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The House of Representatives is sometimes called the ________ because the representatives are elected from much smaller districts than Senators.

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It's sometimes called the 'people's house'.

They are chosen from smaller districts because there are way more representatives than senate members, so all chosen representatives are supposed to represent smaller groups of people and stand up for them. That's why they are called the people's house.
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