|
| |
| | United States Congress - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | The Congress of the United States is the biennial meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government. | | | Obstructing the work of Congress is a crime under federal law, and is known as contempt of Congress. | | | Thus, the current Congress (whose term lasts from 2005 to 2007) is known as the "109th Congress"; the previous Congress (whose term lasted from 2003 to 2005) was the "108th Congress," and so forth. |
|
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congress_of_the_United_States
(5190 words)
|
|
| |
| | MSN Encarta - Congress |
| | The judicial branch—including federal district courts, appeals courts, and the Supreme Court of the United States—interprets laws, sometimes in ways not intended by Congress. | | | Congress is composed of two chambers with equal powers: the 100-member Senate and the 435-member House of Representatives. | | | The Constitution permits Congress to propose new constitutional amendments through a two-thirds vote of both chambers, which then must be ratified by three-fourths of the states. |
|
http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761554908/Congress.html
(1474 words)
|
|
| |
| | Congress |
| | The bill is referred to a committee by either the Speaker of the House or the presiding officer of the Senate. | | | Whether the Republicans will sustain their control of Congress is uncertain. | | | It is often said that legislation is initiated by the president and enacted by Congress. |
|
http://www.socialstudieshelp.com/APGOV_Congress.htm
(3587 words)
|
|
| |
| | Encyclopedia4U - Continental Congress - Encyclopedia Article |
| | The Continental Congress was the federal legislature of the Thirteen Colonies and later of the United States from 1774 to 1789, a period that included the American Revolutionary War and the Articles of Confederation. | | | President of the United States in Congress assembled | | | The Second Continental Congress ran from May 10, 1775, to March 2, 1789, but met in different places at different times. |
|
http://www.encyclopedia4u.com/c/continental-congress.html
(220 words)
|
|
| |
| | African National Congress - Encyclopedia.WorldSearch |
| | In 1947 the ANC allied with the Natal Indian Congress and Transvaal Indian congress, broadening the basis of its opposition to the government. | | | The return of an Afrikaner-led National Party government by the overwhelmingly white electorate in 1948 signaled the advent of the policy of apartheid (Afrikaans: "separateness" of the races, or political and social segregation of black and white people). | | | The ANC planned a campaign against the Pass Laws (which required blacks to carry an identity card at all times to justify their presence in "white" areas) which was to begin on March 31 1960. |
|
http://encyclopedia.worldsearch.com/african_national_congress.htm
(1140 words)
|
|
| |
| | Online NewsHour: Congress Background Reports |
| | March 13, 2003 -- Congress and Abortion The Senate passed a ban today on a controversial method for late-term abortions. | | | April 5, 2005 -- Patriot Act Attorney General Alberto Gonzales and FBI Director Robert Mueller urged Congress to renew key provisions of the Patriot Act Tuesday during Senate Judiciary Committee hearings on the controversial anti-terrorism law. | | | November 14, 2002 -- Newsmaker: Nancy Pelosi After a report by Kwame Holman on the vote for new congressional leaders, Margaret Warner speaks with the newly elected Democratic leader of the U.S. House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi of California. |
|
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/congress/congress.html
(15312 words)
|
|
| |
| | Congress |
| | The principal party leaders of Congress are the Speaker of the House and the Senate majority leader. | | | Members of Congress are highly sensitive to the state or district on which they depend for reelection. | | | Members of Congress, once elected, are likely to be reelected. |
|
http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0072481218/student_view0/chapter11
(1268 words)
|
|
| |
| | BBC NEWS World South Asia Congress at the crossroads |
| | India's first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru, his daughter Indira Gandhi and her son Rajiv Gandhi were leaders of Congress. | | | More recently, Congress lost three key state elections to the BJP last November, a move that prompted the ruling party to hold national polls six months ahead of schedule. | | | Once a Congress party bastion, the party won only 10 parliamentary seats the last time after having drawn a blank in 1998. |
|
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/3505704.stm
(651 words)
|
|
| |
| | United States Congress - dKosopedia |
| | The United States Congress is the legislative branch of the United States government, sometimes called simply the legislature. | | | See 109th United States Congress (composition) for the current membership of Congress. | | | However, using the interstate commerce power, Congress has basically escaped these Constitutional limits, though the Supreme Court has recently checked this advance. |
|
http://www.dkosopedia.com/index.php/Congress
(264 words)
|
|
| |
| | Project Vote Smart - GOVERNMENT 101: Congress |
| | 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. | | | Congress of the United States An introductory article about the U.S. Congress. | | | Must be an inhabitant of the state from which elected. |
|
http://www.vote-smart.org/resource_govt101_03.php
(679 words)
|
|
| |
| | The U.S. Constitution Online - USConstitution.net |
| | In case of the removal of the President from office or of his death or resignation, the Vice President shall become President. | | | This article shall be inoperative unless it shall have been ratified as an amendment to the Constitution by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several States within seven years from the date of its submission to the States by the Congress. | | | This article shall be inoperative unless it shall have been ratified as an amendment to the Constitution by the legislatures of the several States, as provided in the Constitution, within seven years from the date of the submission hereof to the States by the Congress. |
|
http://www.usconstitution.net/const.html
(5174 words)
|
|
| |
| | Kids in the House - Learn About Congress |
| | The U.S. Constitution allows Congress to override the President's veto with a two-thirds majority vote of both the House and the Senate. | | | When the President vetoes a bill and returns it to Congress, Congress reviews the reasons for the rejection but may still act to pass the bill. | | | Bills accepted by both houses of Congress and by the President become law. |
|
http://clerkkids.house.gov/congress
(536 words)
|
|
| |
| | Congress |
| | Continental Congress - Continental Congress, 1774–89, federal legislature of the Thirteen Colonies and later of the... | | | Library of Congress - Library of Congress, national library of the United States, Washington, D.C., est. | | | Hispanics in Congress - A list of all the Hispanic members of Congress |
|
http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0777339.html
(96 words)
|
|
| |
| | Congress |
| | On May 1, 1789 Congress approved to elect Rev. William Linn as Chaplain in the House and Reverend Bishop Samuel Provost as its Chaplain in the Senate. | | | "Whereupon, Resolved, That the United States in Congress assembled... | | | "for America, for Congress, for the Province of Massachusetts Bay, and especially for the town of Boston," |
|
http://users.ipa.net/~les/congress.html
(1206 words)
|
|
| |
| | Lecture Notes - Congress - Week 11 |
| | Describe the characteristics of members of Congress and outline the process for electing members of Congress. | | | Pinpoint the significant eras in the evolution of Congress. | | | Place Congress under law and not exempt itself from laws |
|
http://www.socialstudieshelp.com/APGOV_Notes_WeekEleven.htm
(3890 words)
|
|
| |
| | CNN.com - Suit challenges Bush war authority - Feb. 14, 2003 |
| | Bonifaz said this new lawsuit is different because in addition to the six members of Congress, soldiers have asked for the injunction. | | | The judge also noted that only about 10 percent of the Congress had asked for the injunction -- a percentage he said wasn't representative of the entire body. | | | The other members of Congress named as plaintiffs are: Dennis Kucinich, D-Ohio; Jesse Jackson Jr., D-Illinois; Jim McDermott, D-Washington; Jose Serrano, D-New York; and Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Texas. |
|
http://www.cnn.com/2003/LAW/02/13/anti.war.lawsuit.ap
(571 words)
|
|
| |
| | Congress - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | The U.S. Congress is the only constitutional legislative branch of the United States federal government | | | The office as Head of State (president) and Head of Government (prime minister) are typically merged, and the members of cabinet are only rarely taken from the congress. | | | Many parties also have a Party Congress which is held every few years to make decisions for the party and elected governing bodies. |
|
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congress
(251 words)
|
|
| |
| | Congress Merge:Online Congressional Directory |
| | This information is gathered solely for the purpose of establishing who represents you in Congress and to allow you to contact them electronically. | | | Click on the map to the left to list all the members of Congress from that State. | | | Enter city and state (without a ZIP code) to get all the members of Congress representing that city. |
|
http://www.congressmerge.com/onlinedb
(175 words)
|
|
| |
| | Home |
| | Welcome to the official website of the Congress of the Federated States of Micronesia located at http://www.fsmcongress.fm. | | | FSM citizens may also be interested in the constitutional amendment proposals of the Third FSM Constitutional Convention which will be voted on in a referendum on August 27, 2002 and on the increased activities of the Joint Committee on Compact Economic Negotiations (JCN). | | | This site is maintained primarily by the Public Information Office (PIO) and the Office of the Legislative Counsel for the FSM Congress. |
|
http://www.fsmcongress.fm
(333 words)
|
|
| |
| | SSHL: Government Information: Federal: Congress |
| | This information is current through the initial leadership elections and appointments made for the 105th Congress. | | | Details the major differences of the two Houses of Congress. | | | Official Congressional Directory - Search or browse for members of the Congress from 1995-present via GPO Gate. |
|
http://govinfo.ucsd.edu/fedcong.html
(337 words)
|
|
| |
| | Congress - Arizona Ghost Town |
| | The mail for Congress was in future sent to post office in Congress Jun-ction, starting on November 1, 1938. | | | In 1899 was Congress Consolidated Railroad finished between the mine and the Congress Junction. | | | Congress' post office was established January 19, 1889 and discontinued August 31, 1928. |
|
http://www.ghosttowns.com/states/az/congress.html
(367 words)
|
|
| |
| | New Energy Congress - PESWiki |
| | While this is permitted, it is understood by the Congress members that they will give the Congress the attention they can give it, to the best of their ability. | | | This forum is for talking about the idea of the congress, and other administrative/housekeeping matters. | | | Global renewable energy congress 2005 (http://www.abdn.ac.uk/mediareleases/release.php?id=273) - Helt at University of Aberdeen, May 22-27, 2005. |
|
http://www.peswiki.com/energy/Free_Energy_Congress
(2483 words)
|
|
| |
| | Joint Organic Congress 2006 |
| | You will have the possibility of attending the tour either the day before the congress or the day after. | | | Parallel with the main congress program, an organic exhibition will take place at the congress centre. | | | Thanks to all of you who contributed with ideas to the Congress 2006. |
|
http://www.organic-congress.org
(336 words)
|
|
| |
| | Congressional History - Office of the Clerk |
| | Total number of Representatives and Senators that have served each state since the 1st Congress. | | | Roll Call votes are available for the 101st Congress, 2nd Session to the 108th Congress, 2nd Session. | | | Learn about the Clerk, the Capitol, and Congress. |
|
http://clerk.house.gov/histHigh/Congressional_History
(153 words)
|
|
| |
| | Ralph Hall for Congress |
| | Although Congress moves slowly on most issues - it takes time to work out agreements between both political parties, between the House and the Senate, and between the Congress and the Administration - Congress also can move swiftly during times of emergency. | | | During my twenty-four years in Congress, I have returned to my home district every weekend, except when we were in voting sessions. | | | Hall for Congress Committee • Post Office Box 711 • Rockwall, Texas 75087 |
|
http://www.ralphhallcongressman.com
(486 words)
|
|
| |
| | Congress Merge |
| | Power search our database to see how many members of Congress are lawyers, real estate agents, belong to Kiwanis, and more. | | | Find your members of Congress or let us find them for you. | | | Plus a weekly updated table of Capitol contact information for every member of Congress. |
|
http://www.congressmerge.com
(144 words)
|
|
| |
| | About the Religious Education Congress |
| | The Religious Education Congress, sponsored by the Archdiocese of Los Angeles Office of Religious Education, is the nation's largest annual gathering of Roman Catholics! | | | Youth Day is held annually on the Thursday as a precursor to the main Congress weekend. | | | See the Congress 2006 Schedule • Información en español |
|
http://www.recongress.org/congress.htm
(700 words)
|
|
| |
| | World Congress of Agroforestry |
| | The Congress Declaration that will capture the discussions and deliberations during the congress will be developed for use as a policy document for further promotion of agroforestry. | | | - The congress deliberations will focus on five major topics. | | | Spreadsheet Database of the Congress Abstracts (Excel file) |
|
http://conference.ifas.ufl.edu/wca
(2253 words)
|
|
| |
| | Project Vote Smart - American Government, Elections, Candidates and Voting |
| | Remember, you can use Project Vote Smart's searchable database of speeches to find out what the President, Vice President, Cabinet Members, and your members of congress have said about the Iraq War and other issues. | | | Project Vote Smart provides the information you need to check up on your elected officials in Congress. | | | Project Vote Smart is now collecting speeches for the entire Federal Executive Branch. |
|
http://www.vote-smart.org/congress/congress.html
(884 words)
|
|
| |
| | :: GOP.gov :: News From Republicans in Congress |
| | When Congress returns in the new year, Republicans will build on our record of economic success by taking up legislation to provide tax relief for the American people. | | | :: GOP.gov :: News From Republicans in Congress | | | Please enter your zip code to determine your Representative in Congress |
|
http://www.gop.gov
(319 words)
|
|
| |
| | Congressional Bills: Main Page |
| | The 109th Congress database is updated by 6 a.m. | | | Previous Congresses -- 103rd (1993-94) through 109th (2005-06) Congress | | | Browse bills by Congress and/or type of legislation |
|
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/bills/index.html
(295 words)
|
|
| |
| | Search Library of Congress Finding Aids |
| | EAD Finding Aids at the Library of Congress | | | These searchable finding aids use the Encoded Archival Description (EAD) standard. |
|
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/faid
(66 words)
|
|
| |
| | Congress |
| | For each one, please tell me whether you think it applies to all members of Congress, most members of Congress, about half the members of Congress, fewer than half the members of Congress, or very few members of Congress. | | | "Do you think Congress has the same priorities for the country as you have, or not?" | | | "Do you feel Congress is or is not currently working on issues that are important to most Americans?" |
|
http://www.pollingreport.com/congress.htm
(1189 words)
|
|
| |
| | Congress AfterDowningStreet.org |
| | Congresswoman Waters Denounces the President's Decision to Permit the NSA to Spy On the American Public | | | As soon as Congress reconvenes, Senator Russ Feingold (D-WI) should introduce this resolution and find someone in the House to introduce the same. | | | Below is a useful analysis of where the Iraq War is in Congress. |
|
http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/?q=taxonomy/term/3
(1768 words)
|
|
| |
| | The Historic Hotel Congress - Tucson, AZ |
| | The Historic Hotel Congress - Tucson, AZ ·> Club Congress | | | One of the best live acts -ever returns to the Club Congress stage | | | Wednesday February 01 - CONGRESS LIBRE with - |
|
http://www.hotelcongress.com/club
(3996 words)
|
|
| |
| | C-SPAN.ORG |
| | C-SPAN Teacher/Student Resources for Learning About the 109th Congress |
|
http://www.c-span.org/resources/congress.asp
(17 words)
|
|
| |
| | Library of Congress/HLAS Online Home Page |
| | Edited by the Hispanic Division of the Library of Congress, the multidisciplinary Handbook alternates annually between the social sciences and the humanities. | | | If you are outside the Library of Congress, click here to Search HLAS Online. | | | If you are inside the Library of Congress, click here to Search HLAS Online. |
|
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/hlas
(203 words)
|
|
| |
| | Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee |
| | Congress Passes Jackson Lee Resolution to Honor Those Who Lost Their Lives in the Aftermath of South Asia Earthquake | | | WASHINGTON, D.C.—Members of the Congressional Black Caucus will be joined by Hurricane Katrina survivors who are housed at the DC Armory for a Candlelight Vigil. The event is open to the public and will take place at 8:00 p.m. | | | The bill, H.R. 492, is an effective way for Members to pay respect to the many constituents who represent the affected communities as well as those who perished and continue to suffer as a result of the disaster. Congresswoman Jackson Lee is a Co-Chair of the U.S. Congressional Pakistan Caucus. |
|
http://www.jacksonlee.house.gov
(666 words)
|
|
| |
| | Electronic PCN: Cataloging in Publication Program (Library of Congress) |
| | Librarians use it to locate a specific Library of Congress catalog record in the national databases and to order catalog cards from the Library of Congress or from commercial suppliers. | | | Electronic PCN: Cataloging in Publication Program (Library of Congress) | | | The Library of Congress assigns this number while the book is being cataloged. |
|
http://pcn.loc.gov
(103 words)
|
|
|
