id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt en-wikipedia-org-3872 United States House of Representatives - Wikipedia .html text/html 14713 1655 64 The House also has exclusive powers: it initiates all revenue bills, impeaches federal officers, and elects the president if no candidate receives a majority of votes in the Electoral College.[4][5] The House meets in the south wing of the United States Capitol. In 1967, the United States Congress passed the Uniform Congressional District Act, which requires almost all representatives to be elected from single-member-districts.[23][24] Following the Wesberry v. Main article: Non-voting members of the United States House of Representatives As of December 2014[update], the annual salary of each representative is $174,000,[30][31] the same as it is for each member of the Senate.[32] The speaker of the House and the majority and minority leaders earn more: $223,500 for the speaker and $193,400 for their party leaders (the same as Senate leaders).[31] A cost-of-living-adjustment (COLA) increase takes effect annually unless Congress votes not to accept it. Third-party members of the United States House of Representatives ./cache/en-wikipedia-org-3872.html ./txt/en-wikipedia-org-3872.txt