In the Congress of the United States, a closed session (formally a session with closed doors) is a parliamentary procedure for the Senate or the House...
4 KB (418 words) - 18:09, 29 August 2024
Election Day in the United States is the annual day for general elections of federal, state and local public officials. With respect to federal elections...
19 KB (1,977 words) - 01:28, 3 November 2024
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...
189 KB (17,113 words) - 01:45, 8 October 2024
divisions of United States Congresses have played a central role on the organization and operations of both chambers of the United States Congress—the Senate...
62 KB (2,224 words) - 12:54, 14 September 2024
amendments to the Constitution of the United States have been proposed by the United States Congress and sent to the states for ratification since the Constitution...
68 KB (1,433 words) - 19:49, 21 October 2024
The United States Senate has the authority for meeting in closed session, as described in the Standing Rules of the Senate. The Continental Congress and...
7 KB (448 words) - 00:06, 20 December 2022
legislatures. Closed session of the United States Congress Closed sessions of the United States House of Representatives Closed sessions of the United States Senate...
4 KB (456 words) - 11:59, 22 September 2023
of the United States. It also administers copyright law through the United States Copyright Office. Founded in 1800, the Library of Congress is the oldest...
91 KB (9,600 words) - 14:21, 19 September 2024
13th Congress, 2d Session-49th Congress, 1st Session. United States Congress. Officers and Graduates of Columbia College: Originally the College of the Province...
26 KB (991 words) - 22:54, 4 August 2024
legislative sub-organization in the United States Congress that handles a specific duty (rather than the general duties of Congress). Committee membership enables...
33 KB (3,094 words) - 01:27, 18 October 2024
Seniority in the United States Senate List of current members of the United States House of Representatives List of members of the United States Congress by longevity...
92 KB (1,328 words) - 09:30, 21 October 2024
closed and federal employees are paid for the day off. Federal holidays are designated by the United States Congress in Title V of the United States Code...
39 KB (2,736 words) - 23:28, 27 October 2024
Archive. United States Congress (1825). House Journal. 18th Congress, 2nd Session, February 9. pp. 219–222. Retrieved August 2, 2006. "A Century of Lawmaking...
23 KB (2,537 words) - 08:21, 21 October 2024
The United States Senate is the upper chamber of the United States Congress. The Senate and the United States House of Representatives (which is the lower...
105 KB (11,520 words) - 10:44, 26 October 2024
Section 3, Clause 4 of the Constitution of the United States, the vice president of the United States is the ex officio president of the Senate but may only...
105 KB (3,109 words) - 18:05, 17 September 2024
The Confederate States Congress was both the provisional and permanent legislative assembly of the Confederate States of America that existed from 1861...
94 KB (12,019 words) - 16:07, 2 November 2024
list of individuals serving in the United States House of Representatives (as of September 23, 2024, the 118th Congress). The membership of the House...
261 KB (2,931 words) - 17:45, 31 October 2024
L. Quezon, the Rules of the 59th United States Congress were substantially adopted as the Rules of the Philippine Legislature. In 1916, the Jones Law changed...
58 KB (4,057 words) - 22:41, 6 October 2024
On 17 May 2022, members of the United States House Intelligence Subcommittee on Counterterrorism, Counterintelligence and Counterproliferation held congressional...
12 KB (1,267 words) - 01:55, 16 September 2024
The history of the United States Congress refers to the chronological record of the United States Congress including legislative sessions from 1789 to...
111 KB (12,512 words) - 19:41, 26 October 2024
The president of the United States (POTUS) is the head of state and head of government of the United States of America. The president directs the executive...
157 KB (15,616 words) - 20:53, 3 November 2024
historical information on the salaries that members of the United States Congress have been paid. The Government Ethics Reform Act of 1989 provides for an...
10 KB (423 words) - 10:57, 30 September 2024
of the United States House of Representatives (called either delegates or resident commissioner, in the case of Puerto Rico) are representatives of their...
39 KB (3,736 words) - 05:11, 30 October 2024
The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) is the highest court in the federal judiciary of the United States. It has ultimate appellate jurisdiction...
310 KB (31,414 words) - 05:19, 1 November 2024
Retrieved July 5, 2023. "Third Session of the 42nd Congress". United States Senate Journal. 68. Library of Congress: 334–346. February 12, 1873. Retrieved...
258 KB (24,688 words) - 00:27, 3 November 2024
the Eastern United States. The congress on October 2 was opened at McMahon Hall at Catholic University with the reading of a letter to the congress by...
6 KB (515 words) - 01:23, 1 November 2024
of July 2024, there have been 464 joint sessions and joint meetings of the United States Congress. †John Howard's address before the Joint Meeting of...
79 KB (300 words) - 04:02, 22 August 2024
The United States Capitol, often called the Capitol or the Capitol Building, is the seat of the United States Congress, the legislative branch of the...
95 KB (9,860 words) - 06:03, 2 November 2024
The following is a timeline of major events before, during, and after the 2020 United States presidential election, the 59th quadrennial United States...
183 KB (16,910 words) - 16:14, 31 October 2024
chartered for a term of twenty years, by the United States Congress on February 25, 1791. It followed the Bank of North America, the nation's first de facto...
32 KB (3,533 words) - 21:41, 21 October 2024