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	Department of Commerce v. United States House
		Congress then passed, and the President signed, a bill providing for the creation of a “comprehensive and detailed plan outlining [the Bureau’s] proposed methodologies for conducting the 2000 Decennial Census and available methods to conduct an actual enumeration of the population,” including an explanation of any statistical methodologies that may be used.
		Congress modified this provision in 1810, adding an express statement that “the said enumeration shall be made by an actual inquiry at every dwelling-house, or of the head of every family within each district, and not otherwise,” and expanding the number of specifications in the schedule of information.
		Congress also added several subsections to §141, among them a provision specifying that the term “census of population,” as used in §141, “means a census of population, housing, and matters relating to population and housing.” §141(g).
	www.law.cornell.edu /supct/html/historics/USSC_CR_0525_0326_ZO.html (6222 words)

	Morgans in the United States Congress, Part 2
		Edwin was elected as a Republican to the United States Senate and served from 1863-1869.
		John was elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate in 1876 and reelected in 1882, 1888, 1894, 1900 and 1906, serving from 1877 until his death in Washington, DC 11 Jun 1907.
		He was elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate in 1974 and served from 1975 to 1981.
	www.geocities.com /~rewoodham/morgsen.html (1573 words)

	[09 Nov 2000] GA/9814 : FOR NINTH SUCCESSIVE YEAR, GENERAL ASSEMBLY CALLS FOR END OF UNITED STATES EMBARGO AGAINST CUBA
		In his explanation of vote, the representative of the United States said a trade embargo against the Government of Cuba was strictly a matter of bilateral trade policy, and not a matter for consideration by the Assembly.
		He said differences between the United States and Cuba should be solved through dialogue and negotiation, on the basis of the principles of respect for each other’s national independence and sovereignty, and non-interference in the internal affairs of States.
		He said that having crossed the threshold into the new millennium, all Member States of the United Nations must ensure that the relics of the cold war era were discarded from the agenda of the General Assembly by shedding attitudes that did not enhance the trends towards international cooperation and understanding.
	www.un.org /news/Press/docs/2000/20001109.ga9814.doc.html (7785 words)

	Those Who Have Lain in State
		The Rotunda of the United States Capitol, completed in 1824, has since been considered the most suitable place for the nation to pay final tribute to its most eminent citizens by having their remains lie in state or in honor.
		Chosen to honor and perpetuate the memory of the heroes who gave their lives while serving overseas in the Armed Forces of the United States during World War II and the Korean War, and whose identities were unknown.
		United States Capitol Police officers killed at the Capitol in the line of duty on July 24, 1998.
	www.aoc.gov /cc/capitol/lain_in_state.cfm (1837 words)

	56th Brigade, 28th Infantry Division (Mechanized)
		The 56th SBCT performed an activation ceremony on 24 October 2004 at Indiantown Gap, Annville, PA. As of June 2006, the 56th Brigade was completing its conversion to a Stryker Brigade Combat Team as it welcomed the arrival of its first Stryker vehicles.
		The brigade's subordinate units exist throughout the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the State of West Virginia.
		The state mission of the brigade is to serve the Governor and the citizens of the Commonwealth as needed in times of natural disaster or civil unrest.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/agency/army/28id-56bde.htm (526 words)

	56th United States Congress
		The Fifty-sixth 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.
		At this time, Senators were elected by the state legislatures every two years, with one-third beginning new six year terms with each Congress.
		In this Congress, Class 1 meant their term began with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1904; Class 2 meant their term ended with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1900; and Class 3 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1902.
	www.danceage.com /biography/sdmc_56th_Congress (554 words)

	56th United States Congress - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		It met in Washington, DC from March 4, 1899 to March 3, 1901, during the last two years of the first administration of U.S. President William McKinley.
		The apportionment of seats in this House of Representatives was based on the Tenth Census of the United States in 1890.
		Since the boundaries of the districts have changed often and substantially, the linked article may only describe the district as it exists today, and not as it was at the time of this Congress.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/56th_United_States_Congress (571 words)

	HispanicVista Columnists
		These restrictions varied considerably from one state to another, but, over time, state governments would employ a plethora of insidious tactics in an effort to prevent African Americans, Asian Americans, and Latino Americans from exercising their voting rights.
		Virginia State Board of Elections [383 U.S. 663 (1966)], the Supreme Court held Virginia's poll tax to be unconstitutional under the Fourteenth Amendment, thus nullifying Texas’ poll tax.
		However, anyone who studies the long struggle for Latino and African-American representation in the United States will realize that voting is, indeed, a privilege not to be taken for granted.
	www.hispanicvista.com /HVC/Opinion/Guest_Columns/110104schmal.htm (1746 words)

	56th Signal Battalion
		The 56th Signal Battalion mission is to install, operate, maintain and manage defense communications, sustaining base communications and information mission services in support of U.S. Southern Command, its service components and other governmental agencies in theater.
		Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 56th Signal Battalion, was first constituted on 18 October 1927 and allotted to the 4th U.S. Corps Area.
		In accordance with signal doctrine of that time, units such as the 56th Signal Battalion were assigned the mission of providing communications for U.S. Army corps headquarters.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/agency/army/56sig.htm (767 words)

	Parliamentarians of the House - Office of the Clerk (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Often referred to by the press as Congress' "coach," the Parliamentarian is an appointed officer who serves as a nonpartisan adviser to Members.
		Positioned next to the Speaker's rostrum on the floor, the Parliamentarian's chief duty is to rule on procedure and to advise the presiding officer.
		In the 40th Congress, the office title briefly changed from "Messenger to the Speaker" to "Clerk to the Speaker." At the start of the 41st Congress, the title changed again to "Clerk at the Speaker's Table."
	clerk.house.gov /histHigh/Congressional_History/parliamentarians.html (365 words)

	Law : Databases & E-Resources (Library of Congress)
		Contains the legislative and executive documents of Congress during the period 1789 to 1838.
		Contains the official record of the proceedings and debates of the United States Congress from Volume 140 (1994) to the present.
		Provides quick access to important United States policy documents, presidential directives, and national strategy documents as well as specialized resources such as theses and reports from various universities, organizations and local and state agencies.
	www.lcweb.loc.gov /rr/ElectronicResources/subjects.php?subjectID=14 (1703 words)

	Charles5, Richard4 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		It's nickname was the "Tenth Legion" and the enlisted men wore a large white X on the uniform jackets.
		In 1876 he was appointed a delegate to the state's Constitutional Convention and from 1876 to 1880 won election to the Nebraska State Senate.
		to the Assistant Surgeon of the 56th NY Volunteers in 1864.
	www.carman.net /charles5,_richard4.htm (351 words)

	Footnotes for the Session of the 56th Congress, 1899-1901
		Footnotes for the Session of the 56th Congress, 1899-1901
		Senate President pro Tempore William P. Frye served as acting President of the Senate throughout this "long" session of the 56th Congress due to a vacancy in the Vice Presidency of the United States (Vice President Garret A. Hobart having died in office on 21 November 1899, before the convening of this session).
		Senate President pro Tempore William P. Frye served as acting President of the Senate throughout this "short" session of the 56th Congress due to a vacancy in the Vice Presidency of the United States (Vice President Garret A. Hobart having died in office earlier in the Congress).
	www.thegreenpapers.com /soc/note.phtml?congress=56 (141 words)

	Populist Party (United States) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Populists were the first political party in the United States to actively include women in their affairs.
		At a time when cultural attitudes of white supremacy were permeating all aspects of American life, a number of southern Populists, including Thomas E. Watson, openly talked of the need for poor fls and poor whites to set aside their racial differences in the name of shared economic self-interest.
		In the 2006 United States Senate election in Maryland, the Populist Party of Maryland supported a fusion ticket of Green Party, Libertarian Party, and Populist supporters for U.S. Senate candidate Kevin Zeese, a founder of the PPMD and 2004 press secretary for Ralph Nader.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/United_States_Populist_Party (1675 words)

	FSM Statement to 56th United Nations General Assembly
		President, in addition to other actions that are being taken to confront the current crisis, I call upon all member nations to ratify and bring into force as soon as possible the International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism, which was adopted by Resolution of the General Assembly on 9 December 1999.
		We applaud the United Nations as it continues its heroic work to reduce poverty and bring a better standard of living to all peoples of the world.
		The Federated States of Micronesia contributes only in an infinitesimal way to the problem of human-induced climate change, yet we are among the "front-line" states that must deal with its impacts.
	www.fsmgov.org /fsmun/56unga.html (2231 words)

	United States Congressional Roll Call Voting Records, 1789-1996 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The units of analysis in each part are the individual members of Congress.
		Materials for the House from the 1st through the 75th Congresses and for the Senate from the 1st through the 73rd Congresses were keypunched from the Congressional Vote Analysis Collection originally prepared by Clifford Lord under Works Progress Administration auspices.
		Data for the House from the 76th through the 78th Congresses, and for both chambers of the 79th Congress through the 101st Congresses, were prepared by ICPSR staff utilizing the DAILY CONGRESSIONAL RECORD.
	webapp.icpsr.umich.edu /cocoon/ICPSR-STUDY/00004.xml (636 words)

	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.
	www.llsdc.org /sourcebook/sch-v.htm (4157 words)

	George Scratchley Brown, General, United States Air Force
		General George Scratchley Brown was chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Department of Defense, Washington, D.C. In this capacity, he served as the senior military adviser to the President, the National Security Council and the Secretary of Defense.
		In March 1977, he told high-ranking military and government personnel in a lecture that Congress was being meddlesome and irresponsible in its dealings with defense and foreign aid.
		The President's press secretary, Jody Powell, said in March 1977 that Carter was "not inclined to evaluate his performance on the basis of events that took place during the previous administration." He had served as Assistant to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs from 1966 to 1968, when he went to Vietnam.
	www.arlingtoncemetery.net /gsbrown.htm (1551 words)

	BBC NEWS \| World \| Americas \| Final blitz in key US mid-terms
		The tense battle between Republicans and Democrats for control of the United States Congress has entered the final day of feverish campaigning.
		On a day that starts in Iowa and ends in Texas Mr Bush has been putting in appearances in four states, before joining his wife Laura, who is celebrating her 56th birthday, at their ranch.
		Historically the party holding the White House loses seats in Congress, but the BBC's Justin Webb in Washington says Mr Bush is working like no other to confound that trend.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/americas/2397175.stm (629 words)

	U.S. Serial Set Home Page: U.S. Congressional Documents
		The United States Congressional Serial Set, commonly referred to as the Serial Set, began publication with the 15th Congress, 1st Session (1817).
		Documents before 1817 may be found in the American State Papers.
		The serial number is a unique number applied to each book in the series of congressional publications running consecutively from the 15th Congress.
	memory.loc.gov /ammem/amlaw/lwss.html (270 words)

	19 April 2000 - Press Release - TCHRD
		The Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy is concerned that the 56th United Nations Commission on Human Rights has dismissed, without debate and vote, the United States sponsored resolution censuring China for its human rights violations in the past year.
		This silence during the crucial period leading up to the scheduled vote in Geneva is all the more notable as Chinese entry into WTO and a vote in the US Congress on Permanent Normal Trade Relations (NTR) are due for action this year.
		Reports by TCHRD, Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, the US State Department and others indicates that fundamental rights, including freedom of expression, association, religion, press, and assembly are repressed, often violently.
	www.tchrd.org /press/2000/pr20000419.html (346 words)

	Ellsworth P. Bertholf, USRCS & USCG
		Congress voted him a gold medal for this relief of over two hundred American whalers in danger of starving when their vessels were trapped in the ice.
		He was appointed Captain Commandant of the United States Revenue Cutter Service on 19 June 1911 and re-appointed to the same office in January 1915 when President Woodrow Wilson merged the Revenue Cutter Service with the Life-Saving Service to form the U.S. Coast Guard, a merger made possible through Bertholf's strong guidance and input.
		He served as one of the American delegates to the International Conference on Safety at Sea held in London in 1912 that led to the establishment of the International Ice Patrol.
	www.uscg.mil /hq/g-cp/history/EPBertholfBio.html (622 words)

	Congresswoman Diana DeGette of Colorado : News Center
		I am very happy to note that it took President Harry Truman only 11 minutes to recognize the new Jewish state and the 67th United States Congress quickly passed a resolution supporting the new country.
		Since then, the United States’ relations with the sole democracy in the Middle East have only strengthened.
		We hope that at the very least Israel’s 56th year will bring the start of a more secure and peaceful existence for its citizens and everyone in the Middle East.
	www.house.gov /degette/news/releases/040427b.html (232 words)

	56th United States Congress - State Delegations - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		This Congress sat during the last two years of the first administration of U.S. President William McKinley, and the apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the Eleventh Census of the United States in 1890.
		Charles E. Littlefield (1851-1915), Republican …elected to fill vacancy from preceding Congress, seated December 4, 1899.
		Edward B. Vreeland (1856-1936), Republican …elected to fill vacancy from preceding Congress, seated December 4, 1899.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/56th_United_States_Congress_-_State_Delegations (838 words)

	Paul J. McNulty, United States Attorney Eastern District of Virginia
		Paul J. McNulty, United States Attorney Eastern District of Virginia
		Paul J. McNulty was confirmed as the 56th United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia on September 14, 2001.
		He was Chief Counsel and Director of Legislative Operations for the Majority Leader of the U.S. House of Representatives.
	www.whitehouse.gov /government/pmcnulty-bio.html (270 words)

	United States Congressional Roll Call Voting Records, 1789-1990: Reformatted Data (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Roll call voting records for the United States House of Representatives and Senate through the 100th Congress are presented in this data collection.
		The units of analysis are the individual members of the House of Representatives and Senate.
		In addition, data for the House's 100th Congress (Part 199) and the entirety of the Senate votes from the 1st-100th Congresses (Parts 2-200, even) have been added, making the collection complete through 1990.
	webapp.icpsr.umich.edu /cocoon/ICPSR-STUDY/09822.xml (519 words)

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