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 most recent midterm elections in 2022, held during Democratic President Joe Biden's term, Republicans won control of the House, while Democrats retained a slim majority in the Senate. Mark Joseph, Newsweek, 23 Feb. 2025 The firing follows days of speculation after a list of officers, including Gen. Brown, to be fired was circulated on Capitol Hill – but notably was not sent via any formal notification to either of the Republican chairmen of the House or Senate armed services committees. Tara Copp and Lolita C. Baldor, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 Feb. 2025 The firing follows days of speculation after a list of officers, including Brown, to be fired was circulated on Capitol Hill — but notably was not sent via any formal notification to either of the Republican chairmen of the House or Senate armed services committees. Tara Copp and Lolita C. Baldor, Los Angeles Times, 22 Feb. 2025 The budget was also in the news this week as the House and the Senate appeared to make some headway, though their positions aren’t exactly aligned. Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for the House

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