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apportionment

[ uh-pawr-shuhn-muhnt, uh-pohr- ]

noun

  1. the act of apportioning.
  2. the determination of the number of members of the U.S. House of Representatives according to the proportion of the population of each state to the total population of the U.S.
  3. the apportioning of members of any other legislative body.


apportionment

  1. The allocation of seats in a legislature or of taxes according to a plan. In the United States Congress , for example, the apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives is based on the relative population of each state, whereas the apportionment in the Senate is based on equal representation for every state. ( See also gerrymander .)
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of apportionment1

First recorded in 1620鈥30; apportion + -ment
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She added she worked "really hard" in her job and, in between sending emails or finishing reports, she was taking care of apportionments, attending meetings and filling out forms.

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The Inflation Reduction Act provided an $80 billion apportionment for the IRS aimed at reducing the national debt and providing more resources for the agency to audit ultrawealthy taxpayers.

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That pause was excluded from the Friday bill, which extended current apportionments until March 14 and funded Democratic-backed disaster relief and farm aid packages.

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Republicans in Nebraska are also considering a last-minute change to how the state divvies up Electoral College votes, seeking a winner-takes-all allocation over the current congressional district-based apportionment.

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The bill is unlikely to pass the Democratic-controlled Senate, the White House opposes it and there are legal questions because the Constitution says all people should be counted during the apportionment process.

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