<Li> House impeachment proceedings and subsequent Senate trials </Li> <Li> House and Senate proceedings under the 25th Amendment in the event that the president becomes disabled or the office of the vice president falls vacant </Li> <Li> Informal meetings between legislators and executive officials </Li> <Li> Congressional membership: each state is allocated a number of seats based on its representation (or ostensible representation, in the case of D.C.) in the House of Representatives . Each state is allocated two senators regardless of its population . As of January 2010, the District of Columbia elects a non-voting representative to the House of Representatives along with American Samoa, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Northern Mariana Islands . </Li>

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