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	United States Senate at AllExperts
		The Vice President of the United States is the President of the Senate and serves as its presiding officer, but is not a Senator and does not vote except to break ties.
		The Senate meets in the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C. Like the House of Representatives, the Senate meets in the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C. At one end of the Chamber of the Senate is a dais from which the Presiding Officer (the Vice President or the President pro Tempore) presides.
		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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	United States (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-08)
		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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	ipedia.com: United States Constitution Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-08)
		Constitution of the United States Supreme law of the United States of America The Constitution of the United States is the supreme law of the United States of America and is the oldest written nationa...
		The Constitution of the United States is the supreme law of the United States of America and is the oldest written national constitution still in force.
		Congress approved these amendments as a block of twelve in September 1789, and the legislatures of enough states had ratified ten of those twelve by December 1791; they thereupon become part of the nation's highest legal document.
	www.ipedia.com /united_states_constitution.html (3880 words)

	United States House of Representatives - Knowmore
		The United States House of Representatives is one of the two houses of the Congress of the United States, the other being the Senate.
		Each state is represented in the House in accordance with the size of its population, with the proviso that each state is entitled to at least one Representative member.
		The bicameral Congress arose from the desire of the Founding Fathers to create a "house of the people" that would closely resemble and follow public opinion, and a more deliberative, learned and reserved Senate which would be less susceptible to the frenzies of mass sentiment.
	www.knowmore.org /index.php/United_States_House_of_Representatives (4519 words)

	Constitution of the United States
		The Congress shall have power To lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts and excises, to pay the debts and provide for the common defence and general welfare of the United States; but all duties, imposts and excises shall be uniform throughout the United States.
		The Congress may determine the time of the 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 encreased 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.
	wilstar.com /holidays/const.htm (3778 words)

	governpub.com: History of USA>> (1789-1849)
		Native Americans in the United States (also Indians, American Indians, First Americans, Indigenous Peoples, Aboriginal Peoples, Aboriginal Americans, Amerindians, Amerinds, or Original Americans) are those indigenous peoples within the territory which is now encompassed by the continental United States, and their descendants in modern times.
		After the election of George Washington as the first President of the United States in 1789, Congress passed the first of many laws organizing the government, and adopted a bill of rights in the form of ten amendments to the new Constitution—the United States Bill of Rights.
		It further stated the United States' intention to stay neutral in wars between European powers and their colonies, but to consider any new colonies or interference with independent countries in the Americas as hostile acts towards the United States.
	www.governpub.com /history/1789.html (3821 words)

	Constitution for the United States of America
		The Congress may determine the Time of chusing the Electors, and the Day on which they shall give their Votes; which Day shall be the same throughout the United States.
		The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each State, elected by the people thereof, for six years; and each Senator shall have one vote.
		For purposes of representation in the Congress, election of the President and Vice President, and article V of this Constitution, the District constituting the seat of government of the United States shall be treated as though it were a State.
	www.constitution.org /cons/constitu.htm (4802 words)

	The United States Constitution - The U.S. Constitution Online - USConstitution.net
		Adjournment) shall be presented to the President of the United States; and before the Same shall take Effect, shall be approved by him, or being disapproved by him, shall be repassed by two thirds of the Senate and House of Representatives, according to the Rules and Limitations prescribed in the Case of a Bill.
		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.
	www.usconstitution.net /const.html (5190 words)

	The Constitution of 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.
		Amendment XI The judicial power of the United States shall not be construed to extend to any suit in law or equity, commenced or prosecuted against one of the United States by citizens of another state, or by citizens or subjects of any foreign state.
		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.
	usinfo.state.gov /usa/infousa/facts/funddocs/consteng.htm (3959 words)

	UNODC - UN Crime Congresses (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-08)
		United Nations congresses are major global events with a distinguished history and recognized achievements that have reverberated throughout the world.
		The United Nations Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, acting as the preparatory body for the Congress, discussed, at its Eleventh and Twelfth sessions, progress made in the preparations for the Eleventh Congress.
		The experience with the United Nations peacekeeping operations should be of wide interest, and the analysis of this experience could also benefit from suggestions from Congress participants working in law enforcement.
	www.unodc.org /unodc/en/crime_cicp_congresses.html (2145 words)

	12th United States Congress - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Twelfth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, 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 Second Census of the United States in 1800.
		The names of members of the House of Representatives elected statewide on the general ticket or otherwise at-large, are preceded by an "A/L," and the names of those elected from districts, whether plural or single member, are preceded by their district numbers.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Twelfth_United_States_Congress (831 words)

	United States Constitution - OptimusLaw® Library Online™
		We the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.
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	www.lawlibraryonline.com /united.states/constitution.htm (2829 words)

	NCES Pursuing Excellence: 12th-Grade Study: start
		A sample of all students at the end of secondary school (twelfth grade in the United States) was assessed in mathematics and science general knowledge.
		The physics assessment was administered to students in the United States who had taken or were taking physics or AP physics and to advanced science students in other countries.
		Although secondary education in the United States differs structurally in important dimensions from that in many of the other countries, in this first analysis, few of those structural differences are clearly related to the relatively poor performance of our twelfth graders on the TIMSS assessments.
	nces.ed.gov /pubs98/twelfth (3973 words)

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		Moreover, appellant has not successfully challenged the divorce statute under the third part of the tripartite test, because it is apparent that the state has a compelling interest in enforcing divorce and that the divorce statute is written in the least restrictive way possible.
		The First Amendment to the United States Constitution states: "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof ***." The divorce statute is a statute of general application.
		This court has previously found that "neutral or generally applicable state actions are subjected to a lower level of scrutiny under the [United States Constitution's] First Amendment's Free Exercise Clause than they are under the Ohio's Free Exercise Clause." Blackmon, 130 Ohio App.3d at 150.
	www.twelfth.courts.state.oh.us /Decisions/But00037.doc (1205 words)

	Constitution of the United States
		The actual Enumeration shall be made within three Years after the first Meeting of thc Congress of the United States, and within every subsequent Term of ten Years, in such Manner as they shall by Law direct.
		Full Faith and Credit shall be given in each State to the public Acts, Records, and judicial Proceedings of every other State; And the Congress may by general Laws prescribe the Manner in which such Acts, Records and Proceedings shall be proved, and the Effect thereof.
		The Congress shall have rower to dispose of and make all needful Rules and Regulations respecting the Territory or other Property belonging to the United States; and nothing in this Constitution shall be construed as to Prejudice any Claims of the United States, or of any particular State.
	www.ushistory.org /documents/constitution.htm (2619 words)

	Josiah Bartlett, Jr. - Portraits of State and National Legislators (Second Floor) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-08)
		Portraits of State and National Legislators at the State House Second Floor
		Presented to the State of New Hampshire, 1873.
		A member of the New Hampshire Senate (1809/10), Bartlett was elected to the twelfth United States Congress, serving in Washington, D.C. He was treasurer of Rockingham County for some years, then served a final one year term as president of the New Hampshire Senate (1824).
	www.nh.gov /nhdhr/legport2/bartlett.html (147 words)

	The History Place - Constitution of the United States
		of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.
		But if there should remain two or more who have equal Votes, the Senate shall chuse from them by Ballot the Vice President.
		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)

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