There are two chambers in the US Congress.

The House of Representatives is the lower chamber of Congress and is made up of elected representatives from across the country.

There are 435 voting members of the House of Representatives (six non-voting members also attend sessions representing US territories and Washington DC). Each state is allocated a different number of representatives based on their population – California is the largest with 53 while seven states have just a single representative.

Representatives serve a two-year term and the entire chamber goes up for re-election every November in even-numbered years.

As part of the legislative branch of the United States Congress, the House of Representatives has control over which legislation comes to a vote.