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 United States   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
The United States may be regarded as an example of a constitutional republic or as a liberal democracy, with a government composed of and operating through a set of limited powers imposed by its design and enumerated in that design or Constitution of the United States of America.
The United States does not have an official language at federal level; nevertheless, English is the first and/or only language of the overwhelming majority of the population and serves as the de facto official language: English is the language used for legislation, regulations, executive orders, treaties, federal court rulings, and all other official pronouncements.
Spanish follows English as the second-most spoken language in the United States, primarily due to the influence of recent Latin American immigrants and the fact that almost a fifth of its continental territory was originally part of Mexico, and it is a primary spoken language in some areas of the Southwest.
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 SingaporeMoms - Parenting Encyclopedia - United States Senate
Senators are elected by their state as a whole; if both Senate seats are contested in one election year, the elections will be separate and all voters in the state will cast votes for one candidate in each of the two races.
The list is fairly extensive and includes heads of the federal executive departments and federal agencies, ambassadors, consuls, judges, United States Attorneys (including the Solicitor General), marshals, and commissioned officers in the Regular Army, Navy, Marines, and Air Force.
The senator from each state with the longer tenure is known as the "senior senator" and carries some additional responsibilities to their state's constituents; however, this does not necessarily indicate a hierarchy in which the senior senator has direct authority over the junior senator.
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 THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA USA
Manifest Destiny was a philosophy that encouraged westward expansion in the United States: as the population of the Eastern states grew and as a steady increase of immigrants entered the country, settlers moved steadily westward across North America.
It is bicameral, being comprised of the House of Representatives and the Senate.
The United States is often under criticism from Western governments and NGOs concerning lengthy detention without trial, forced confessions, torture, and mistreatment of prisoners as well as some restrictions on freedoms of speech and the press, as being violations of their definition of human rights.
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 United States   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
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.
The United States Constitution is the supreme legal document in the American system, and serves as a social contract between the people of the United States and their government.
The economic history of the United States is a story of economic growth that began with marginally successful colonial economies and progressed to the largest industrial economy in the world in the 20th and early 21st century.
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 ipedia.com: United States Congress Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Each state has equal representation in the Senate because the states are each equal members of the federal union.
The Senate, meanwhile, has certain powers especially reserved for that body, including the authority to confirm presidential appointments of high officials (generally Cabinet-level officials and their immediate subordinates) and ambassadors of the federal government to other countries, as well as the exclusive authority to ratify all treaties by a two-thirds vote.
The United States territories are not members of the federal union.
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 List of United States Senators from Illinois - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Illinois was admitted to the Union on December 3, 1818.
The governor, arguing that this was an intrusion upon State's rights, refused to acknowledge the Senate's vote.
Lists of United States congressional delegations (lists of House members, lists of Senators)
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 Top20UnitedStates.com - Your Top20 Guide to United States!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
The date on which each of the original 13 states adopted the Constitution is typically regarded as the date that state "entered the Union" (became part of the United States).
The United States Armed forces are considered to be the most powerful military (of any sort) on Earth and their force projection capabilities are unrivaled by any other nation, or collaboration of nations.
The United States has dozens of major cities, including 11 of the 55 global cities of all types — with three alpha global cities: New York City, Los Angeles, and Chicago.
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 A Hotlist on Illinois   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Illinois is one of the largest states of the U.S.A, in size and population.
The capital city of the state is Springfield, although Chicago is the biggest city in the state.
Illinois Government - Jim Edgar is the governor of Illinois and Richard Dubin and Carol Moseley Brant are the senators.
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 Constitution of the United States
The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each State, chosen by the Legislature thereof for six Years; and each Senator shall have one Vote.
No Person shall be a Senator who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty Years, and been nine Years a Citizen of the United States, and who shall not, when elected, be an Inhabitant of that State for which he shall be chosen.
The Senate shall chuse their other Officers, and also a President pro tempore, in the Absence of the Vice President, or when he shall exercise the Office of President of the United States.
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 EERE State Activities and Partnerships: Illinois News
Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich issued an executive order creating the Illinois Climate Change Advisory Group to recommend a long-term strategy for the state to reduce emission of greenhouse gases.
Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich announced a broad energy plan to produce 50% of the state's energy consumption in- state by 2015.
Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich Blagojevich and both U.S. senators from Illinois wrote letters to six of the largest gasoline distributors in the country the first week in April urging them to make E85 more available to consumers.
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 ASU Libraries: Primary Sources in History- United States   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
SCOPE AND CONTENTS: A collection of state papers relating to the first acknowledgement of the sovereignty of the United States and the reception of their minister plenipotentiary by the Netherlands.
It includes correspondence; minutes of meetings, financial reports; membership lists; records of lobbying activities, debates and other publicity efforts; publications (including pamphlets) and press releases; studies conducted by the research department on the social, economic and political effects of Prohibition; and publications by and information on prohibition supporters and the temperance movement.
Lists materials alphabetically by main entry and gives title, auathors, publisher, date, subject descriptors and a document number used to locate the microfiche.
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 List of current United States Senators - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
States in red are represented by two Republicans and in blue by two Democrats (except Vermont, which has a Democrat and an Independent).
This is a complete list of current United States Senators arranged alphabetically by the state they represent, along with lists of party affiliation, and leadership.
United States Senator, NJ, Class 1, from 1983-2001
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 Alphabetical List of United States Senators 1999
This is the complete list of United States senators following the elections of November 1998.
It includes the appointment of Senator Lincoln Chafee to replace his father, John Chafee, who died in 1999.
Alphabetical List of Members of the United States Senate 1999
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 Contacting the Congress
It will also allow us to deal with the fact that since Democrats are now the majority in the House (and possibly Senate) there will be a lot of office reshuffling as the Democrats take over all the good office space.
City Search: Enter a city and state (without a ZIP code) to identify the members of Congress representing that city.
This information is gathered solely for the purpose of establishing who represents you in Congress and to allow you to contact them electronically.
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 United States News - Media Monitoring Service by EIN News
United States News - Media Monitoring Service by EIN News
Visit the World Factbook for detailed information about United States.
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