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	The United States Constitution - The U.S. Constitution Online - USConstitution.net
		Imposts, laid by any State on Imports or Exports, shall be for the Use of the Treasury of the United States; and all such Laws shall be subject to the Revision and Controul of the Congress.
		Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
		All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside.
	www.usconstitution.net /const.html (5134 words)

	United States Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Congress can legislate to constrain the President's executive power, even with respect to his or her command of the armed forces; however, this power is used only very rarely—a notable example was the constraint placed on President Richard Nixon's strategy of bombing Cambodia during the Vietnam War.
		The United States Armed forces are considered to be the most powerful military (of any sort) on Earth and their force projection capabilities are unrivaled by any other nation, or collaboration of nations.
		The United States does not have an official language at federal level; nevertheless, American English is the first and/or only language of the overwhelming majority of the population and serves as the de facto official language: English is the language used for legislation, regulations, executive orders, treaties, federal court rulings, and all other official pronouncements.
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	Encyclopedia: 109th United States Congress (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		The Congress of the United States is the legislative branch of the federal government of the United States of America.
		The Minority Leader of the United States House of Representatives serves as floor leader of the opposition party, and is the minority counterpart to the Majority Leader of the United States House of Representatives.
		Blanche Lambert Lincoln (born September 30, 1960) is a Democratic United States Senator from the State of Arkansas.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/109th-United-States-Congress (7328 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/1st United States Congress
		The First United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, comprised of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives.
		September 2 1789 - The United States Department of the Treasury was established.
		New York, North Carolina, and Rhode Island, were the last states to ratify the U.S. Constitution, and because of their late ratification, were unable to send full representation at the beginning of this Congress.
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/1st_United_States_Congress (965 words)

	Research Guide for United States Congress: Research Resources - Francis A. Drexel Library @ SJU
		This chronology of Congress begins with the 1st in 1789 and ends with 104th in 1996.
		West takes the United States Code (http://www.gpoaccess.gov/uscode/index.html) based on the Statutes at Large (Public Laws) (http://www.gpoaccess.gov/plaws/index.html) and adds annotations with references to court cases and regulations.
		This site is maintained by the Library of Congress for the purpose of providing current legislative information on the United States Congress to the American people.
	www.sju.edu /libraries/drexel/polisci/congress.htm (2051 words)

	The Avalon Project : Joint Resolution of the Congress of the United States, December 29,1846
		Joint Resolution of the Congress of the United States, December 29,1846
		Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the state of Texas shall be one, and is hereby declared to be one, of the United States of America, and admitted into the Union on an equal footing with the original states, in all respects whatever.
		And be it further resolved, That until the representatives in Congress shall be apportioned according to an actual enumeration of the inhabitants of the United States, the state of Texas shall be entitled to choose two representatives.
	www.yale.edu /lawweb/avalon/texan04.htm (166 words)

	United States House of Representatives, 110th Congress, 1st Session
		United States House of Representatives, 110th Congress, 1st Session
		Access the Laws of the United States »
		Search Thomas by bill text or number, the Congressional Record, or the legislative archive.
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	NARA \| The National Archives Experience
		ARTICLES in addition to, and Amendment of the Constitution of the United States of America, proposed by Congress, and ratified by the Legislatures of the several States, pursuant to the fifth Article of the original Constitution.
		Amendment II A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.
		The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.
	www.archives.gov /national-archives-experience/charters/bill_of_rights_transcript.html (425 words)

	1st United States Congress Information
		The First United States Congress was a meeting of the United States national legislature, comprised of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives.
		September 25, 1789 - The United States Bill of Rights, twelve proposed amendments to the United States Constitution were passed by the U.S. Congress.
		In this Congress, all Senators were newly elected, and Class 1 meant their term ended with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1790; Class 2 meant their term ended with the next Congress, requiring reelection in 1792; and Class 3 meant their term lasted through the next two Congresses, requiring reelection in 1794.
	www.bookrags.com /First_United_States_Congress (939 words)

	Biography of George Washington
		When the Second Continental Congress assembled in Philadelphia in May 1775, Washington, one of the Virginia delegates, was elected Commander in Chief of the Continental Army.
		He reported to Congress, "we should on all Occasions avoid a general Action, or put anything to the Risque, unless compelled by a necessity, into which we ought never to be drawn." Ensuing battles saw him fall back slowly, then strike unexpectedly.
		Rather, he insisted upon a neutral course until the United States could grow stronger.
	www.whitehouse.gov /history/presidents/gw1.html (627 words)

	The 1st Amendment to the Constitution of the United States of America. The First Amendment guarantees the Right to ...
		The 1st Amendment to the Constitution of the United States of America.
		Every battle and every war fought in our home lands or on foreign soil was to continuously bestow on all Americans, regardless of country of origin or beliefs, the Right of Free Speech, of a Free Press and to Worship how you may choose'.
		If the court finds that a special motion to strike is frivolous or is solely intended to cause unnecessary delay, the court shall award costs and reasonable attorney's fees to a plaintiff prevailing on the motion, pursuant to Section 128.5.
	www.1stamendment.com (1194 words)

	Annals of Congress Links: U.S. Congressional Documents
		1st Session -- December 2, 1793 to June 9, 1794
		1st Session -- December 6, 1819 to February 12, 1820
		1st Session -- December 1, 1823 to February 27, 1824
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	GUIDE TO LAW ONLINE: United States Legislative - Congress
		Enactment of a Law (THOMAS) by Robert B. Dove Parliamentarian, United States Senate; February 1997.
		The Legislative Process (U.S. House of Representatives) provides access to the texts of proposed legislation introduced in the House during the present Congress as well as extensive information on the status of such bills.
		23d Cong., 1st sess.- 42d Cong., 2d sess.
	www.loc.gov /law/guide/uscong.html (357 words)

	United States Congress - May 27, 1993
		Whereas the State Department`s Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 1992 states that the `massive influx into Tibet of Han Chinese.
		Whereas on October 28, 1991, the Congress enacted section 355 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1992 and 1993, which expresses the sense of the Congress that Tibet is an illegally occupied country whose true representatives are the Tibetan government in exile and His Holiness the Dalai Lama;
		Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), That the Congress urges the President to raise, at the highest levels of the Government of the People`s Republic of China, the issue of Chinese population transfer into Tibet in an effort to bring about an immediate end to that government`s policy on this issue.
	www.tibet.com /Resolution/us27may93.html (491 words)

	Annals of Congress Home Page: U.S. Congressional Documents
		The Annals of Congress, formally known as The Debates and Proceedings in the Congress of the United States, cover the 1st Congress through the first session of the 18th Congress, from 1789 to 1824.
		The Annals were not published contemporaneously, but were compiled between 1834 and 1856, using the best records available, primarily newspaper accounts.
		The Constitution of the United States from the First Volume of the Annals of Congress
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	H2>United States Congress - 104TH CONGRESS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Expressing the sense of the Senate welcoming His Holiness the Dalai Lama on his visit to the United States.
		Whereas the Tibetan people are entitled to the right of self-determination as recognized in 1961 by the United Nations General Assembly in Resolution No. 1723;
		(3) urges His Holiness the Dalai Lama to remind the Tibetan people that, as they move forward in their struggle toward preserving their culture and regaining their freedom, the Congress and the American people stand with them.
	www.tibet.com /Resolution/us8sept95.html (341 words)

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