United States Congress
The United States Congress is the legislature of the federal government of the United States. It is bicameral, composed of a lower body, the United States House of Representatives, and an upper body, the United States Senate. It meets in the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C. U.S. Senators and U.S. Representatives are chosen through direct election, though vacancies in the Senate may be filled by a governor's appointment. Congress }} has 535 voting members: 100 senators and 435 representatives. The U.S. vice president, as President of the Senate, has a vote in the Senate only when casting a tie-breaking vote. The House of Representatives has six non-voting members.Congress convenes for a two-year term, commencing every other January. Elections are held every even-numbered year on Election Day. The members of the House of Representatives are elected for the two-year term of a Congress. The Reapportionment Act of 1929 established that there be 435 representatives, and the Uniform Congressional Redistricting Act requires that they be elected from single-member constituencies or ''districts''. It is also required that the congressional districts be apportioned among states by population every ten years using the U.S. census results, provided that each state has at least one congressional representative. Each senator is elected at-large in their state for a six-year term, with terms staggered, so every two years approximately one-third of the Senate is up for election. Each state, regardless of population or size, has two senators, so currently, there are 100 senators for the 50 states.
Article One of the U.S. Constitution requires that members of Congress must be at least 25 years old for the House and at least 30 years old for the U.S. Senate, be a citizen of the U.S. for seven years for the House and nine years for the Senate, and be an inhabitant of the state which they represent. Members in both chambers may stand for an unlimited number of times.
The Congress was created by the U.S. Constitution and first met in 1789, replacing the Congress of the Confederation in its legislative function. Although not legally mandated, in practice since the 19th century, Congress members are typically affiliated with one of the two major parties, the Democratic Party or the Republican Party, and only rarely with a third party or independents affiliated with no party. In the case of the latter, the lack of affiliation with a political party does not mean that such members are unable to caucus with members of the political parties. Members can also switch parties at any time, although this is quite uncommon. Provided by Wikipedia
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Healthy marriage and responsible fatherhood initiative
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The forgotten Ninth Amendment : a call for legislative and judicial recognition of rights under social conditions of today by Patterson, Bennett B., 1899-1980
Published 1955“…United States. Congress…”
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Congressional record : containing the proceedings and debates of the ... Congress.
Published 1874“…United States. Congress…”
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Addresses on the death of Hon. Stephen A. Douglas : delivered in the Senate and House of Representatives on Tuesday, July 9, 1861.
Published 1861“…United States. Congress…”
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Obituary addresses on the occasion of the death of the Hon. Henry Clay, a senator of the United States from the state of Kentucky : delivered in the Senate and in the House of repr...
Published 1852“…United States. Congress…”
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Annals of the Congress of the United States.
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Congressional globe.
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Register of debates in Congress.
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Report of the Joint Committee on Reconstruction.
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Report of the Joint Committee on Reconstruction, at the first session, Thirty-ninth Congress.
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Freedom national, slavery sectional : speech of Hon. John J. Perry, of Maine, on the comparative nationality and sectionalism of the Republican and Democratic Parties : in the Hous... by Perry, John J. (John Jasiel), 1811-1897
Published 1856“…United States. Congress House…”
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Memorial of sundry masters of American vessels, lying in the port of Charleston, S.C.
Published 1823“…United States. Congress. House…”
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Proceedings of the U.S. Senate, on the fugitive slave bill, the abolition of the slave-trade in the District of Columbia, and the imprisonment of free colored seamen in the Souther...
Published 1850“…United States. Congress. Senate…”
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Speech of Hon. Russell Sage, of New-York : on the professions and acts of the President of the United States, the repeal of the Missouri Compromise, the outrages in Kansas, and the... by Sage, Russell, 1816-1906
Published 1856“…United States. Congress House…”
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Proposed Equal Employment Opportunities Enforcement Act of 1971: S. 2515, S. 2617, and H.R. 1746 : bill texts, section-by-section analyses, changes in existing law, comparison of b...
Published 1971“…United States. Congress Senate…”
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Background relating to the effect of racially discriminatory policies on the tax-exempt status of private schools
Published 1982“…United States. Congress. Joint Committee on Taxation…”
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Hispanic Americans in Congress, 1822-2012
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Report of the special committee appointed to investigate the troubles in Kansas : with the views of the minority of said committee.
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Impact of drugs on children and families : joint hearing before the Committee on Labor and Human Resources and the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, One Hundred Fir...
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Black Americans in Congress, 1870-2007
Published 2008“…United States. Congress. House. Committee on House Administration…”
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Civil rights. Part 4, October 15-16, 1964 : hearings before the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, Eighty-eighth Congress, first session on HR. 7152, as amended...
Published 1964“…United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary…”
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Country reports on human rights practices. Volume 3, South and Central Asia, Western Hemisphere : report submitted to the Committee on Foreign Relations, US Senate and Committee on...
Published 2012“…United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs…”
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Country reports on human rights practices. Volume 2, Europe and Eurasia, Near East and North Africa : report submitted to the Committee on Foreign Relations, US Senate and Committe...
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Country reports on human rights practices. Volume 1, Africa, East Asia and the Pacific : report submitted to the Committee on Foreign Relations, US Senate and Committee on Foreign...
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Civil Rights Commission Authorization Act of 1977 : hearing before the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, Ninety-fifth Congress, first session on S. 1231, a bill to...
Published 1977“…United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary…”
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The USA Patriot Act in practice : shedding light on the FISA process : hearing before the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, One Hundred Seventh Congress, second ses...
Published 2003“…United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary…”
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Oversight of the Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division : hearing before the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, One Hundred Seventh Congress, second session, M...
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The Ottawa summit and U.S. international economic policy : hearings before the Joint Economic Committee, Congress of the United States, Ninety-seventh Congress, first session, July...
Published 1982“…United States. Congress. Joint Economic Committee…”
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Civil rights : hearings before a subcommittee of the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, Eighty-first Congress, first session on S. 1725, a bill to provide means of f...
Published 1951“…United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary…”
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Protecting U.S. citizens' constitutional rights during the War on Terror : hearing before the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, One Hundred Thirteenth Congress,...
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Mismanagement at the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice : hearing before the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, One Hundred Thirteenth Congress,...
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Presidential nominations to the Civil Rights Commission : hearings before the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, Ninety-eighth Congress, first session, on nomination...
Published 1984“…United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary…”
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Confirmation of William C. Lucas, to be Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division, Department of Justice : hearings before the Committee on the Judiciary, United Sta...
Published 1990“…United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary…”
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Department of Justice authorization for fiscal year 1989. Part 2, Civil, Criminal, and Civil Rights Divisions, May 20, 24, and 26, 1988 : hearings before the Committee on the Judic...
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Authorization legislation and oversight of the U.S. Department of Justice. Part 4, Civil Rights Division and INS, March 10 and 24, 1987 : hearings before the Committee on the Judic...
Published 1988“…United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary…”
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Predatory lending and reverse redlining : are low-income, minority and senior borrowers targets for higher-cost loans? : hearing before the Joint Economic Committee, Congress of th...
Published 2010“…United States. Congress. Joint Economic Committee…”
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Oversight of the U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division : hearing before the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, One Hundred Eleventh Congress, second sess...
Published 2011“…United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary…”
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Oversight of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security : hearing before the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, One Hundred Eleventh Congress, second session, April 27...
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Oversight of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security : hearing before the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, One Hundred Eleventh Congress, first session, December...
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Oversight of the Federal Bureau of Investigation : hearing before the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, One Hundred Eleventh Congress, first session, March 25, 2009...
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