, (R) Since October 4, 2018
Structure
Seats	16 voting members 9 needed for control
Political groups	Majority (10)      Social Democratic Alliance (10)      Progressive (7)      Democratic (3) Official Minority (5)      Republican (5) Other Minority Parties (1)      Independent (1)
Elections
Last election	August 2018
Next election	October 2018

The United States House of Representatives is the lower house of the United States Congress, the United States Senate being the upper house.

The House is composed of representatives from each state as allocated according to the states' populations. The House is currently composed of 16 members.

The presiding officer is the Speaker of the House, who is elected by the members thereof. The floor leaders are selected by their respective party caucuses.

Current Makeup of the US House of Representatives

Majority:
Social Democratic Alliance
Progressive Party
meatduck12
Graeme
Cool Dad
kirbus
Em
ProgressiveMinded
Peanut
Democratic Party
Lohengramm
Frank Underwood
Mega
Official Minority:
Republican Party
Lamport
LOTR
Trump
God's Morals
PennLibertarian
Other Minority Parties:
Independent
Oliver