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The New Hampshire General Court is the Bicameral State Legislature of the U.S. State of New Hampshire . The lower house is composed of New Hampshire House Of Representatives with 400 members. The upper house is composed of the New Hampshire Senate with 24 members. The General Court is the third largest English-speaking legislature in the world, behind only the United States Congress and the Parliament Of The United Kingdom and has one of the greatest disparities in size between chambers of a bicameral legislature. Currently, the General Court is in its 159th session. The General Court meets in the New Hampshire State House in Concord , downtown just off of US 3 . HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ''See also 2004 New Hampshire General Court Election '' The House of Representatives consists of 400 members coming from 103 districts across the state created from divisions of the state's counties each making up about 3,000 residents for every one legislator. If the same level of representation were present in the U.S. Congress, the U.S. House Of Representatives would have approximately 99,000 members according to current population estimates. Unlike in many legislatures, there is no clear " Aisle " to cross per se, as members of both parties sit partially segregated in five sections, which is then put on the legislator's license plate (chairpersons and party leaders in Green, non-chairs in red). Most Republicans are in the First, Second and Third Sections, while most Democrats are in the Fourth and Fifth sections, although this is not strictly enforced as seating is often decided on the personal preference of the legislator except in the case of the sixth section, which is reserved for the speaker. Historically, the House has been dominated by the Republican Party , which retained a reduced majority in the 2004 election currently holding 249–151 majority. However, the Republicans are often divided between the more conservative Republican House Alliance and moderates known as the Main Street Republicans . The division is approximately 141 voting with along RHA lines and 110 voting along Main Street lines if the difference is considered to be the 50% line of the RHA's 2004 scorecard. If these divisions are taken into account, Democrats currently have 37% of the seats, the RHA has 35%, and Main Street has 28%. Currently, the Speaker of the House is Douglas Scamman from Stratham .Scamman returned to the Speaker position which he held in the 1980s due to the 2004 Corn Roast Scandal of the prior Speaker, Gene G. Chandler from Bartlett . Scamman's ascension to the speakership was considered a compromise by Republicans when it became clear that Chandler was resigning as Speaker. Make-up of the House of Representatives NEW HAMPSHIRE SENATE Currently, the 24-member Senate consists of 16 Republicans and 8 Democrats. The Senate President is Ted Gastas (R- Manchester ) who replaced Tom Eaton (R- Keene ) on September 9, 2005. For three weeks in September and October 2000, the Senate held the state' only Impeachment trial. The Senate heard testimony regarding the charges of maladministration against Chief Justice David Brock brought by the New Hampshire House of Representatives. The Senate voted to acquit by a vote of seven for conviction and fifteen for acquittal. Unlike the U.S. Constitution , the State Constitution does not provide for the required Burden Of Proof , nor the number of votes required to convict. The Senate chose to require a two-thirds vote for conviction and left each Senator to decide for themselves if the evidence rose to the level of finding Brock "guilty." Make-up of the Senate Miscellaneous facts
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