The apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives is based on the population of each state.

众议院的席位是根据各州的人口分配的。

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If the bills become law, state boards and commissions will be required to set aside 50 percent of board seats for women.

如果该法案成为法律，各州的董事会和委员会将被要求为女性留出百分之五十的席位。

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Data compiled by Rutgers shows women currently hold 16.6 percent of the 535 seats in Congress and 23.5 percent of the seats in state legislatures.

拉特·格斯大学整理的数据表明：最近，女性占据16.6%的美国国会席位，即535个；在州议会中占据23.5%的席位。

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The results decide how many seats each state will have in the House of Representatives.

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It was for one of the two Senate seats representing the state of Illinois.

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The U.S.State Department's on Ethiopia says of the 3.6-million seats contested, the EPRDF and its allied parties won all but three.

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And with their hardball fund raising and campaigning for state seats that year, DeLay's operatives did in fact aid the election of a Republican majority.

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All of the state House seats are up in 46 states, but only 17 states have all of their state Senate seats up for re-election.

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As a matter of fact, a slew of seats are up for grabs in North Carolina, including state legislative seats and judgeships, as well as all 12 of the state's seats in the House of Representatives.

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