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  United States   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
The United States also holds several other territories, districts and possessions, notably the federal district of the District of Columbia, which is the nation's capital, and several overseas insular areas, the most significant of which are Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Guam and the United States Virgin Islands.
The social structure of the United States is highly stratified, with a large proportion of the wealth of the country controlled by a small fraction of the population which exerts disproportionate cultural and political influence on the rest of the nation.
The United States is also a great center of higher education, boasting more than 1,500 universities, colleges, and other institutions of higher learning, the top tier of which may be considered to be among the most prestigious and advanced in the world.
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 United States Congress   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
The United States Congress is the legislative branch of the United States federal government.
Congressional committees also have the power to compel testimony from unwilling witnesses and to cite for contempt of Congress witnesses who refuse to testify and for perjury those who give false testimony.
Occasionally a special election is held within a state, or district of a state, that has an unscheduled vacancy in its corresponding seat.
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 United States House of Representatives, Kansas District 1 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
United States House of Representatives, Kansas District 1
The 1st Congressional District of Kansas is a congressional district in western and central Kansas.
The district is probably the most Republican district in the country.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/1st_Congressional_District_of_Kansas   (124 words)

  
 FIPS 9-1 - Congressional Districts of the United States
FIPS 9-1 - Congressional Districts of the United States
Congressional districts are legislatively defined subdivisions of a State for the purpose of electing representatives or delegates to the House of Representatives of the United States Congress.
Questions concerning specific numeric codes for congressional districts, or the composition and boundaries of the districts are to be addressed to the Maintenance Agency: of the Geography Bureau of the Washington, DC 20233.
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 United States   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
However, the structure of the United States was profoundly changed in 1788 when the states replaced the Articles of Confederation with the United States Constitution; often, sources use the date each of the original 13 states adopted the Constitution as the date on that state "entered the Union" (became part of the United States).
The United States also holds several other territories, districts and possessions, notably the federal district of the District of Columbia, which is the nation's capital, and several overseas insular areas, the most significant of which are Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, and the United States Virgin Islands.
The United States does not have an official language at federal level; nevertheless, English is spoken by the vast majority of the population and serves as the de facto language: English is the language used for legislation, regulations, executive orders, treaties, federal court rulings, and all other official pronouncements.
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 United States Senate   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
The United States Senate is one of the two houses of the Congress of the United States, the other being the House of Representatives.
The senator from each state with the longer tenure is known as the "senior senator," and his or her counterpart as the "junior senator"; this convention, however, does not have any special significance.
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.
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 Data Element: Congressional District - U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
An electronic copy of the official list of Members of the House of Representativies of the United States, state alpha codes, state numeric codes, congressional district numeric codes, and party affiliations for the 107th Congress is available in ASCII (.txt), Access (.mdb), and Excel (.xls) formats.
Lists and outline maps that identify the composition and boundaries of each congressional district are included in (1) a Department of Commerce/Bureau of the Census publication entitled "Congressional District Atlas", and (2) the "Congressional Directory" published for each Congress.
Congressional district codes are unique within each State and equivalent entity, and for each Congress; however, congressional districts in different states can have the same code (e.g., the First Congressional District of Alabama and Arizona are both coded "01").
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 Articles - List of United States Congressional districts   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
U.S. Congressional districts for representation in the House are determined after each census.
States with relatively small populations have only a single district; at present, these states are Alaska, Delaware, North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, Vermont, and Wyoming.
Since the boundaries of districts shift with each redistricting, over the years the region and demographics represented in a single numbered district can change substantially.
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 United States - Biocrawler definition:United States - Biocrawler   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
Reactions towards the United States by other nationalities are often strong, ranging from uninhibited Amerophilia (admiration and mimicking of all things American) to Anti-Americanism.
The states are generally divided into smaller administrative regions, including counties, cities and townships.
Parents may educate their own children at home (with varying degrees of state oversight), send their children to a public school, which is free, or to a private school, where parents must pay tuition.
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 LLRX -- Update to A Guide to the U.S. Federal Legal System Web-based Public Accessible Sources
Conflicts between state and federal laws are governed by the Supremacy Clause of the United States Constitution, which declares that all laws enacted in the furtherance of the Constitution are the "supreme law of the land," and that federal laws have legal superiority over a state constitution or law.
The United States Government Manual is the directory of the administrative agencies of the federal government, as well as quasi-official agencies, and international organizations in which the US participates.
Most challenges occur in the United States Courts of Appeal based on the premise that the fact-finding aspects of the case, the trial of the case, has occurred in the agency hearing and subsequent agency appeals.
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 Congressional Districts of the United States - 107th Congress   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
Legislatively defined subdivisions of a State for the purpose of electing representatives or delegates to the House of Representatives of the United States Congress.
U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Geography Divisi, 1999, Congressional Districts: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Geography Division, Washington, D.C..
The Delegate Districts of the U.S. Virgin Islands, the District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico are treated as At-Large Congressional Districts.
minerals.usgs.gov /sddp/doc/faq/congressionaldistrict107th.faq.html   (1510 words)

  
 United States Historical Election Returns, 1824-1968
When a county was divided into more than one congressional district, a code value indicating the number of congressional districts into which the county was divided was inserted in place of the congressional district number.
It is thus possible to aggregate to the congressional district level all county-level election data (except in the case of split-district counties), and to perform the aggregations for the districts as they were constituted for any Congress.
The standardization of identifying variables (such as state code, county name and identification number) across the historical data collection permits these data to be merged with the ICPSR collections of historical election returns.
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 Census 2000 data for the United States
The population of the United States on April 1, 2000 was 281,421,906.
SF 4 is released as individual files for each of the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico; and for the United States.
Summary File 3 presents data for the United States, the 50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico in a hierarchical sequence down to the block group for many tabulations, but only to the census tract levels for others.
www.census.gov /census2000/states/us.html   (1116 words)

  
 Congressional Directory: Search Tips
He is mentioned as William Thomas in the documents entitled "Congressional Advisory Boards, Commissions, Groups" and "Joint Committees," but his name appears as Bill Thomas in the document entitled "Standing Committees of the House." Thus, a query that specified only one of his first names would have returned an incomplete list of relevant documents.
It is best to truncate the word "district," because it may be singular or plural in a document, depending on how many congressional districts a state has.
The documents that are titled by U.S. state and congressional district(s), such as the first hit in the above example, contain a map of that state with the borders of its congressional districts.
www.gpoaccess.gov /cdirectory/tips.html   (542 words)

  
 USDOJ: USPC: Our History
As to prisoners in state or territorial institutions, restorations are governed by the rules of the particular institution.
A federal offender serving his sentence in a state institution was eligible for parole under the same terms and conditions and by the same authority as a prisoner committed to that institution by a state court, but all such paroles were subject to approval by the United States Board of Parole.
In 1930, this authority was transferred to the United States Board of Parole, but was actually exercised by the Bureau of Prisons, subject to the satisfaction of the Board of Parole.
www.usdoj.gov /uspc/history.htm   (14829 words)

  
 CHAPTER 142 CONGRESSIONAL, SENATORIAL AND ASSEMBLY DISTRICTS
For the purpose of representation in the Congress of the United States, there shall be elected in the manner provided by law one representative from each of the five congressional districts*.
The plan entitled "Reapportionment Commission 2001 Plan of Districting for the Connecticut Congressional Districts" is on file in the office of the Secretary of the State and was published by the secretary on December 26, 2001, and distributed to town clerks and registrars of voters, the Supreme Court, the Superior Court, and the State Library.
Election of state senators and state representatives on November 7, 1972, under said plan of districting ordered by superior court for Hartford County in decision rendered August 23, 1972, in Miller et al v.
www.cga.ct.gov /2005/pub/Chap142.htm   (390 words)

  
 Census 2000 data for Indiana
The Indiana State Data Center provides training and technical assistance for Census and local data.
A profile includes four tables that provide various demographic, social, economic, and housing characteristics for the United States, states, counties, minor civil divisions in selected states, places, metropolitan areas, American Indian and Alaska Native areas, Hawaiian home lands and congressional districts.
Although the survey was conducted in only 1,203 counties, it is important to note that this size sample is sufficient to produce data for every state in the Nation, as well as for counties and most metropolitan areas of 250,000 in population or more.
www.census.gov /census2000/states/in.html   (1192 words)

  
 The Royal Norwegian Embassy in Washington, D.C. (Norway - the official site in the United States)
The Norwegian Ambassador to the United States is Mr.
Among the dialogue partners are the U.S. State Department, the National Security Council, and the U.S. Defense Department.
The Counselor for Science reports on research and research policies throughout the United States and Canada, and works to enhance cooperative research and development between Norway and North America.
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 Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
For a complete list of individuals who have lain in state or lain in honor in
The Office of the Clerk is pleased to announce the launch of Kids in the House–an interactive center that helps kids learn about the United States House of Representatives and its role in lawmaking.
Take a virtual tour of Statuary Hall and other areas of the United States Capitol in Historical Highlights.
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 Member Information - Office of the Clerk   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
List of Members who have taken the Constitutional Oath of Office.
Official list of Members, including state and district information.
Official list of Members and their committee assignments.
clerk.house.gov /members   (156 words)

  
 SULAIR: Research Quick Start Guides: U.S. History
This guide selects and lists, with commentary, "the finest and most useful books and articles available in every field of historical scholarship." Each section begins with an introductory essay.
American State Papers "the legislative and executive documents of Congress during the period 1789 to 1838."
Some can be found in Socrates, others are listed in ESTC (English Short Title Catalog) available on the Web.
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 Locate a Federal Depository Library
Federal publications and other information products are made available for free public use in Federal depository libraries throughout the United States.
In addition to the publications, trained librarians are available to assist in their use.
These states have no traditional Congressional districts, but each is served by one Member- At- Large for the whole state.
www.gpoaccess.gov /libraries.html   (147 words)

  
 General Election Data for the United States, 1950-1990
General Election Data for the United States, 1950-1990
This data collection, General Election Data for the United States, 1950-1990 consists of national files containing county-level returns for elections to the offices of president, United States senator and representative, and governor.
Also included are returns for one additional statewide office (usually attorney general or secretary of state) for those states that elected state offices in 1970 through 1990.
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 Congressional Pictorial Directory - May 2002 - Revised Edition - One Hundred Seventh Congress   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
The pages retrieved from the online Congressional Pictorial Directory are in Adobe Acrobat PDF format.
If you don't have the Adobe Acrobat Reader, you can download it from Adobe Systems to view PDF files.
This document is sponsored by the U.S. House of Representatives and the United States Senate on the United States Government Printing Office web site.
www.access.gpo.gov /congress/107_pictorial   (122 words)

  
 Amazon.ca: Books: United States Congressional Districts 1788-1841   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
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“This volume provides scholars/researchers with valuable data concerning congressional districts in the period from 1788 to 1841.
One has to wonder why no one had thought to compile this information before....Scholars of the American political scene will welcome this work....A required acquisition for the research collection of all libraries.”–
www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/0837198283   (181 words)

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