United States Congress

In 1868, this committee of representatives prosecuted President [[Andrew Johnson The United States Congress is the legislature of the federal government of the United States. It is bicameral, composed of a lower body, the House of Representatives, and an upper body, the Senate. It meets in the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. Senators and representatives are chosen through direct election, though vacancies in the Senate may be filled by a governor's appointment. Congress }} has 535 voting members: 100 senators and 435 representatives. The U.S. vice president has a vote in the Senate only when senators are evenly divided. The House of Representatives has six non-voting members.

The sitting of a Congress is for a two-year term, at present, beginning every other January. Elections are held every even-numbered year on Election Day. The members of the House of Representatives are elected for the two-year term of a Congress. The Reapportionment Act of 1929 established that there be 435 representatives, and the Uniform Congressional Redistricting Act requires that they be elected from single-member constituencies or ''districts''. It is also required that the congressional districts be apportioned among states by population every ten years using the U.S. census results, provided that each state has at least one congressional representative. Each senator is elected at-large in their state for a six-year term, with terms staggered, so every two years approximately one-third of the Senate is up for election. Each state, regardless of population or size, has two senators, so currently, there are 100 senators for the 50 states.

Article One of the U.S. Constitution requires that members of Congress must be at least 25 years old (House) or at least 30 years old (Senate), have been a citizen of the U.S. for seven (House) or nine (Senate) years, and be an inhabitant of the state which they represent. Members in both chambers may stand for an unlimited number of times.

The Congress was created by the U.S. Constitution and first met in 1789, replacing the Congress of the Confederation in its legislative function. Although not legally mandated, in practice since the 19th century, Congress members are typically affiliated with one of the two major parties, the Democratic Party or the Republican Party, and only rarely with a third party or independents affiliated with no party. In the case of the latter, the lack of affiliation with a political party does not mean that such members are unable to caucus with members of the political parties. Members can also switch parties at any time, although this is quite uncommon. Provided by Wikipedia
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  1. 141
    Published 1927
    Washington : United States Government Printing Office, 1927-
    1 online resource ( volumes)
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  2. 142
    Published 1938
    Washington : U.S. G.P.O., 1938.
    v, 735 p. ; 23 cm.
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  3. 143
    by Ragsdale, Bruce A.
    Published 1990
    Washington, D.C. : U.S. G.P.O., 1990.
    xii, 164 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.
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    “...United States. Congress. House. Office of the Historian...”
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  4. 144
    Published 1870
    [Washington, D.C.] : [U.S. Government Printing Office], 1870.
    1 online resource (11 pages).
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  5. 145
    Published 1846
    [Washington, D.C.] : [publisher not identified], 1846.
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  6. 146
    Published 1976
    [Washington, D.C.] : [U.S. Government Printing Office], 1976.
    1 online resource (7 pages)
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  7. 147
    Published 1968
    [Washington, D.C.] : [U.S. Government Printing Office], 1968.
    1 online resource (17 pages).
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  8. 148
    by French, Richard, 1792-1854
    Published 1844
    [Washington] : Blair & Rives, printers, 1844.
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  9. 149
    Published 1992
    [Washington, D.C.? : U.S. G.P.O., 1992]
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  10. 150
    Published 1901
    [Washington : G.P.O., 1901]
    1 online resource (4 p.)
    “...United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Territories...”
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  11. 151
    Published 1910
    Washington : Government Printing Office, 1910.
    1 online resource (159 pages) : illustration.
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  12. 152
    Published 1913
    New York : Current Literature Publishing Company, [1913]
    1 online resource (14 volumes) : illustrations, portraits.
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  13. 153
    Published 1936
    Washington : United States, Government Printing Office, 1936.
    1 online resource (iv, 343 pages)
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  14. 154
    Published 1980
    Washington : U.S. G.P.O., 1980.
    1 online resource (iii, 288 p.)
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  15. 155
    Published 1946
    Washington : United States, Government Printing Office, 1946.
    1 online resource (v, 909 pages, with tables, 913 pages)
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  16. 156
    by Mansfield, Mike, 1903-2001
    Published 1962
    Washington : G.P.O., 1962.
    1 online resource (v, 85 p.) : maps.
    “...United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Appropriations...”
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  17. 157
    by Worthington, Thomas, 1773-1827
    Published 1802
    [Washington?] : [Publisher not identified], 1802.
    1 online resource (35 pages)
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  18. 158
    Published 1951
    [Washington, D.C. : the Senate], 1951.
    45 v.
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  19. 159
    Published 1840
    Washington, DC : [publisher not identified], 1840.
    1 online resource (1 page).
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  20. 160
    Published 1991
    Washington, D.C. : U.S. G.P.O., 1991.
    v, 266 p. : ports. ; 29 cm.
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    “...United States. Congress. House. Commission on the Bicentenary of the U.S. House of Representatives...”
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