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	Congress of the United States. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		The senators, two from each state, have six-year terms and were chosen by the state legislatures until 1913, when the Seventeenth Amendment, providing for their direct popular election, went into effect.
		The Senate is presided over by the vice president of the United States, who has no part in its deliberations and may vote only in case of a tie; in his absence his duties are assumed by a president pro tempore, elected by the Senate.
		States that are entitled only to one (Alaska, Delaware, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Vermont, and Wyoming, by the 1990 census) have a representative at large, i.e., one elected by the whole state.
	www.bartleby.com /65/co/CongressUS.html (854 words)

	United States Congress (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		The United States Congress is the legislative branch of the United States federal government.
		The first Congress under the current Constitution started its in Federal Hall in New York City on March 4 1789 and their first action was to that the new Constitution of the United States was in effect.
		The United States territories are not members of the federal They have no Senators but each has delegate in the House of Representatives.
	www.freeglossary.com /United_States_Congress (2853 words)

	states' rights. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		Although proslavery forces are usually identified with a strong states’ rights position, the legislature of Wisconsin adopted (1859) resolutions defending state sovereignty after the Supreme Court overruled the Wisconsin courts and upheld the conviction of an abolitionist editor for violating the fugitive slave law.
		Eleven Southern states seceded in 1860–61 and formed the Confederacy, in which, fittingly, the doctrine of states’ rights was upheld by such governors as Joseph E. Brown and Zebulon B. Vance.
		On taking power of both houses of Congress in the 1994 elections, conservative Republicans proclaimed the beginning of a process of “devolution,” with much power reverting to the states; several years later, however, it was clear that reality had not met this prediction.
	www.bartleby.com /65/st/statesri.html (863 words)

	Century of Lawmaking: The Making of the US Constitution
		Congress resolved, unanimously, that the Report, with the letter accompanying it, be transmitted to the several Legislatures, in order to be submitted to a Convention of Delegates chosen in each State by the People thereof.
		The Congress may determine the time of choosing the electors, and the day on which they shall give their votes; which day shall be the same throughout the United States.
		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.
	memory.loc.gov /ammem/amlaw/ac001/lawpres.html (3520 words)

	ipedia.com: United States Congress Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		The first Congress under the current Constitution started its term in Federal Hall in New York City on March 4, 1789 and their first action was to declare that the new Constitution of the United States was in effect.
		The powers originally delegated to the Congress by the original version of the Constitution were supplemented by the post-Civil War amendmentss to the Constitution (Amendments 13, 14, and 15, each of which authorizes the Congress to enforce its provisions by appropriate legislation), and by the 16th Amendment, which authorizes an income tax.
		The United States territories are not members of the federal union.
	www.ipedia.com /united_states_congress_1.html (3038 words)

	Sixth Circuit Court Cases - Case Law and Opinions from the 6th Circuit Federal Court - Court of Appeals - unoffical ...
		Because States may discriminate on the basis of age without offending the Equal Protection Clause if the age classification in question is rationally related to a legitimate state interest, the Court observed, the ADEA prohibited substantially more state employment decisions and practices than would be held unconstitutional under the applicable constitutional standard.
		States may constitutionally classify on the basis of gender provided the classification serves important governmental objectives and the discriminatory means employed are substantially related to the achievement of those objectives.
		The FMLA's purported abrogation of the States' sovereign immunity is accordingly invalid.
	www.romingerlegal.com /sixthcircuit/opinions/00a0231p-06.htm (3078 words)

	The United States Constitution - The U.S. Constitution Online - USConstitution.net
		Imposts, laid by any State on Imports or Exports, shall be for the Use of the Treasury of the United States; and all such Laws shall be subject to the Revision and Controul of the Congress.
		Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
		All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside.
	www.usconstitution.net /const.html (5189 words)

	United States Ship Congress
		Congress was assigned to the squadron of Commodore J. Rodgers, patrolling the North Atlantic, from June to August 1812.
		In May 1850 she was assigned a threefold mission, protection of United States interests between the mouth of the Amazon and Cape Horn, prevention of the use of our national flag to cover the African slave trade, and maintenance of our neutral rights during hostilities among the South American countries.
		The fifth Congress was launched by the Philadelphia Navy Yard on 17 July 1868, sponsored by Miss P. Drake, daughter of Senator Drake of Missouri; and commissioned 4 March 1870, Captain N.
	www.history.navy.mil /danfs/c/congress.htm (1717 words)

	NTI: Country Overviews: United States: Profile
		As one of the five recognized nuclear weapons states under the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), the United States maintains a sizeable arsenal of nearly 10,000 nuclear warheads, of which nearly 6,000 are operational and the remainder in reserve or inactive stockpiles.
		The United States ratified the Geneva Protocol in 1975, with the reservation that the treaty not apply to defoliants and riot control agents such as were used in Vietnam and Laos during the Vietnam War.
		Currently, the United States has what is believed to be the world's second largest stockpile of chemical weapons, including bombs, rockets, and artillery shells that are loaded with lewisite, mustard, sarin, soman, VX, or binary nerve agents.
	www.nti.org /e_research/profiles/USA/index.html (1765 words)

	The 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,] Altered by 17th Amendment for six years; and each Senator shall have one vote.
		The United States shall guarantee to every state in this union, a republican form of government, and shall protect each of them against invasion; and on application of the legislature, or of the executive (when the legislature cannot be convened), against domestic violence.
		The right of citizens of the United States, who are 18 years of age or older, to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any state on account of age.
	www.constitution.org /usconsti.htm (4078 words)

	26th United States Congress - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Twenty-sixth 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.
		The apportionment of seats in this House of Representatives was based on the Fifth Census of the United States in 1830.
		In this Congress, Class 1 meant their term began with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1844; Class 2 meant their term ended with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1840; and Class 3 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1842.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Twenty-sixth_United_States_Congress (1079 words)

	The Three United States (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		The power of Congress to exercise exclusive legislative authority over its territories and possessions, as distinct from the District of Columbia and the federal enclaves, is given by a different authority in the U.S. Constitution.
		It is equally well settled that the several states of the Union are to be considered as in this respect foreign to each other, and that the courts of one state are not presumed to know, and therefore not bound to take judicial notice of, the laws of another state.
		One of the component commonwealths or states of the United States of America.
	www.worldnewsstand.net /today/articles/3US.htm (2049 words)

	The Federal Zone: Chapter 4: The Three United States
		The federal zone, over which the sovereignty of the United States extends, is the District of Columbia, the territories and possessions belonging to Congress, and a limited amount of land within the States** of the Union, called federal "enclaves".
		Congress is not subject to the same constitutional limitations, as when it is legislating for the United States***.
		The laws of congress in respect to those matters do not extend into the territorial limits of the states, but have force only in the District of Columbia, and other places that are within the exclusive jurisdiction of the national government.
	www.supremelaw.org /fedzone11/htm/chapter4.htm (5964 words)

	Butlers in the United States Congress
		Thomas was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the House of Representatives of the 15th US Congress to fill a vacancy and was reelected to a second term, serving 1818 to 1821.
		George served as a member of the State Teachers Examining Board, 1897 and 1902 and the Summer Normal Board, 1897 and 1904; the State Normal Board, 1902 and the State Textbook Commission, 1903.
		In an election in which the huge majority of citizens of Mississippi were not allowed to vote, Adelbert -- who was not even a citizen of the state -- won election as a carpetbagger Republican to the United States Senate and served 1870 to 1874 when he resigned after being "elected" governor.
	www.geocities.com /~rewoodham/buthou2.html (2302 words)

	President's Press Conference
		My message to Congress when they come back is this; that our economy is strong, but we need to work together to make sure that we continue to have a prosperous economy, so people can find jobs.
		As a matter of fact, it was prior to 2000 -- it was a bilateral -- so-called bilateral agreement between North Korea and the United States.
		Bolton to the United Nations, it is now, by most accounts, under a filibuster, the Democrats refusing to invoke cloture last week.
	www.whitehouse.gov /news/releases/2005/05/20050531.html (7546 words)

	36th United States Congress - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Thirty-sixth 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.
		The apportionment of seats in this House of Representatives was based on the Sixth Census of the United States in 1850.
		In this Congress, Class 1 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1862; Class 2 meant their term began with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1864; and Class 3 meant their term ended with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1860.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Thirty-sixth_United_States_Congress (925 words)

	The History Place - Articles of Confederation
		No two or more States shall enter into any treaty, confederation or alliance whatever between them, without the consent of the United States in Congress assembled, specifying accurately the purposes for which the same is to be entered into, and how long it shall continue.
		Canada acceding to this confederation, and adjoining in the measures of the United States, shall be admitted into, and entitled to all the advantages of this Union; but no other colony shall be admitted into the same, unless such admission be agreed to by nine States.
		Every State shall abide by the determination of the United States in Congress assembled, on all questions which by this confederation are submitted to them.
	www.historyplace.com /unitedstates/revolution/confed.htm (548 words)

	The Avalon Project : Jefferson : Reports to Congress (6th)
		Being small, insulated, and distant, it was not observed, at the moment of redelivery to France and the United States, that she continued a guard of half a dozen men which had been stationed there.
		Their patriotism would certainly prefer its continuance and application to the great purposes of the public education, roads, rivers, canals, and such other objects of public improvement as it may be thought proper to add to the constitutional enumeration of federal powers.
		The subject is now proposed for the consideration of Congress, because, if approved by the time the State legislatures shall have deliberated on this extension of the federal trusts, and the laws shall be passed, and other arrangements made for their execution, the necessary funds will be on hand and without employment.
	www.yale.edu /lawweb/avalon/presiden/sou/jeffmes6.htm (1928 words)

	Thomas Vernor Smith, Colonel, United States Army & Member of Congress
		Thomas Vernor Smith, professor, politician, and author, was born in a two-room cabin at Blanket, Texas, on April 26, 1890, one of ten children of John Robert and Mary Elizabeth (Graves) Smith.
		In 1922 he received his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago and was associated with that university as both a professor of philosophy and dean from 1922 to 1948.
		He was Illinois congressman-at-large in the Seventy-sixth United States Congress from 1939 to 1941.
	www.arlingtoncemetery.net /tvsmith.htm (500 words)

	The History Place - Constitution of the United States
		The actual Enumeration shall be made within three Years after the first Meeting of the Congress of the United States, and within every subsequent Term of ten Years, in such Manner as they shall by Law direct.
		But in chusing the President, the Votes shall be taken by States, the Representation from each State having one Vote; A quorum for this purpose shall consist of a Member or Members from two thirds of the States, and a Majority of all the States shall be necessary to a Choice.
		No Person held to Service or Labour in one State, under the Laws thereof, escaping into another, shall, in Consequence of any Law or Regulation therein, be discharged from such Service or Labour, but shall be delivered up on Claim of the Party to whom such Service or Labour may be due.
	www.historyplace.com /unitedstates/revolution/us-constitution.htm (2555 words)

	www.aidemocracy.org ::: Group Overview (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		From 1968 to 1970 he served in the United States Army.
		In 1973 he was elected to the Nebraska unicameral and served until 1977 when he was elected to represent Nebraska's 2nd district in the Ninety-fifth United States Congress.
		He was reelected to the Ninety-sixth United States Congress serving from January 3, 1977 to January 3, 1981.
	www.aidemocracy.org /cavanaugh.cfm (164 words)

	Declaration of Independence, U.S. Constitution, Historical Documents (American Memory from the Library of Congress) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Declaration of Independence, U.S. Constitution, Historical Documents (American Memory from the Library of Congress)
		The Library of Congress > American Memory Home > Historical Documents
		Documents from the Continental Congress and the Constitutional Convention, 1774-1789
	memory.loc.gov /const/bor.html (46 words)

	FindLaw: U.S. Constitution: Twenty-Sixth Amendment
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		In extending the Voting Rights Act of 1965 in 1970 1 Congress included a provision lowering the age qualification to vote in all elections, federal, state, and local, to 18.
		2 In a divided decision, the Supreme Court held that Congress was empowered to lower the age qualification in federal elections, but voided the application of the provision in all other elections as beyond congressional power.
	caselaw.lp.findlaw.com /data/constitution/amendment26 (397 words)

	Congressional Pictorial Directory - One Hundred Sixth Congress (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Congressional Pictorial Directory - One Hundred Sixth Congress
		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/106_pictorial/index.html (102 words)

	FindLaw: U.S. Constitution: Article I
		Is There an Intrastate Barrier to Congress' Commerce Power?
		The Commerce Clause as a Restraint on State Powers
		Grants of Franchise to Corporations by Two States
	caselaw.lp.findlaw.com /data/constitution/article01 (1898 words)

	Congressman Ted Strickland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		I would like information about visiting Washington, DC?
		Legislative priorities in the 109th Congress for a New Direction
		The United States Department of Commerce has already determined imports of corrosion-resistant steel from the particular countries would surge should the duties be removed; the ITC hearing was to determine whether the domestic steel industry would incur material injury if the duties are discontinued.
	www.house.gov /strickland (344 words)

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