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  United States Congress - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
It is bicameral, comprising the House of Representatives and the Senate.
Senate elections were tainted by corruption, bribery and gridlock preventing the election of a senator.
The Senate uses roll call votes; a clerk calls out the names of all the senators, each senator stating "aye" or "no" when his or her name is announced.
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 Encyclopedia :: encyclopedia : List of United States Senators   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The Vice President of the United States also serves as President of the Senate and is empowered with the duty of presiding over all proceedings and breaking tie votes.
However, in practice, the Vice President rarely enters the Senate chamber, and the members of the Senate choose a President pro tempore (usually the most senior member of the majority party) to stand in the Vice President's absence.
The agenda of the Senate is determined by the Majority floor leader (leader of the party with a majority of seats), who is assisted by a Majority whip (responsible for "whipping" party members in line).
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 United States - Facts, Information, and Encyclopedia Reference article
The United States is 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, American 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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 Reference.com/Encyclopedia/List of United States-related topics
List of extinct animals of the United States
List of state highways in the United States
List of Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States
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 United States - Voyager, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Forty-eight of the states are in the single region between Canada and Mexico; this group is referred to, with varying precision and formality, as the continental or contiguous United States, sometimes abbreviated CONUS, and as the Lower 48.
The United States is an example of a constitutional republic, with a government composed of and operating through a set of limited powers imposed by its design and enumerated in the United States Constitution.
The Congress of the United States is the legislative branch of the federal government of the United States.
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 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: The United States of America
In examining the constitutionality of a state law one is to assume that the state legislature has power to pass all acts whatever, unless they are prohibited by the Constitution of the United States or by the constitution of the state.
Senator Hayne, of South Carolina, chose to regard this as a manifestation of the Eastern jealousy of the West.
A principle of the Massachusetts constitution of 1780 was interpreted by the supreme court of that state as abolishing slavery.
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State spending during Rendell's first three years in office increased faster than the national average, according to the Associated Press.
According to the Legislative Reference Bureau, it is unconstitutional to shift funds between state agencies without approval from the General Assembly.
One of the few liberal blogs in the state that advocates reform, Ralis is a constant thorn in the side of Pennsylvania government, exposing the foibles, and graft of the Rendell Administration, and the General Assembly without real regard to partisanship.
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