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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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  Encyclopedia: United States House of Representatives
Each state is represented in the House in penis land dance with the size of its population, with the proviso that each state is entitled to at least one Representative member.
A Delegate to Congress is a non-voting representative of a U.S. territory in the United States House of Representatives.
A conference committee in the United States Congress and bicamerial state legislature is a committee appointed by the members of the upper and lower house to resolve disagreements on a bill passed in different versions of each House.
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 Roosevelt, Truman, and the United Nations (from United States history) --  Britannica Student Encyclopedia
Besides the 48 contiguous states that occupy the middle latitudes of the continent, the United States includes the state of Alaska, at the northwestern extreme of North America, and the island state of Hawaii, in the mid-Pacific Ocean.
The coterminous states are bounded on the north by Canada, on the east by the...
The United Nations was the second multipurpose international organization established in the 20th century that was worldwide in scope and membership.
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 A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation: U.S. Congressional Documents and Debates, 1774-1873
The records of the Continental Congress, the Constitutional Convention, and the United States Congress make up a rich documentary history of the construction of the nation and the development of the federal government and its role in the national life.
In 1832, Congress established the Law Library of Congress as a separate department of the Library.
The mission of the Library of Congress is to make its resources available and useful to Congress and the American people and to sustain and preserve a universal collection of knowledge and creativity for future generations.
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 Democratic Party (United States) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
It is one of the two major parties in the United States, the other being the Republican Party.
In the end there were 3,660 Democratic state legislators across the nation to the Republicans' 3,557, and Democrats had gained governorships in Louisiana, New Hampshire and Montana.
Civil libertarians also often support the Democratic Party because its positions on such issues as civil rights and separation of church and state are more closely aligned to their own than the positions of the Republican Party, and because the Democrats' economic agenda may be more appealing to them than that of the Libertarian Party.
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 United States Timeline
Rhode Island is the 13th state admitted to the Union.
6, 1899 - The United States annexes Guam, the Phillipines, and Puerto Rico.
4, 1933 - Henry Wallace is sworn in as the 33rd Vice President of the United States.
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 CNN.com - Suit challenges Bush war authority - Feb. 14, 2003
The Congress of the United States has passed a resolution authorizing the president to use all force necessary to enforce all relevant United Nations Security Council resolutions.
Members of Congress and the president of the United States have sworn to uphold the Constitution of the United States.
Congress unconstitutionally ceded its power to the president to declare war when he wants to, and that's what we're taking to federal court.
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 United States Democratic Party Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
The Democratic Party, founded in 1792, is the second-oldest political party in the world (after the Tories of the United Kingdom).
They pointed to the states of New Hampshire (4 electoral votes) and Florida (25 electoral votes), where Nader's total votes exceeded Governor Bush's margin of victory.
Many Democrats believed that the Republicans ran in opposition to gay rights and used state ballot initiatives against same-sex marriage to attract more so-called "values voters" to the polls.
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 “The Use of the Declaration of Independence by Congress and the President of the United States”
Congress additionally recognized the anniversary of the Declaration, but with few legislative sessions extending into July, Members of Congress regularly were free to participate in Fourth of July celebrations in their local communities.
Congress agreed with Sumner, refusing to admit any of the former slave states until their state constitutions recognized the Declaration’s principles and only after they ratified the Reconstruction Amendments Congress had proposed to add to the U.S. Constitution.
The founders of the United States proclaimed to the world the American belief that all men are created equal, and that governments are instituted to secure the inalienable rights with which all men are endowed.
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 U.S Colored Troops Organized in South Carolina
South Carolina was a state that was steeped in the practice of slavery, whose very existence and wherewithal were built on and dependent upon one man's involuntary servitude to another.
Indeed, South Carolina, perhaps more so than the other southern states, was synonymous with the slave trade, the plantation system and the inequality of the races.
From Columbia to Charleston to Hilton Head, South Carolina, the first state to secede from the Union, was the essence of Dixie.
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 United States House of Representatives, 110th Congress, 1st Session
United States House of Representatives, 110th Congress, 1st Session
Search Roll Call Votes from 2006, 2005, and previous Congresses.
Learn about how laws are made and how laws are enacted.
www.house.gov   (122 words)

  
 The American Civil War Homepage
Journal of the Executive Proceedings of the Senate of the United States of America
Journal of the House of Representatives of the United States
Alabama Regiments in the Army of the United States
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 Schedule of Volumes of the U.S. Serial Set (part of LLSDC's Legislative Source Book)
Between 1964 and 1978 (second session of the 88th Congress through the 95th Congress) each publication series within a congressional session was assigned a single session volume number with perhaps multiple parts and this pattern was also followed by the Serial Set volume number series.
These included the United States Senate and House libraries, the Library of Congress, the National Archives, and the Office of the Superintendent of Documents Library (now housed at the National Archives).
The selections include selected maps, correspondence on the emigration of Indians, pension rolls of the United States, a statistical view of U.S. population from 1790 to 1830, Indian land cessions, journals of the Confederate Congress, and selected other documents and reports.
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The United States had exploded out of its swaddling clothes of the 13 original states and had acquired the expansive Louisiana Purchase.
A birthright, as before stated, is normally passed on from father to eldest son.
The general state religion of the Assyrians and Babylonians was the Chaldean mystery religion.
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 Alabama politicians   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
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.
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 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.
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.
A presentation and associated slides delivered by The Honorable David M. Walker, Comptroller General of the United States, on August 22, 2001 at the XI OLACEFS Assembly, Panama City, Panama.
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 World's Vegetarians to Gather for 33rd World Congress
Some VUNA officers and Regional Council members plan to join attendees from almost every continent, with Thailand, India, the United Kingdom, the United States, and Australia having the most registrations.
While it is probably still possible to register for the Congress, transportation to Thailand may be difficult to arrange at this late date and rooms reserved by the IVU at the hotel are already booked (other accommodations may be available).
For last-minute information on the Congress, send e-mail to thai99@ivu.org with your questions.
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 Minnesota, United States State Maps,antique maps,antique globes, historical prints, travel guides, atlases, gazetteers
Constructed From Observations By The United States Geological Corps.
Details counties in eastern part of state; and western part of state divided into two large counties or sections.
Shows the railroads in the state, "the dividing ridge between the waters flowing into Hudson's Bay," "Highest point reached by steamboat in 1858" and similar information.
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 U.S. Senate: Art & History Home > Origins & Development > Party Division
The actual number of senators representing a particular party often changes during a congress, due to the death or resignation of a senator, or as a consequence of a member changing parties.
Note: As the 106th Congress began, the division was 55 Republican seats and 45 Democratic seats, but this changed to 54-45 on July 13, 1999 when Senator Bob Smith of New Hampshire switched from the Republican party to Independent status.
The United States Senate: An Institutional Bibliography includes more than six hundred citations to books, articles and government documents printed since 1789.
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 HR 981 - Unemployment insurance; urge Congress devolve to states
HR 981 LC 11 8923 A RESOLUTION 1- 1 Requesting Congress to devolve the unemployment insurance 1- 2 system back to state control; and for other purposes.
LC 11 8923 2- 1 WHEREAS, several other states are considering similar 2- 2 initiatives and resolutions proposing devolution of the UI 2- 3 system.
2-11 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that Labor Commissioner David 2-12 Poythress is supported in his initiative to propose 2-13 devolution of the unemployment insurance system back to 2-14 state control, and the Congress of the United States is 2-15 encouraged to adopt this plan of devolution.
www.legis.state.ga.us /legis/1995_96/leg/fulltext/hr981.htm   (171 words)

  
 Support Groups
The SCORE Association is a national, nonprofit association with 12,400 volunteer members and 389 chapters throughout the United States and its territories.
AEEG's nationwide network of 12,000 entrepreneurs serves as a united voice for emerging growth companies and provides an opportunity for entrepreneurs to directly voice their opinions to policymakers in an effective and powerful manner.
NFIB's purpose is to impact public policy at the state and federal level and be a key business resource for small and independent business in America.
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 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.
ZIP format: You may need WinZip installed on your computer to unzip a ZIP file.
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 Dwight D. Eisenhower - 33rd President of the United States
Dwight D. Eisenhower - 33rd President of the United States
Eisenhower Birthplace State Historical Park — Denison, Texas
Inaugural Addresses, State of the Union speeches, and other documents
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 Member Search by State - United States House of Representatives, 110th Congress, 1st Session
Member Search by State - United States House of Representatives, 110th Congress, 1st Session
To search one or more Representatives' sites click on appropriate checkbox(es) next to the Representatives' name.
Click on the State abbreviation below to jump to a specific State in the list.
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