Information about Congressional District

A congressional district is an electoral constituency that elects a single member of a congress. Countries with congressional districts include the United States and the Philippines.

Philippines

Main article: Legislative districts of the Philippines.

United States

There are 435 congressional districts in the United States House of Representatives, with each one representing approximately 700,000 people. The Census Bureau within the United States Department of Commerce conducts a decennial census whose figures are used to determine the number of congressional districts within each state.

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A constituency is any cohesive corporate unit or body bound by shared structures, goals or loyalty. It can be used to describe a business's customer base and shareholders, or a charity's donors or those it serves.
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In politics, a congress ("a gathering of people") is the name of the main legislative body in a state that operates under a congressional system of government. In non-political usage congress is a term applied to a large national or international grouping of people meeting together
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"E Pluribus Unum"   ("From Many, One"; Latin, traditional)
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The Legislative districts of the Philippines are the division are the representations of the Philippines' provinces and cities in the Philippine Congress. Representation

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United States House of Representatives

Type Bicameral

Speaker of the House of Representatives
House Majority Leader Nancy Pelosi, (D)
since January 4, 2007
Steny Hoyer, (D)
since January 4, 2007
House Minority Leader John Boehner, (R)
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The United States Census Bureau (officially Bureau of the Census as defined in Title 13 U.S.C.   11 ) is a part of the United States Department of Commerce.
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Untied States
Department of Commerce


Seal of the Department of Commerce
Agency overview
Formed February 14, 1903

Employees 36,000 (2004)
Annual Budget $9.
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An anniversary (from the Latin anniversarius, from the words for year and to turn, meaning (re)turning yearly; known in English since c. 1230) is a day that commemorates and/or celebrates a past event that occurred on the same day of the year as the initial event.
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A census is the process of obtaining information about every member of a population (not necessarily a human population). The term is mostly used in connection with national 'population and housing censuses' (to be taken every 10 years according to United Nations recommendations);
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United States of America

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This is a complete list of congressional districts for representation in the United States House of Representatives. The quantity and boundaries of districts are determined after each census, although in some cases states have changed the boundaries more than once per census.
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House of Representatives of the Philippines

Type Lower house
Houses House of Representatives
House Speaker Jose C. de Venecia, Jr., Lakas-CMD
since July 23, 2001
Deputy Speakers Arnulfo T. Fuentebella Luzon
Raul V.
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