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, youngest
members, Resident Commissioner
of Puerto Rico, delegates,
longest-serving members ever)
Senate: Current by
seniority, Current by
age, Dean of the Senate, former Senators,
living former
Senators, Earliest
serving, Earliest living,
Expelled/censured,
Classes,
House:
Current by seniority, Dean of
the House,
former Representatives,
oldest living,
expelled, censured, and reprimanded Representatives,
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 |
Senate: Majority and
Minority Leaders, assistant
party leaders, Democratic
Caucus ( Chair,
Secretary,
Policy Committee Chair), Republican
Conference ( Chair,
Vice-Chair,
Policy Committee Chair)
House: Speaker
(
list), Majority and Minority
Leaders, party
whips,
Democratic Caucus,
Republican Conference |
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Offices,
officers,
& employees |
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
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)
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 |
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Powers,
procedure
& customs |
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 Senate
committees, list
of House 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, Old Supreme Court Chamber, Senate Staff
Health and Fitness Facility, Capitol Power Plant, Old Senate
Chamber,
House Recording Studio, Daniel Webster Senate
Page Residence
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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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