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	Membership of the Congresses of the United States
		This is a compilation of the membership of each Congress of the United States, organized by state and, in the case of House representatives, by district.
		The PDF version of the Biographical Dictionary of the United States Congress lists all Senators and Representatives by State and Congress through the 108th Congress, but for the first 30 or so Congresses, Representatives are listed in alphabetical order; thereafter the names appear in numerical order of their districts.
		For the 1st Congress through the 30th Congress, single-member and plural-member districts were checked against Martis's Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts.
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	United States v. Progressive, Inc. (1979)
		The government states that a court must look at the nature and context of prior disclosures and analyze what the practical impact of the prior disclosures are as contrasted to that of the present revelation.
		He stated that the release of this information would be contrary to the United States' effort to prevent the proliferation of nuclear weapons and requested that The Progressive refrain from publishing the article.
		In view of the showing of harm made by the United States, a preliminary injunction would be warranted even in the absence of statutory authorization because of the existence of the likelihood of direct, immediate and irreparable injury to our nation and its people.
	www.law.umkc.edu /faculty/projects/ftrials/conlaw/progressive.html (5079 words)

	Lalor, Cyclopaedia of Political Science, V.3, Entry 192, SINKING FUND: Library of Economics and Liberty
		Even then the jealousy among the states prevented action, and it was not until the constitution was adopted and the national government formed, that a settlement of the debt question could be looked for.
		And he presumes that it is difficult to conceive a situation in which there may not be an adherence to the maxim." He recommended, as commissioners to administer this fund, the vice-president of the United States, the speaker of the house of representatives, the chief justice, secretary of the treasury and the attorney general.
		His propositions respecting the postal revenues were not accepted; but congress appropriated to the sinking fund the surplus revenues of the current year, and authorized the president to borrow $2,000,000 with which to purchase stock at its then low value.
	www.econlib.org /library/YPDBooks/Lalor/llCy962.html (1968 words)

	United States House of Representatives, 110th Congress, 1st Session
		United States House of Representatives, 110th Congress, 1st Session
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	The Avalon Project : Annexation of Texas. Joint resolution of the Congress of the United
		Third- New states, of convenient size, not exceeding four in number, in addition to said state of Texas, and having sufficient population, may hereafter, by the consent of said state, be formed out of the territory thereof, which shall be entitled to admission under the provisions of the federal constitution.
		And such states as may be formed out of that portion of said territory lying south of thirty-six degrees thirty minutes north latitude, commonly known as the Missouri compromise line, shall be admitted into the Union with or without slavery, as the people of each state asking admission may desire.
		And in such state or states as shall be formed out of said territory north of said Missouri compromise line, slavery, or involuntary servitude, (except for crime,) shall be prohibited.
	www.yale.edu /lawweb/avalon/texan01.htm (214 words)

	THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION - We the People
		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.
		The Judicial power of the United States shall not be construed to extend to any suit in law or equity, commenced or prosecuted against one of the United States by Citizens of another State, or by Citizens or Subjects of any Foreign State.
		But in choosing the President, the votes shall be taken by states, the representation from each state having one vote; a quorum for this purpose shall consist of a member or members from two-thirds of the states, and a majority of all the states shall be necessary to a choice.
	www.stlplaces.com /constitution (7712 words)

	Administrative Notes Technical Supplement: November 30, 1998
		Congress, 3d Session, Beet sugar industry in United States.
		Congress, 2d Session, Unveiling of statues of Pulaski and Kosciuszko in D.C. Was not printed.
		Congress, 2d Session, Decisions of Commissioner of Patents and U.S. Courts in Patent and Trademark Cases, 1970.
	www.access.gpo.gov /su_docs/fdlp/pubs/techsup/ts113098.html (2211 words)

	United States v. Progressive (1979)
		Although the government states that some of the information is in the public domain, it contends that much of the data is not, and that the Morland article contains a core of information that has never before been published.
		Defendants have stated that publication of the article will alert the people of this country to the false illusion of security created by the government's futile efforts at secrecy.
		On March 9, 1979, the Honorable James E. Doyle, United States District Judge, Western District of Wisconsin, disqualified himself from this proceeding pursuant [999] to 28 U.S.C. § 455(a).
	www.bc.edu /bc_org/avp/cas/comm/free_speech/progressive.html (5048 words)

	President Delivers "State of the Union"
		During this session of Congress, we have the duty to reform domestic programs vital to our country; we have the opportunity to save millions of lives abroad from a terrible disease.
		I ask the Congress to commit $15 billion over the next five years, including nearly $10 billion in new money, to turn the tide against AIDS in the most afflicted nations of Africa and the Caribbean.
		The United States will ask the U.N. Security Council to convene on February the 5th to consider the facts of Iraq's ongoing defiance of the world.
	www.whitehouse.gov /news/releases/2003/01/20030128-19.html (5113 words)

	The Founding Documents of the United States of America
		On March 1, 1781 Maryland became the thirteenth state to ratify, having held out until the larger states with western boundaries that extended as far as the Mississippi had ceded their lands northwest of the Ohio River to the common government.
		Congress had only those powers, and they were few, specifically granted to them by the states as common concerns.
		The states failed to ratify the first and second articles, which, respectively, concerned the proportion of representation in Congress and the method by which congressional salaries could be changed.
	www.williams.edu /resources/chapin/exhibits/founding.html (1505 words)

	The-United-States.net - The United States By The Numbers: No. 1? by Michael Ventura
		The United States is 49th in the world in literacy (the New York Times, Dec. 12, 2004).
		The United States is 41st in the world in infant mortality.
		The United States has lost 1.3 million jobs to China in the last decade (CNN, Jan. 12, 2005).
	the-united-states.net /numberone.htm (1243 words)

	The US50 - A guide to the fifty states
		José Antonio Navarro, signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence and one of the framers of the Constitution of the Republic, was a Texas native, born in San Antonio in 1795.
		Texas was annexed to the United States as the 28th state on Dec. 29, 1845.
		He was sent as one of the commissioners (1835—36) of the provisional government to obtain aid in the United States, was defeated (1836) by Samuel Houston for the presidency of Texas, and served briefly until his death as secretary of state.
	www.theus50.com /texas/history.shtml (1904 words)

	Ritter Senate Testimony - September 3, 1998 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-21)
		The United States is again in the odd position of bargaining with a tyrant and war criminal who is dodging long-overdue compliance with lies and empty promises.
		Ritter, you've stated to Senator Feinstein's questions the specific nature of how you were stopped from inspecting in spite of, even as recently as July 8th of this year, a statement by the administration that you could use the means of your own choosing to pursue any evidence of Iraqi weapons of mass destruction.
		RITTER: Senator, as you correctly stated, this issue is, indeed, part and parcel of the war that was fought in 1991, a war in which I participated in and a war in which hundreds of Americans lost their lives to achieve a specific aim: that was the liberation of Kuwait.
	www.ceip.org /programs/npp/ritter.htm (18533 words)

	The US50 - A guide to the state of Alaska - History
		From 1867 until 1898 was a period of total neglect in the administration of the Territory by the United States.
		On January 3, 1959, Alaska was officially proclaimed the forty-ninth state of the Union.
		President of the constitutional convention (1955--56), he drafted the state charter, lobbying for congressional approval afterward.
	www.theus50.com /alaska/history.shtml (1031 words)

	Walsh Iran / Contra Report - Chapter 25 United States v. Elliott Abrams
		Michel denied the North allegations in a written memorandum, stating that he had no recollection of North indicating that he was the source of contra funding or was in control of such funding.
		Following the Honduran refusal to permit direct NHAO flights from the United States to Honduras, it was agreed within the RIG to use Ilopango as a transshipment point for off-loading supplies onto smaller aircraft.
		Congress was concerned as to the extent of the U.S. Government knowledge about foreign government assistance to the contras.
	www.fas.org /irp/offdocs/walsh/chap_25.htm (9407 words)

	Kelley Ross for Congress, California, 28th District
		There are many libertarian talk radio hosts in the United States, like David Brudnoy, Neal Boortz, and Zoh Hieronimus.
		The most common variety of asbestos used in the United States, 95% of all asbestos used in the United States, was "white" or chrysotile asbestos.
		Asbestos is thus commonly found in the air and water in California, with the highest levels in the Klamath River in northern California and Oregon.
	www.friesian.com /ross/ca40 (2682 words)

	U.S. Copyright Office - Copyright Basics (Circular 1)
		The work is first published in the United States or in a foreign nation that, on the date of first publication, is a treaty party.
		For purposes of this condition, a work that is published in the United States or a treaty party within 30 days after publication in a foreign nation that is not a treaty party shall be considered to be first published in the United States or such treaty party, as the case may be; or
		The reports also state that it is clear that any form of dissemination in which the material object does not change hands, for example, performances or displays on television, is not a publication no matter how many people are exposed to the work.
	www.copyright.gov /circs/circ1.html (7014 words)

	Timeline: The United States (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-21)
		Eventually, Missouri is admitted as a slave state, balanced by the admission of Maine as a free state.
		May 25: in response to petitions calling on Congress to abolish slavery in the District of Columbia, the House of Representatives implements the “gag rule,” automatically tabling abolitionist petitions.
		Compromise of 1850 admits California as free state, eliminates slave trade in District of Columbia, establishes Utah and New Mexico without restrictions on slavery, and requires return of fugitive slaves.
	amistad.mysticseaport.org /timeline/united.states.html (1956 words)

	United States « It’s Getting Hot In Here
		A number of recent articles and reports suggest that while we may be making strides in the United States to transition away from coal, our efforts to curb global warming pollution are being nullified overseas.
		In one case, as Beth Daley reported earlier this summer in the Boston Globe, a coal fired power plant that was disassembled in Massachusetts was sent piece by piece to be reconstructed in Guatemala.
		Last year, 9.6 million acres in the United State were burnt by wildfires…another one of those ‘record-breaking years.
	itsgettinghotinhere.org /category/united-states (2439 words)

	Congressional Documents: H. Doc. 108-222, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress 1774-2005
		House Document No. 108-222, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress 1774 - 2005
		Purchase a print copy of House Document No. 108-222 Biographical Directory of the United States Congress 1774–2005 from the U.S. Government Online Bookstore.
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	www.gpoaccess.gov /serialset/cdocuments/hd108-222 (167 words)

	Alabama politicians (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-21)
		United States Senators by state, Members of the U.S. House of Representatives by state, Alabama politicians
		These are tables of Congress of the United States delegations from Alabama to the United States Senate and United States House of Representatives.
		Seat was vacant due to failure of legislature to elect a senator by the beginning of the congress.
	read-and-go.hopto.org /Alabama-politicians (1398 words)

	United States: U.S. Congress Holds Hearing on the Group Attack Case in New York \| Clearharmony - Falundafa in Europe
		United States: U.S. Congress Holds Hearing on the Group Attack Case in New York
		United States: Falun Gong Practitioners Hold Symbolic Trial and Public Assembly in Washington DC to Comprehensively Expose the Persecution
		United States: Falun Gong Practitioners Hold Large Scale March in Washington DC
	www.clearharmony.net /articles/200307/14103.html (998 words)

	GAO: From the Comptroller General David M. Walker
		The 33rd Annual Conference of the JFMIP by the Honorable David M. Walker, Comptroller General of the United States, March 9, 2004 at the Washington Hilton and Towers Hotel, Washington, D.C. Institute of Internal Auditors.
		This document was written by David M. Walker, CPA, Comptroller General of the United States, based on a speech he gave to the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants' leadership conference in November 2002.
		State Of the U.S. Commercial Airline Industry and Possible Issues for Congressional Consideration delivered by the Honorable David M. Walker, Comptroller General of the United States, before the International Aviation Club of Washington on November 28, 2001.
	www.gao.gov /cghome.htm (2792 words)

	Serial Set Links: U.S. Congressional Documents
		The Seventh Census of the United States: 1850
		Report on the lands of the arid region of the United States, with a more detailed account of the lands of Utah.
		Map of the routes examined and surveyed for the Winchester and Potomac Rail Road, State of Virginia, under the direction of Capt. J.
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	RAF Fairford - United States Nuclear Forces
		Ostensibly an RAF station located near Cirencester, Glocestershire, this is one of the Airfields currently used by the United States Air Forces in Europe.
		Tankers from SAC, Air National Guard, and Air Force Reserve units rotate to RAF Fairford and conduct air-refueling operations in Europe under the European Tanker Task Force.
		Forward deploying bombers is one of the initiatives identified by the Long Range Airpower Panel and included in the long-range plan for the entire bomber fleet.
	www.globalsecurity.org /wmd/facility/fairford.htm (966 words)

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