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Texas Speaker of the House - Pete Laney
United States House of Representatives - District List
United States Senators from Texas: Kay Bailey Hutchison
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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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 SingaporeMoms - Parenting Encyclopedia - United States Senate   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
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.
Unlike the United States House of Representatives, the Senate has no strict rules regarding debate, and one strategy used by senators to kill a bill is the filibuster, an intentional extension of debate on the bill, which prevents it from coming to a vote.
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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 United States   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
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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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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 Handbook of Texas Online:
Texas government was also changed by the United States Supreme Court decision holding racial segregation in the public schools unconstitutional, as well as by other rulings.
For a few years, the state board of education was a nine-member board appointed by the governor; in 1989, by a statewide referendum, it returned to elective status but in a new form, as a board of fifteen members elected from as many districts.
Unlike most states, Texas continues to function with biennial regular legislative sessions and a low legislative salary fixed in the constitution, with a relatively weak governor, with a nonunified judiciary whose judges are elected by partisan ballot, and with unreformed county government.
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 List of United States Senators from Texas - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Texas was admitted to the Union on December 29, 1845.
This list presents the men and women who have represented Texas in the United States Senate arranged in chronological order.
^ Senator elect Cornyn was sworn in to the 107th Congress on December 2, 2002.
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 United States   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
However, the structure of the nation was profoundly changed in 1788, when the states replaced the Articles of Confederation with the United States Constitution; 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 Constitution of the United States sets out the powers of the legislative, executive and judicial branches of government and recognizes a number of rights of its citizens, including freedom of speech, the right to keep and bear arms, freedom of religion, trial by jury, and protection from cruel and unusual punishment.
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.
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 Top20UnitedStates.com - Your Top20 Guide to United States!
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 largest trading partner of the United States is Canada (20%), followed by Mexico (12%), China (11%) and Japan (8%).
The United States is generally a very diverse country racially.
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 CNN.com - Millionaires populate U.S. Senate - Jun. 13, 2003
Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, left, and Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton are among the 100 senators who filed financial disclosure forms.
The top three wealthiest senators are Democrats: John Kerry of Massachusetts, with a net worth of at least $164 million; Herb Kohl of Wisconsin, with a net worth of at least $111 million, and John "Jay" Rockefeller of West Virginia, with an estimated net worth of at least $82 million.
Senators and House members are paid an annual salary of $154,700.
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It should be noted that the United States is one of the few industrialized countries to not provide a free university education to its citizenry.
In the 20th century, the United States became the center of the two most popular Western combat sports—boxing, which is popular as both a spectator sport and a gambling event, and professional wrestling, which is more scripted entertainment than a true sport.
The United States generally fares fairly well in the Olympics especially the Summer Olympics: in 2004, the U.S. topped the medals table with a record 103 medals (35 gold, 39 silver and 29 bronze).
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 The Texas State Senate: Visitor Center
Determine who your Senator is by filling out the "Who Represents Me?" form on the Senators Index Page.
Those Senators who do accept email will have an email form on their web site (found on the Senators Index Page).
There is a complete list of Senators with addresses and phone numbers at the following address: http://www.senate.state.tx.us/75r/Senate/SenMem.htm.
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 University of Texas at Arlington   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
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List of colleges and universities in Texas United States of America States, larger than the nation of France.
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 OilOnline - The Original Online Source for the Oil Industry
The largest oil and gas association in Texas commended the U.S. Congress for passing a comprehensive energy bill.
“The Texas Alliance of Energy Producers commends the United States House of Representatives and Senate for passing a comprehensive energy bill that is designed to increase domestic energy supplies and reduce consumption.
“The Texas Alliance of Energy Producers, organized 75 years ago, believes that foreign oil is a key threat to America’s economic and military security.
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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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 The Campaign to Label Genetically Engineered Foods: Texas Activities & Contacts
To submit a listing for an upcoming event, click on "Submit Entry." Include your contact information in the description of the event if you want it listed.
The Campaign is not responsible for the actions and activities that may take place at any event listed here.
These contacts are provided to facilitate networking of activists in various cities and communities around the United States.
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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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