United States v. Bowser

The government's arguments on this point are not persuasive. Although the government is correct that the OCE was created to operate within the House, it is not the "House" itself. Article 1, section 2 of the Constitution makes clear that the House "shall be composed of Members chosen every second Year by the People of the several States." The OCE is indisputably not composed of "members elected by the people," and therefore it cannot be "the House" as defined by the Constitution. To the contrary, a member of Congress is expressly ineligible to be on the board of the OCE. See H. Res. 895 §…