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| See also biography. The United States Congress is the legislature of the United States federal government. It is bicameral, comprising the House of Representatives and the Senate. The House of Representatives has 435 voting members (plus non-voting delegates from American Samoa, the District of Columbia, Guam, and the United States Virgin Islands), each representing a congressional district and serving a two-year term. Puerto Rico sends a non-voting resident commissioner who serves a four-year term. The Northern Mariana Islands are not represented. House seats are apportioned among the states on the basis of population. Each state has two Senators, regardless of population. There are 100 senators, serving staggered six-year terms. Every two years, approximately 1/3 of the Senate is elected. Both Senators and Representatives are chosen through direct election. |
[edit] Congressional acts
- United States Bill of Rights
- An Act to regulate the Time and Manner of administrating certain oaths, 1789
- Enabling act (Ohio), 1802
- Enabling Act (Louisiana), 1811
- Admission of the State of Louisiana, 1812
- An Act to enlarge the limits of the State of Louisiana, 1812
- Homestead Act, 1862
- Morrill Act (1862)
- Enabling Act (Utah), 1894
- Lend Lease Act, 11 March 1941
- An act to enable the people of Wisconsin territory to form a constitution and state government, and for the admission of such state into the Union, 1846
- Voting Rights Act (1965)
- Act Awarding Leo Ryan Congressional Gold Medal, 1983
- Department of Housing and Urban Development Reform Act of 1989, 1989
- Cable TV Consumer Protection & Competition Act of 1992
- Uruguay Round Agreements Act, 1994
[edit] Congressional biographies
As published in the Congressional Biographical Directory
