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 United States Senate - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Vice President of the United States is the President of the Senate and serves as its presiding officer, but is not a Senator and does not vote except to break ties.
The Senate meets in the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C. Like the House of Representatives, the Senate meets in the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C. At one end of the Chamber of the Senate is a dais from which the Presiding Officer (the Vice President or the President pro Tempore) presides.
United States, although the Senate's advice and consent is required for the appointment of certain executive branch officials, it is not necessary for their removal.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/United_States_Senate   (4787 words)

  
 8th United States Congress - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Eighth 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.
June 15, 1804 - The 12th Amendment to the United States Constitution was ratified by the states, requiring electors to cast two distinct votes: one for President and another for Vice President.
The names of members of the House of Representatives known to have been elected statewide at-large, are preceded by an "A/L," and the names of those known to have been elected from single member districts, are preceded by their district numbers.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Eighth_United_States_Congress   (1095 words)

  
 United States Senate
The United States Senate is the upper house of the Congress of the United States, whose lower house is the U.S. House of Representatives.
Unlike the United States House of Representatives there are no strict rules regarding the debate, and one strategy used by senators to kill a bill is to filibuster which is to continue to debate the bill thereby preventing its passage.
They coincide with the elections for the House of Representatives; alternately they coincide with the presidential election; when they do not, they are called mid-term elections.
www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/us/US_Senator.html   (437 words)

  
 United States
The United States of America, also known as the United States, the U.S., the U.S.A., the U.S. of A, the States, and America, is a country in North America.
The Northern states were opposed to the expansion of slavery whereas the Southern states saw the opposition as an attack on their way of life, since their economy was dependent on slave labor.
Federal law overrides state law in the areas in which the federal government is empowered to act; but the powers of the federal government are subject to limits outlined in the Constitution.
www.1bx.com /en/United_States.htm   (6685 words)

  
 United States House of Representatives - Voyager, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
The United States House of Representatives is one of the two houses of the Congress of the United States.
Under article one, section two of the constitution, seats in the House of Representatives are apportioned among the states on the basis of population, as determined by a census conducted every ten years.
Members' desks are arranged in the chamber in a semicircular pattern; the desks are divided by a wide central aisle.
www.voyager.in /United_States_House_of_Representatives   (4845 words)

  
 United States House of Representatives, 109th Congress, 2nd Session: Visiting Washington D.C.
The Chamber of the United States House of Representatives.
This exhibition features the House of Representatives as it was during the half century it met in this chamber.
U.S. House of Representatives, Washington, DC 20515 (202) 224-3121 TTY: (202) 225-1904
www.house.gov /house/Visitor.html   (197 words)

  
 United States Congress
Members of the House must be at least 25 years of age and a citizen of the US for a minimum of 7 years.
Members of the Senate must be at least 30 years of age and a citizen of the US for a minimum of 9 years.
All representatives must reside in the state from which they are elected, although House members do not need to live in their congressional district.
www.australianpolitics.com /usa/congress   (344 words)

  
 United States Congress - Uncyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
The United States Congress is the name given to the quarterly gathering of the Powers That Be; this group then determines the fate of the United States for the next 3 months.
First founded in 1801, the stated intention of the United States Congress was to bring peace to the newly formed land of Americca, later respelled (and renamed) as America.
Due to the recent election and raising power of the Liberator Bush, the United States Congress has been steadily losing power, first having the number of aspirants and hopefuls for membership sharply fall off, followed by the forced re-writing of the Constitution and major laws to be "more humane".
uncyclopedia.org /wiki/United_States_Congress   (911 words)

  
 United Nations
United States president Franklin Delano Roosevelt suggested the name "United Nations" and the first offical use of the term occurred on January 1, 1942 with the Declaration by the United Nations.
Many states have at times refused to pay their dues for various reasons, but the most significant refusal in recent times has been that of the United States.
A Member State against which preventive or enforcement action has been taken by the Security Council may be suspended from the exercise of the rights and privileges of membership by the General Assembly on the recommendation of the Security Council.
faculty.ucc.edu /egh-damerow/united_nations.htm   (3122 words)

  
 New Jersey State Constitution
No person shall be a member of the General Assembly who shall not have attained the age of twenty-one years and have been a citizen and resident of the State for two years, and of the district for which he shall be elected one year, next before his election.
No bill or joint resolution shall pass, unless there shall be a majority of all the members of each body personally present and agreeing thereto, and the yeas and nays of the members voting on such final passage shall be entered on the journal.
In all such cases the votes of each house shall be determined by yeas and nays, and the names of the persons voting for and against the bill shall be entered on the journal or minutes of each house.
www.njleg.state.nj.us /lawsconstitution/constitution.asp   (8830 words)

  
 UNITED STATES v
We granted both the United States' petition for certiorari before judgment (No. 73-1766), 1 and also the President's cross-petition for certiorari before judgment (No. 73-1834), 2 because of the public importance of the issues presented and the need for their prompt resolution.
United States, 364 U.S. 206, 234 (1960), said of this: "Limitations are properly placed upon the operation of this general principle only to the very limited extent that permitting a refusal to testify or excluding relevant evidence has a public good transcending the normally predominant principle of utilizing all rational means for ascertaining truth."
United States, 289 U.S. he emphasized the importance of maintaining the secrecy of the deliberations of a petit jury in a criminal case.
www.tourolaw.edu /patch/Nixon   (8690 words)

  
 IRC | RightWeb | Group Watch: United States Institute of Peace
Members of the board of directors of USIP are selected by the President of the United States and "are precluded from assuming and direct role in foreign-policy making or mediating international disputes."(2) The first board of directors of USIP was sworn in on February 25, 1986.
Her brother is Eugene V. Rostow, a USIP grant recipient and member of the cold war groups the Coalition for a Democratic Majority and the Committee on the Present Danger.
Ex Officio members of the board in 1989 were: Richard Schifter for the Department of State; Stephen J. Hadley for the Department of Defense; Ronald F. Lehman II for the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency; and Vice Admiral John A. Baldwin, Jr.
rightweb.irc-online.org /groupwatch/usip.php   (4721 words)

  
 House Democrats Urge UN Supervision of Presidential Election -- 08/02/2004
She was subsequently censured by the U.S. House and her remarks were stricken from the congressional record.
Townsend said it was a "dirty little secret" that electoral irregularities had occurred in the United States before 2000, but said that the closeness of the race four years ago made the issue more pressing.
She stated that Florida's certification standards are "the most rigorous" in the nation, and "security is a huge part of that process" to ensure that the votes are accurate and secure.
www.cnsnews.com /Nation/Archive/200408/NAT20040802b.html   (764 words)

  
 The Contract with America: Implementing New Ideas in the U.S.
Thus, the third leg of the conservative revolution in post-World War II America is represented by the Contract With America and the election of a clear conservative majority in the U.S. House of Representatives.
While the Republicans gained 33 seats in the House that year, the Democrats nonetheless maintained their majority, and only the first two of three agenda items were initially adopted; but several years later, even the tax cuts and defense spending increases were abandoned.
A balanced budget amendment passed in the House by a 300-123 margin but was subsequently defeated as it fell one vote short of the two-thirds needed for passage in the U.S. Senate.
www.heritage.org /Research/PoliticalPhilosophy/HL549.cfm   (3804 words)

  
 Constitution of the United States
The House of Representatives shall be composed of Members chosen every second Year by the People of the several States, and the Electors in each State shall have the Qualifications requisite for Electors of the most numerous Branch of the State Legislature.
No Person shall be a Representative who shall not have attained to the Age of twenty five Years, and been seven Years a Citizen of the United States, and who shall not, when elected, be an Inhabitant of that State in which he shall be chosen.
The President shall, at stated Times, receive for his Services, a Compensation, which shall neither be increased nor diminished during the Period for which he shall have been elected, and he shall not receive within that Period any other Emolument from the United States, or any of them.
www.ushistory.org /documents/constitution.htm   (2619 words)

  
 Stanford Copyright & Fair Use - Primary Materials
The question presented was whether the owner of the derivative work infringed the rights of the successor owner of the pre-existing work by continued distribution and publication of the derivative work during the renewal term of the pre-existing work.
West contended that in preparing the paragraphs which stated the law or facts in cases digested in Lawyers' Co-operative's publication, its editors had substantially appropriated the labors of West's editors to such an extent as to infringe complainant's copyrights.
United States, 487 F.2d 1345, aff'd by an equally divided court, 420 U.S. The photocopying practices of the National Institute of Health were upheld in this decision.
fairuse.stanford.edu /primary_materials   (4474 words)

  
 United States House of Representatives, 109th Congress, 2nd Session: Tour DC
The United States National Arboretum - 444 acres of trees, shrubs and assorted plants in the northeast section of the District of Columbia.
Designed by Supervising Architect of the Treasury, Alfred B. Mullett, it was built from 1871 to 1888 to house the growing staffs of the State, War, and Navy Departments, and is considered one of the best examples of French Second Empire architecture in the country.
Tours may be arranged by contacting the Department of State Tour Office on 202-647-3241, fax (202) 647-4232, or TDD (202) 736-4474 between the hours of 8:15 - 11:30 a.m.
www.house.gov /house/tour_dc.shtml   (3890 words)

  
 Statement on House of Representatives Approval of United States Assistance for the Nicaraguan Democratic Resistance   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Today the House of Representatives took an historic vote to support democracy and liberty in Central America.
Members of the House, on both sides of the aisle, have voted to help bring about the internal reconciliation in Nicaragua essential to peace and a democratic future for all Central America.
Both houses and both sides of the aisle have now demonstrated American resolve to safeguard our own national interests and to advance the rights of the people of Central America.
www.reagan.utexas.edu /archives/speeches/1985/61285c.htm   (250 words)

  
 NYU Law, Library - federal resources
Formally known as the Debates and Proceedings in the Congress of the United States, the Annals cover the First Congress through the first session of the Eighteenth Congress, from 1789 to 1824.
The link to the reports refers the reader to a July 15, 2002 article entitled "CRS Reports" by Stephen Young, in which, at the end of the article, he provides links to various collections of the reports.
Blends historical analysis with timely updates and expert commentary of Supreme Court decisions, biographies of Supreme Court justices, Supreme Court institutional history, and the U.S. Constitution.
www.law.nyu.edu /library/fed.html   (758 words)

  
 House Passage of CAFTA Hailed as Boon to Trade, Freedom
Washington -- President Bush, members of the Bush Cabinet, congressional leaders and Western Hemisphere business groups are among those who are welcoming the U.S. House of Representatives' July 28 approval of a free-trade agreement between the United States, the nations of Central America, and the Dominican Republic (CAFTA-DR).
CAFTA-DR was approved in the early hours of July 28 by a vote of 217 to 215.  In a July 28 statement, Bush said he was "proud" of the House approval of CAFTA-DR and stressed that the benefits of the agreement will extend beyond enhancing regional trade.
U.S. Trade Representative Rob Portman also noted the broad potential benefits of the CAFTA-DR in a separate statement.  "House passage of CAFTA-DR will create jobs and economic growth here at home and promote democracy, prosperity and hope in the Central American region," he said.
usinfo.state.gov /xarchives/display.html?p=washfile-english&y=2005&m=July&x=20050728151445ASrelliM0.6120417&t=livefeeds/wf-latest.html   (485 words)

  
 United States Foreign Policy
House Committee on International Relations: Background information, committee members, jurisdictions, and some publications.
Description: Full texts of Department of State Daily Press Briefings, Department of State and White House Special Press Briefings, and treaties, conventions, and protocols concluded in the year of publication and subject to ratification.
Policy at the State Department: Current and historical information on U.S. foreign policy.
gort.ucsd.edu /pc/guides/foreignpolicy.htm   (731 words)

  
 Congressman J.D. Hayworth | Fifth Congressional District of Arizona   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
WASHINGTON — Congressman J.D. Hayworth (R-Ariz.) joined other members of the Ways and Means Subcommittee on Health in listening to alarming testimony from a panel of nationwide health care experts regarding the negative impact that illegal immigration is having on America's health care system.
This new democracy will faces serious obstacles, just as the United States did in the late 18th century.
In its rush to pass "a lick and a promise" immigration reform bill before the holiday recess, the U.S. House squandered a valuable opportunity to endorse a comprehensive plan to turn back the tide of illegal immigration in America.
hayworth.house.gov   (453 words)

  
 Election Statistics - Office of the Clerk   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Since 1920, the Clerk of the House has collected and published the official vote counts for federal elections from the official sources among the various states and territories.
Users should be aware that printing a document in its entirety is often a lengthy process depending on your equipment.
Identify and contact your Representative using the Write Your Representative feature on the House Web site.
clerk.house.gov /members/electionInfo/elections.html   (138 words)

  
 Committee on House Administration :: Welcome
WASHINGTON –The Committee on House Administration Thursday held an oversight hearing on the ongoing technology, design and preservation initiatives at the Library of Congress.
The hearing supported efforts by Chairman Vernon J. Ehlers, R-Mich., to ensure that the Library is well-positioned to meet the needs of the future through the use of emerging technologies in the preservation of historic works and digital media.
Committee on House Administration :: 1309 Longworth Building Washington, DC 20515
cha.house.gov   (339 words)

  
 Liberian Online - Liberia Portal
With many registered members, and many more hundreds of unregistered visitors, at any given time during the day, there are up to hundreds people browsing or using the website, thanks for been a part of it.
You will need to register for free to get access to many of the site's features, but you are welcome to read the contents and news without joining.
The 10 family members are sheltered in a one-bedroom apartment in downtown Lebanon.
liberianonline.com   (1455 words)

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