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how do we determine the number of representatives to which each state is entitled
Under Article I, Section 2 of the Constitution, seats in the House of Representatives are apportioned among the states by population, as determined by the census conducted every ten years.
can a state have no representation in the house of representatives?
Each state is entitled to at least one representative, however small its population.

Question: what does the house do
Self-contained rewrite: what does the house of representatives do