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. 161
    Published 1965
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    Washington, D.C. : National Archives and Records Service, [19--]
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    Published 1904
    Washington : [s.n.], 1904.
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    Published 1977
    Washington, D.C. : University Publications of America, c1977.
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    Published 1888
    [Washington, D.C. : U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1888]
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    Published 1965
    New Haven, Conn. : Research Publications, [1965?]
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    Washington, Govt. print. off., 1880.
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  8. 168
    Published 1903
    Washington : G.P.O., 1903.
    285 p., [11] leaves of plates : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
    “...United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the District of Columbia...”
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    Published 1965
    New Haven, Conn. : Research Publications, [1965?]
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  10. 170
    Published 1903
    Washington : G.P.O., 1903.
    1 online resource (285 p., [11] leaves of plates) : ill., maps.
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    Published 1993
    Washington, D.C. : The Commission, 1993.
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    “...United States. Congress. Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe...”
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    Published 1965
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  13. 173
    Published 1901
    Washington : Government Printing Office, 1901.
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    Published 2010
    Washington : U.S. Government Printing Office, 2010.
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  15. 175
    Published 1865
    [Washington, D.C.] : [Government Printing Office], [1865]
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    “...United States. Congress. Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War...”
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  16. 176
    Published 1893
    Washington : G.P.O., 1893.
    1 online resource (69, 192 p.)
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  17. 177
    Published 2016
    [Washington, D.C.] : [U.S. Government Publishing Office], [2016]
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    “...United States. Congress. House. Committee on Natural Resources...”
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  18. 178
    Published 2000
    Washington : U.S. G.P.O. : For sale by the U.S. G.P.O., Supt. of Docs., Congressional Sales Office, 2000.
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  19. 179
    Published 2000
    [Washington, D.C.] : [Government Printing Office], [2000]
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    “...United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Indian Affairs...”
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  20. 180
    Chicago, Ili. : American Sentinel, 1892, c1889.
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    “...United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Education and Labor...”
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