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  United States House of Representatives, 110th Congress, 1st Session
Learn about how laws are made and how laws are enacted.
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U.S. House of Representatives, Washington, DC 20515
www.house.gov   (130 words)

  
  United States Congress - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
It is bicameral, comprising the House of Representatives and the Senate.
Congress meets in the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. The term, "Congress" may also refer to a particular meeting of the Congress, reckoned according to the terms of Representatives.
For instance, Congress may not suspend the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus (except in extreme cases of rebellion or invasion), pass bills of attainder or ex post facto laws, or grant titles of nobility.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Congress_of_the_United_States   (5541 words)

  
 Congress for Kids
The Constitution gave Congress the power to determine the size of the House and to divide representation according to state population.
Representatives are elected to serve for a period of 2 years.
To be a Representative a person must be at least 25 years old, a U.S. citizen for at least 7 years, and when elected, is not an inhabitant of that state in which he shall be chosen.
www.congressforkids.net /Legislativebranch_house.htm   (260 words)

  
 The Congress . Timeline | PBS
Congress appropriates $5000 for the establishment of a reference library.
U.S. Senate Select Committee on Secret Military Assistance to Iran and the Nicaraguan Opposition is formed by a Senate Resolution to investigate illegal arms-sales.
The House of Representatives votes to impeach President Clinton on charges of perjury and obstruction of justice in the Monica Lewinsky scandal.
www.pbs.org /kenburns/congress/timeline   (525 words)

  
 The US50 - A guide to the state of Alaska - History
Shortly afterwards, Alaska was nicknamed Seward's Folly and Seward's Icebox.
This gave Alaska a say in the laws that were being passed to administer the Territory.
On January 3, 1959, Alaska was officially proclaimed the forty-ninth state of the Union.
www.theus50.com /alaska   (1031 words)

  
 Alaska Elections
Candidates representing political groups that are not recognized in Alaska file a nominating petition with a specified number of signatures of registered voters, an acceptance of nomination form, and a Financial Disclosure Statement.
Candidates representing political groups that are not recognized in Alaska participate only in the general election and will not appear on the primary election ballot.
The Alaska Public Offices Commission is responsible for Financial Disclosure Statements for public officials, campaign disclosure, legislative ethics financial disclosure, and lobbying laws.
ltgov.state.ak.us /elections/faqs.php   (3617 words)

  
 "Let Us End American Colonialism"
In pleading the cause of the Territory, Alaska's Attorney-General John Rustgard argued that both the Treaty provisions and the specific extension of the Constitution to Alaska by the Organic Act of 1912 rendered the discriminatory clause unconstitutional.
Alaska's delegate, at that time, the late Dan Sutherland, testified that the Seattle terminal charges on shipments to Hawaii or Asia were only thirty cents a ton, and all handling charges were absorbed by the steamship lines, the result of competition between Canadian and American railways and steamship lines.
But the keepers of Alaska's colonial status should be reminded that the 18th century colonials for long years sought merely to obtain relief from abuses, for which they--like us--vainly pleaded, before finally resolving that only independence would secure for them the "life, liberty and pursuit of happiness," which they felt was their natural right.
xroads.virginia.edu /~CAP/BARTLETT/colonial.html   (7831 words)

  
 American Civil Liberties Union : Alaska Bars State Participation in Intrusive Federal Security Measures: Legislators ...
ANCHORAGE - The Alaska Civil Liberties Union today applauded passage of House Joint Resolution 22 by the state legislature enforcing the protection of individual liberties for all Alaskans in the face of intrusive federal actions taken since 9/11.
The Alaska resolution is one of the strongest to pass in the nation to date.
The Alaska resolution explicitly prohibits state agencies from engaging in racial profiling and prohibits the use of state resources or institutions for the enforcement of federal immigration matters.
www.aclu.org /SafeandFree/SafeandFree.cfm?ID=12703&c=206   (609 words)

  
 Write Your Representative - Contact your Congressperson in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Write Your Representative - Contact your Congressperson in the U.S. House of Representatives.
This service will assist you by identifying your Congressperson in the U.S. House of Representatives and providing contact information.
Please note that messages for specific Representatives sent to the Service Administrator will not be forwarded to the Representative.
www.house.gov /writerep   (84 words)

  
 Politics - A wealth of sources and information   (Site not responding. Last check: )
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Ethics in the US Congress - Ethics in the US Congress
US Congress: Universal Military Training US Congress: Universal Military Training and Service Act of 2001: To require the induction into the Armed Forces of young men registered under the Military...
www.faqpolitics.com /uscongress   (1430 words)

  
 Government Relations | US Congress
The number representing each State is determined by population, but every State is entitled to at least one Representative.
Representatives must be residents of the State from which they are chosen, at least 25 years of age and must have been a citizen for at least 7 years.
Don Young is in his 16th term as Alaska's only member in the U.S. House.
www.asdk12.org /Depts/govt_relations/uscongress.asp   (406 words)

  
 Alaska Legislature Home Page   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Thomas is from the Library of Congress and offers the most comprehensive information on federal legislative proceedings, including pending and past legislation, the congressional record, and congressional committees.
FirstGov.gov bills itself as “your first click to the U.S. government” and is designed to be a centralized place to find information from local, state, and U.S. government agency websites.
U.S. Census Bureau is the preeminent collector and provider of timely, relevant, and quality data about the people and economy of the United States.
w3.legis.state.ak.us /Research/links.htm   (561 words)

  
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We represent a little less actually than 5 percent of the population of the world.
Now that gets us back to that we have only 2 percent, we are producing 8 percent of the world's oil.
We are very much like a young couple that has gotten married and their grandparents have died and they have got a big inheritance and they have established a lavish lifestyle where 85 percent of the money they spend comes from their grandparents' inheritance, and only 15 percent from their work.
www.xecu.net /thorn/PO/PO-March14-2006.html   (7343 words)

  
 U.S. Interests in the Central Asian Republics   (Site not responding. Last check: )
It is essential that U.S. policymakers understand the stakes involved in Central Asia as we seek to craft a policy that serves the interests of the United States and U.S. business.
They have indicated to us that they are willing to take a leadership role, both in securing a consensus within their own government to try to make the governmental reforms occur on a timely basis.
I do understand that they are sending representatives to our country at the end of this month so that we can continue to get a progress report on how well those discussions have ensued between themselves and the governments of their neighboring States.
commdocs.house.gov /committees/intlrel/hfa48119.000/hfa48119_0.htm   (13038 words)

  
 Peak Oil Presentation in the US Congress | EnergyBulletin.net | Peak Oil News Clearinghouse
Let us go back to the 1940s and the 1950s when a scientist by the name of M. King Hubbert, a geologist, was working for the Shell Oil Company.
There never was a moment in time between the big Alaska oil find and all of the pumping discovery and pumping in the gulf, there never was a moment in time when it decreased the fall in our country.
One of three scientists in the Congress, Dr. Bartlett is also a senior member of the Science Committee.
www.energybulletin.net /4733.html   (8304 words)

  
  *US Congress
Americans must be 'the most innovative and creative people on the face of the Earth, and to do that we have to have young people have access to college,' Vilsack said." In "The Folly of Federal Policy," Neal McCluskey, a Cato education policy analyst, writes, "Here's how i...
Congress amended the law in 1989 to allow for automatic “cost of living” increases every year unless there is a specific vote to cancel it.
The two organizations released their report Monday at George Washington University in Washington, D.C. In January, Hastert declared that "we must ban privately sponsored travel in the House of Representatives." "I know fact-finding trips are important," the speaker...
www.newsbull.com /forum/forum.asp?FORUM_ID=13   (1099 words)

  
 RedOrbit - General - U.S. Congress breaks on high note, trouble looms   (Site not responding. Last check: )
House of Representatives Speaker Dennis Hastert welcomed the news on Friday the economy grew by a solid 3.4 percent in the second quarter after a more robust 3.8 percent growth rate in the first three months of the year as a sign Republican policies were working.
But for now, Republicans, who hope to strengthen their control of Congress in next year's congressional elections, will point to their successes.
Early in the year, Congress passed legislation limiting class-action lawsuits, forcing plaintiffs to take their cases to the federal courts instead of state courts where they could shop for a sympathetic jurisdiction.
www.redorbit.com /news/display/?id=192158&source=r_general   (677 words)

  
 Religion of U.S. Congress
Signers of the Declaration of Indepence and the U.S. Constitution
For the most part, official biographical listings for senators and representatives clearly identify which group they are a part of.
However, some senators and representatives who attend Stone-Campbell/Restoration Movement churches go to megachurches or other highly independent congregations which are difficult to clearly associate with one of the factions.
www.adherents.com /adh_congress.html   (219 words)

  
 About Us | HouseDemocrats.gov   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Congressman Rob Andrews is a 8th term Congressman representing the First Congressional District of New Jersey, which is comprised of Burlington, Camden and Gloucester Counties.
He is the Democratic leader and Ranking Member on the subcommittee on Employer-Employee relations, which has responsibility for the health insurance, pension and labor laws of the nation.
Before his election to Congress, he was an attorney and an adjunct professor at the Rutgers University School of Law.
democrats.house.gov /about/representative_detail.cfm?rep_id=28   (619 words)

  
 Contacting the Congress
Contacting the Congress is a very up-to-date database of congressional contact information for the 110th Congress.
Address Search: Enter your address to determine who represents you in Congress.
Portions of this webpage may have been generated by software licensed from Congress Merge and are © Copyright 2007 Congress Merge.
www.visi.com /juan/congress   (319 words)

  
 CNN.com Election 2004 - U.S. House of Representatives
U.S. 218 needed for House majority, 435 at stake, 3 undecided
• The U.S. House of Representatives' 435 members are elected to two-year terms, with elections held in the fall of every even-numbered year (i.e.
Each member represents a single district drawn by each state.
www.cnn.com /ELECTION/2004/pages/results/house   (171 words)

  
 NRDC's Earth Action Center
Even as gas prices continue to rise, Congress and the Bush administration are trying to weaken fuel economy laws that would help protect consumers at the pump.
Congress is set to vote in the next few days on proposals that would create an unaccountable commission with the power to eliminate federal programs, including those that protect public health and the environment.
Urge Congress to help pass oil savings legislation and put us on a clean path to oil independence.
www.nrdc.org /action/default.asp   (527 words)

  
 EFF: Contacting Congress (& Other US Policymakers) Factsheet
Foreigners urging relaxation of US export controls will probably have the opposite of the intended effect, unless they focus on the harm that US businesses will suffer due to incompatibilities or inadequate security for international transactions, for example.
You are a constituent if you are in the US or State Representative's or State Senator's district, or the US Senator's or Governor's state, for example.
If you would like more information on how laws are made and what legislators do, the US House of Representatives has a summary of the process available from their Web site at http://www.house.gov/Tying_it_all.html, as well as a set of links to current bill texts, votes, amendment status, committee jurisidictions and other Congressional data, at http://www.house.gov/Legproc.html.
www.eff.org /congress   (3801 words)

  
 DEC/SPAR - Contaminated Sites Program - Alaska Brownfields Program
Brownfield properties are defined by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as "real property, the expansion, redevelopment, or reuse of which may be complicated by the presence or potential presence of a hazardous substance, pollutant, or contamination."
DEC and the State of Alaska have developed tools and websites to assist with research, assessment, and property transfers associated with redevelopment of contaminated land.
In FY 2005, Alaska applicants received one EPA Brownfield grant for $147,000 for the Fairbanks North Star Borough site known as the former Universal Recycling Center (PDF file, 62K).
www.dec.state.ak.us /spar/csp/brownfields.htm   (1440 words)

  
 Title: US Congress Information Article from Good Politics Radio Alaska
Congress of the United States An introductory article about the U.S. Congress.
CongressLink Historical information about Congress, explanations of basic congressional procedures, and selections written by scholars and subject matter experts.
In Congress Assembled: Continuity and Change in the Governing of the United States A teaching unit on the Constitution, Congress, and current events using documents from THOMAS and the Documents of the Continental Congress and the Constitutional Convention, an American Memory collection at the National Digital Library of the Library of Congress.
www.goodpoliticsradio.com /idaho/dyk/uscongress.htm   (677 words)

  
 Take Action: Sign the Petition -- Don't Let Congress Ruin the Internet
Right now Congress is pushing a law that would abandon the First Amendment of the Internet -- a principle called "network neutrality" that preserves the free and open Internet.
Congress needs to hear from you today or they will hand over control of what you do online to companies like AT&T, Verizon and Comcast.
Congress must preserve a free and open Internet.
action.freepress.net /campaign/savethenet   (204 words)

  
 U.S. Copyright Office - 128-Bit Browsers
A “transfer of copyright ownership” is an assignment, mortgage, exclusive license, or any other conveyance, alienation, or hypothecation of a copyright or of any of the exclusive rights comprised in a copyright, whether or not it is limited in time or place of effect, but not including a nonexclusive license.
Notwithstanding any provisions of the antitrust laws, for purposes of this clause any claimants may agree among themselves as to the proportionate division of statutory licensing fees among them, may lump their claims together and file them jointly or as a single claim, or may designate a common agent to receive payment on their behalf.
The Librarian of Congress shall also establish requirements by which copyright owners may receive reasonable notice of the use of their sound recordings under this section, and under which records of such use shall be kept and made available by transmitting organizations entitled to obtain a statutory license under this subsection.
www.copyright.gov /title17/92chap1.html   (10993 words)

  
 EFF: Contacting Congress (& Other US Policymakers) Factsheet
Congressman/woman) is in the US House of Representatives (you have just one - there is one Rep. per Congressional district, and each state has many districts) see WriteRep at http://www.house.gov/writerep/, which will allow you to look up your legislator by ZIP code and send them a message.
You are a constituent if you are in the US or State Representative's or State Senator's district, or the US Senator's or Governor's state, for example.
If you would like more information on how laws are made and what legislators do, the US House of Representatives has a summary of the process available from their Web site at http://www.house.gov/Tying_it_all.html, as well as a set of links to current bill texts, votes, amendment status, committee jurisidictions and other Congressional data, at http://www.house.gov/Legproc.html.
w2.eff.org /congress   (3793 words)

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