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 United States House of Representatives, and an upper body, the United States Senate. It meets in the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C. Members 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 vice president of the United States, as President of the Senate, has a vote in the Senate only when there is a tie. The House of Representatives has six non-voting members.

Congress convenes for a two-year term, commencing 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 be at least 25 years old for the House and at least 30 years old for the U.S. Senate, be a U.S. citizen for seven years for the House and nine years for the Senate, 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, members of Congress 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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    Published 1857
    New York : D. Appleton, 1857-1861.
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    [Washington, D.C.] : [U.S. G.P.O.]
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    Published 1846
    Madison, W.T. : B. Brown, printer, 1846.
    1 online resource (8 pages)
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    [Washington, D.C. : Congressional Information Service, 19--]
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    Published 1789
    Washington, D.C., 1789-1791]
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    [California, MD : Congressional Information Service, 19--]
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    Published 1965
    Washington, U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1965.
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    Published 1825
    Washington : Gales and Seaton, 1825-1837.
    14 v. in 29.
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    Published 1874
    Washington : G.P.O., 1874-
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    Published 1874
    Washington : G.P.O., 1874-
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    [Washington, D.C.] : U.S. Government Printing Office.
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    Published 1835
    Washington, D.C., 1835-1837]
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    Published 1859
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    Published 1903
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    Published 1971
    [Washington, D.C.] : Library of Congress Photoduplication Service, 1971-1972.
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