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  United States House of Representatives, Wyoming District At Large - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
United States House of Representatives, Wyoming District At Large
All of the U.S. state of Wyoming is fully within one at large Congressional District making it the fourth largest in the nation.
Current Vice President Dick Cheney is a nearly lifelong Wyoming resident (born in Nebraska) and represented the state in Congress from 1979 to 1990.
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 United States - Simple English Wikipedia
The main landmass of United States of America is in the middle of the continent of North America.
The United States of America consists of 50 states with 'limited autonomy.' This means that states can make laws about things inside the state, but if the national government makes laws that say different things, the law the state made is not a law any more, and people only have to follow the national law.
The large cultural, economic, and military influence of the United States has made foreign relations, or relations with other countries, an especially important topic in American politics and the politics of many other countries.
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 Learn more about United States in the online encyclopedia.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
The economy of the United States is organized on the capitalist model and is marked by steady growth, low unemployment and inflation, a large trade deficit, and rapid advances in technology.
The social structure of the United States, a capitalist country, is highly stratified, with a large proportion of the wealth of the country controlled by a small fraction of the population which exerts disproportionate cultural and political influence.
The United States is also a great center of higher education, boasting more than 1,500 universities, colleges, and other institutions of higher learning, the top tier of which may be considered to be among the most prestigious and advanced in the world.
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 United States House of Representatives - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The chamber of the United States House of Representatives is located in the south wing of the Capitol building, in Washington, D.C. The United States House of Representatives is one of the two houses of the Congress of the United States.
Each state is represented in the House proportional to its population, but each state is entitled to at least one Representative.
Under article one, section two of the constitution, seats in the House of Representatives are apportioned among the states on the basis of population, as determined by a census conducted every ten years.
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 Congress of the United States: The House of Representatives
Members of the House of Representatives are apportioned among the states according to their populations in the federal census.
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.
A representative must be 25 or older, a U.S. citizen of at least seven years standing, and a resident of the state in which he or she is elected.
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 ipedia.com: United States House of Representatives Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
The 435 seats in the House are apportioned among the fifty states by population, as determined by a decennial census.
Delegates to the United States House of Representatives from the District of Columbia
Delegates to the United States House of Representatives from Guam
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 Congress of the United States. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
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.
Bills, after having been passed by each house separately, must be signed by the president of the United States within 10 days of their submission, or they become law automatically, unless Congress is not in session.
Only the House of Representatives may impeach the president or other federal officers and the Senate alone has the authority to try impeachments, but each house is the judge of the qualifications of its own members.
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 Member FAQs - Office of the Clerk   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Representatives elected in special elections during the course of a Congress generally take the oath of office on the floor of the House Chamber when the Clerk of the House has received a formal notice of the new Member's election or appointment from State government authorities.
The Speaker acts as leader of the House and combines several roles: the institutional role of presiding officer and administrative head of the House, the partisan role of leader of the majority party in the House, and the representative role of an elected Member of the House.
House Democrats refer to their organization as the Democratic Caucus, while House Republicans refer to their organization as the House Republican Conference.The party caucus or conference officially elects party floor leaders; the party whips nominate each party's candidates for the Speakership and other offices in the House.
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 United States of America (Harpers.org)
The United States justice department reported that America's prison population had grown to 1,931,859, of whom 791,600 were fl; the ACLU pointed out that America, with only 5 percent of the world's population, accounts for 25 percent of the world's prisoners.
United States troops intervened in the Macedonian conflict by escorting several hundred rebels out of a Macedonian town; riots ensued in Skopje, the capital, and an American diplomat was shot, apparently by accident, by a Macedonian soldier.
The White House announced that the anthrax used in recent mail attacks probably originated in the United States; Army officials confirmed that the bacteria was a genetic match with anthrax in the Army's stockpile but pointed out that their supply had come from the Agriculture Department.
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 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: The United States of America
That river separates the United States from the Republic of Mexico until at the city of El Paso it turns northward; from that point to the Colorado River an arbitrary line marks the boundary of the two republics.
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.
It also provides that the citizens of each state shall be entitled to all privileges and immunities of citizens in the several states; for the return of fugitives from justice and for the admission of new states.
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 Wikinfo | United States House of Representatives
The House of Representatives is the lower house of the United States Congress, whose upper house is the United States Senate.
The House is presided over by the Speaker of the House, who is elected from among the members.
The House chamber is located in the north wing of the United States Capitol, in Washington, DC.
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 United States House of Representatives, 109th Congress, 2nd Session: Homepage
United States House of Representatives, 109th Congress, 2nd Session: Homepage
Current operating status of the United States House of Representatives.
U.S. House of Representatives, Washington, DC 20515 (202) 224-3121 TTY: (202) 225-1904
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 Wyoming State Symbols Capital Constitution Flags Maps Song
The woman represents the state motto "Equal Rights" and the two men represent cattle ranchers and miners.
The dates 1869 and 1890 tell when Wyoming organized as a territory of the United States and when it became a state.
Eastern Great Plains rise to the foothills of the Rocky Mountains; Continental Divide crosses the state from north-west to the south-east.
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 CIA - The World Factbook -- United States   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Britain's American colonies broke with the mother country in 1776 and were recognized as the new nation of the United States of America following the Treaty of Paris in 1783.
During the 19th and 20th centuries, 37 new states were added to the original 13 as the nation expanded across the North American continent and acquired a number of overseas possessions.
The onrush of technology largely explains the gradual development of a "two-tier labor market" in which those at the bottom lack the education and the professional/technical skills of those at the top and, more and more, fail to get comparable pay raises, health insurance coverage, and other benefits.
www.cia.gov /cia/publications/factbook/print/us.html   (1789 words)

  
 Congress of the United States: The House of Representatives
Congress of the United States House of Representatives Washington, DC 20515-2215.(Memo Of The Month)
Born to struggle, learning to write: an interview with Lindiwe Mabuza, poet and chief representative of the African National Congress (of South Africa) in the United States.(Interview)
Humane Society Of The United States Praises House Of Representatives For Passage Of Humane Slaughter Act Amendment.
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 United States
Legislative branch: bicameral Congress consists of Senate (100 seats, one-third are renewed every two years; two members are elected from each state by popular vote to serve six-year terms) and House of Representatives (435 seats; members are directly elected by popular vote to serve two-year terms)
In all economic sectors, US firms are at or near the forefront in technological advances, especially in computers and in medical, aerospace, and military equipment, although their advantage has narrowed since the end of World War II.
The onrush of technology largely explains the gradual development of a "two-tier labor market" in which those at the bottom lack the education and the professional/technical skills of those at the top and, more and more, fail to get pay raises, health insurance coverage, and other benefits.
www.cultureconnect.com /facts/us.htm   (1389 words)

  
 United States   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
elections: president and vice president elected on the same ticket by a college of representatives who are elected directly from each state; president and vice president serve four-year terms; election last held 7 November 2000 (next to be held NA November 2004)
Supreme Court (its nine justices are appointed for life by the president with confirmation by the Senate); United States Courts of Appeal; United States District Courts; State and County Courts
US firms are at or near the forefront in technological advances, especially in computers and in medical, aerospace, and military equipment, although their advantage has narrowed since the end of World War II.
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 Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives
The oath of office required by the sixth article of the Constitution of the United States, and as provided by section 2 of the act of May 13, 1884 (23 Stat.
has been subscribed to in person and filed in duplicate with the Clerk of the House of Representatives by the following Members of the 109th Congress, pursuant to the provisions of 2 U.S.C. 1 Jo Bonner
clerk.house.gov /members/oathoffice.html   (149 words)

  
 The World Factbook 2004 -- United States
elections: president and vice president elected on the same ticket by a college of representatives who are elected directly from each state; president and vice president serve four-year terms; election last held 7 November 2000 (next to be held 2 November 2004)
elections: Senate - last held 5 November 2002 (next to be held 2 November 2004); House of Representatives - last held 5 November 2002 (next to be held 2 November 2004)
The US has the largest and most technologically powerful economy in the world, with a per capita GDP of $37,800.
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