Galactic House of Representatives

The Galactic House of Representatives, also called the Congress (collectively with the Second Galactic Senate), but more commonly called the House, was the lower house of the bicameral legislature of the Galactic Union, and together with the Second Galactic Senate comprised the Galactic Union Congress. The major power of the House was to pass federal legislation that affected the entire Union, although its bills had to also be passed by the Senate and further agreed to by the Supreme Chancellor before becoming law.

It is unknown exactly how many representatives were allowed from each planet, but the numbers seem to vary from planet to planet. It is thought by historians that these numbers were chosen based on planet population. However, what is known is that every four years, representatives were elected on each planet and sent to Coruscant to serve in the Union's House of Representatives. Under the Union Constitution, a Representative had to be at least twenty-five years old.

Behind the scenes
Like the rest of the Galactic Union's government, it is heavily based on the government of the United States; more specifically, the United States House of Representatives. It is the only body that is not based on an Old Republic governmental body, as the Old Republic had no House. It is unknown, but suggested, that the House can overcome a veto from the Supreme Chancellor if both the House and Senate re-pass the legislation with a two-thirds majority in each chamber, as it is done in real life.