the House
noun
: the larger part of the U.S. Congress or of the Parliament of Australia or New Zealand : the House of Representatives
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In the upcoming session, the Dallas Democrat will enter her fourth term and will serve as chair of the House LGBTQ Caucus, working with partners such as Equality Texas with the goal of filing more than 200 pro-LGBTQ bills, Pritchett said.
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Lily Kepner, Austin American Statesman, 30 July 2025
Maxwell expressed her willingness through a July 29 letter from her lawyer, David Markus, to Rep. James Comer, R-Kentucky, who heads the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
—Aysha Bagchi, The Courier-Journal, 30 July 2025
That’s 20 over the eventual limit of 105 negotiated as part of the House v. NCAA settlement terms.
—Mitch Sherman, New York Times, 29 July 2025
To get enough votes from Republicans to pass in the House of Representatives, the OBBBA needed to include a meaningful increase in the cap on the SALT deduction.
—Bruce Brumberg, Forbes.com, 29 July 2025
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Lily Kepner, Austin American Statesman, 30 July 2025
Maxwell expressed her willingness through a July 29 letter from her lawyer, David Markus, to Rep. James Comer, R-Kentucky, who heads the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
—Aysha Bagchi, The Courier-Journal, 30 July 2025
That’s 20 over the eventual limit of 105 negotiated as part of the House v. NCAA settlement terms.
—Mitch Sherman, New York Times, 29 July 2025
To get enough votes from Republicans to pass in the House of Representatives, the OBBBA needed to include a meaningful increase in the cap on the SALT deduction.
—Bruce Brumberg, Forbes.com, 29 July 2025
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“The House.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20House. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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