 United States Congress
(House of Representatives, Senate — 111th Congress — Members of the 111th United States Congress ) |
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| Members |
Members of Congress: Current ( by length of service, freshmen, Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico, delegates, longest-serving members ever)
House: Current by seniority, Dean of the House, former Representatives, oldest living, expelled, censured, and reprimanded Representatives,
Senate: Current by seniority, Current by age, Dean of the Senate, former Senators, living former Senators, Earliest serving, Earliest living, Expelled/censured, Classes,
Women and minority members: African American members, Hispanic members, Asian Pacific American members, Congressional Member Organizations (caucuses), House Women, Senate Women
List of congressional districts ( congressional apportionment, districts by area, obsolete districts)
Privileges and benefits: Representatives' salaries, Senators' salaries, franking, congressional immunity
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| Party leaders |
House: Speaker ( list), Majority and Minority Leaders, party whips, Democratic Caucus, Republican Conference
Senate: Majority and Minority Leaders, assistant party leaders, Democratic Caucus ( Chair, Secretary, Policy Committee Chair), Republican Conference ( Chair, Vice-Chair, Policy Committee Chair) |
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Offices,
officers,
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Congress: Government Accountability Office ( Comptroller General), Congressional Budget Office, Architect of the Capitol, Capitol Police ( Capitol Police Board), Capitol Guide Service ( Capitol Guide Board), Office of Compliance, Library of Congress, Government Printing Office; Former: Office of Technology Assessment
House elected officers: Clerk, Sergeant at Arms, Chief Administrative Officer, Chaplain. Former: Doorkeeper, Postmaster
House employees: Historian, Parliamentarian, Reading Clerk, pages ( House Page Board)
House offices: Office of the Law Revision Counsel, Emergency Planning, Preparedness, and Operations, Interparliamentary Affairs
Senate constitutionally-mandated officers: President ( list) ( Vice President of the United States), President pro tempore ( list)
Senate elected officers: President pro tempore, Secretary, Chaplain, Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper
Senate employees: Curator, Historian, Librarian, Parliamentarian, pages
Senate offices: Office of the Secretary ( Senate Library, Office of Senate Curator, Senate Historical Office) |
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Powers,
procedure
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Powers: Constitutional authority under Article I ( Enumerated powers ( Taxing and Spending, Commerce, Dormant Commerce, Naturalization, Copyright, Declaration of War Clause); Implied powers: Necessary and Proper Clause); Impeachment; contempt of Congress; Power of enforcement
Legislative and parliamentary procedure: Act of Congress ( list), rider, sponsorship, discharge petition, unanimous consent, suspension of the rules, joint resolution, concurrent resolution, appropriation bill, enrolled bill, engrossed bill, budget resolution, continuing resolution, House procedures, expulsion of members, joint session ( list), House closed sessions, Senate closed sessions, lame duck session, cloture, suspension of the rules, reconciliation, veto override
Committees: Oversight, hearings, discharge petition, markup, chairman and ranking member, standing committees, select and special committees, joint committees, subcommittees, Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, conference committee, list of House committees, list of Senate committees
Senate-specific: Presiding Officer, Jefferson's Manual, Standing Rules of the Senate, Riddick's Senate Procedure, seniority, classes of Senators, Traditions, VPs' tie-breaking votes, advice and consent, recess appointment, executive session, senatorial courtesy, Saxbe fix, nuclear option, filibuster, executive communication, secret hold, ratification of treaties, Senate Journal
Items: Mace of the House, gavels
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| History |
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| Capitol Complex |
Capitol: Dome, rotunda, crypt, National Statuary Hall, Capitol Visitor Center, The Apotheosis of Washington, Statue of Freedom
Office buildings: House: Cannon, Ford, Longworth, Rayburn, O'Neill ( demolished); Senate: Dirksen, Hart, Russell; House Office Building Commission
Other buildings and facilities: Botanic Garden, House Recording Studio, Senate Staff Health and Fitness Facility, Capitol Power Plant, Old Senate Chamber, Old Supreme Court Chamber
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| LoC & GPO |
Library of Congress: Congressional Research Service ( reports), Law Library, THOMAS, Copyright Office ( Register of Copyrights), Poet Laureate, Jefferson Building, Adams Building, Madison Building; Government Printing Office: Public Printer of the United States, Congressional Record, Official Congressional Directory, United States Statutes at Large, United States Code
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| Media |
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| Miscellaneous |
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| Websites: House of Representatives | Senate |
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