Encyclopedia of the United States Congress
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Robert E. Dewhirst, Facts On File, Inc., New York, 2007
Content of the Encyclopedia of the United States Congress
- Army-mccarthy Hearings
- Congressional Elections: Financing
- Direct Election of Senators
- Enacting Clause
- Equal Rights Amendment
- Extension of Remarks
- House Un-american Activities Committee
- Intelligence Oversight
- “Lame Duck” Amendment
- Pay and Perquisites
- Special Committee
- Standing Committee
- Capitol Building
- Committee on Education and the Workforce
- Dilatory Motion
- E-government Act of 2002
- Journals
- Secretary of the Senate
- “Lame Duck”
- Holds
- Wagner Act
- Yielding
- Statute
- Public Law
- Hearings
- Congressional Elections: Midterm
- John b. Cawsons Randolph
- “Keating Five” Scandal
- Daniel Webster
- Reorganization of Congress
- Carl Bert Albert
- Foreign Travel
- Architect of the Capitol
- House Select Committee on Narcotics Abuse and Control
- James Jeffords
- Social Security Act
- Membership: African Americans
- Chaplains
- Pages
- Executive Session
- Senate Select Committee on Pow/mia (prisoners of War–missing in Action) Affairs
- Schuyler Colfax
- Census
- Howard h Baker
- Gypsy Moths
- State Delegations
- District of Columbia
- Iran-contra Scandal Investigation
- William e Borah
- Customs and Mores of Congress
- Carl Trumbull Hayden
- Congressional Quarterly
- War Powers Resolution of 1973
- Calendar
- House Special Rules
- Expedited Consideration
- Suspension of the Rules
- Rider
- Joseph Taylor Robinson
- Baker v. Carr 369 U.s. 186
- Robert s Kerr
- National Labor Relations Board (nlrb) v. Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp. 301 U.s. 1
- Impeachment of President Bill Clinton
- Records of Congress
- Senate Floor Leader
- House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct
- Adjournment and Recess (senate)
- Enumerated Powers
- Courts and Congress
- Alben William Barkley
- John Griffin Carlisle
- Alcee Lamar Hastings
- Robert l. (“bob”) Livingston
- Seating Disputes/contested Elections
- Robert c Byrd
- Immigration and Naturalization Service v. Chadha 462 U.s. 919
- James Claude, Jr. Wright
- Strom Thurmond
- Blue Ribbon Commissions
- House Bank and Post Office Scandals
- Contempt of Congress
- Confirmation
- Thomas Hart Benton
- Sunset Laws
- Impeachment Powers and Process
- Civil Rights Act of 1964
- Electoral College
- Impeachment of President Richard Nixon
- Twenty-seventh Amendment
- Pollock v. Farmer’s Loan and Trust Co. 157 U.s.
- Bargaining
- Filibuster
- Authorization Bills
- “Tuesday Through Thursday Club”
- Private Bill
- Floor Manager
- Discharge of Committees
- Discharge Rules
- Twentieth Amendment
- Cloture
- Albert Jeremiah Beveridge
- Political Action Committees
- Thomas s Foley
- Grandfathering
- Blue-slip Procedure
- Senatorial Courtesy
- Conservative Coalition
- Calendar Wednesday
- Lobbying
- House Committee on Ways and Means
- Qualifications of Membership
- House Armed Services Committee
- Whitewater Investigation
- Joseph g Cannon
- Richard Walker Bolling
- Bork, Robert, Supreme Court Nomination of
- Robert Bork, Supreme Court Nomination of
- John Worth Kern
- Congressional Elections: Pivotal Nineteenth-century Contests
- Blocs and Coalitions
- Freshmen
- Congressional Careers
- Steward Machine Co. v. Davis 301 U.s. 548
- House Republican Steering Committee
- Robert Henry Michel
- Richard a Gephardt
- Government Accountability Office (gao)
- House Committee on Rules
- Privilege
- Point of Order
- Farm Bloc
- Mcconnell v. Federal Election Commission, 540 U.s. 93
- Financial Disclosure
- Libraries of the House and Senate
- John Sherman
- Department of Homeland Security Act
- Voting in Congress
- Seminole Tribe of Florida v. Florida 517 us 44
- Parliamentarian
- Coattail Effect
- Caucuses, or Congressional Member Organizations
- Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002
- Term Limitations
- Blue Dog Democrats
- Lyndon Baines Johnson
- Richard b Russell
- Southern Bloc
- House Un-american Activities Committee
- Committees: Joint
- Recess Appointments
- Membership: Women
- Journalists
- Nicholas Iii Longworth
- Samuel Taliafero Rayburn
- Robert Morris
- Partisan Gerrymandering
- Roscoe Conkling
- Membership: African-american Women
- City of Boerne v. Flores 521 U.s. 507
- Thomas P. (“Tip”) Jr O’Neill
- Populists in Congress
- James Beauchamp Champ Clark
- Legislative Reorganization Act of 1970
- Marbury v. Madison 1 Cranch (5 U.s.) 137
- Edward Kennedy
- Hubert Humphrey
- State of the Union Message
- Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
- Library of Congress
- Henry Clay
- House Resources Committee
- Tonkin Gulf Resolution
- Internet and Congress
- E-mail and Congress
- Objectors
- Capitol Hill Offices
- Discipline of Members
- Senate Motions
- Clean Water Acts
- Trent Lott
- House Majority Leader
- House Minority Leader
- Congressional Intelligence Oversight
- News Media and Congress
- Public Approval of Congress
- Sunshine Rules
- Emergency Powers
- Presidential Veto
- Party Voting
- Case Act of 1972
- Robert j Dole
- James g Blaine
- Debt Limit
- Crockett v. Reagan 720f 2d 1355, 1356
- Cloakrooms
- C-SPAN
- Circular Letters
- House of Representatives
- House of Representatives Leadership
- Bicameralism
- Clarence, U.s. Supreme Court Nomination of Thomas
- Public Works
- Nancy Pelosi
- Thomas Daschle
- Watergate Committee
- Representation
- Sponsorship/cosponsorship
- Contract With America
- Committees: Select or Special
- Amending
- Committee of the Whole
- Sergeant at Arms
- Logrolling
- Speaker of the House
- Frederick h Gillett
- Senate Majority Leader
- Jeannette Rankin
- New Deal
- Office of Senate Legal Counsel
- Mccarthy-army Hearings
- Engrossed Bill
- House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
- Senate Committee on Foreign Relations
- Senatecommittee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
- Jurisdiction
- Committees: Standing
- Committees: Leadership
- Senate Committee on Armed Services
- Committee Assignments (house and Senate)
- House Democratic Steering Committee
- Committees: Jurisdiction
- Subcommittees
- Clement f. Haynsworth, Nomination to the U.s. Supreme Court
- G. Harold Carswell, Nominee to the U.s. Supreme Court
- Department of Commerce v. United States House of Representatives 525 U.s. 316
- Legislative Process
- Impeachment of President Andrew Johnson
- Charles Linza Mcnary
- Wesberry v. Sanders 376 U.s. 1
- Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946
- Hutchinson v. Proxmire, 443 U.s. 111
- Wickard v. Filburn 317 U.s. 111
- Neutrality Debates
- Shreveport Rate Case
- Implied Powers
- Robert a Taft
- Joint Committee on Reconstruction
- Legislative Bells
- Tom (Thomas Dale DeLay) DeLay
- South Dakota v. Dole 483 U.s. 203
- J. Dennis Hastert
- Personal Staff
- Localism
- Divided Government
- Whips
- Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs
- Gibbons v. Ogden 22 U.s. (9 Wheat)
- Estes Kefauver
- Senate Leadership
- Congressional Research Service
- Buckley v. Valeo, 424 U.s. 1
- Gag Rule
- Debate and Oratory
- Continuing Resolutions
- Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
- House Committee on Appropriations
- Senate Committee on Appropriations
- Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
- Special Order Addresses
- One-minute Speeches
- Congressional Elections: Incumbency
- Democratic Study Group
- Joseph r Mccarthy
- Clean Air Acts
- Progressive Era and Congress
- District Offices
- Budget and Accounting Act of 1921
- Legislative Veto
- Speech or Debate Clause
- Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974
- Rescission
- War Powers
- John Nance Garner
- Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship
- House Small Business Committee
- Recommittal
- Budget Process
- Patronage
- United States Association of Former Members of Congress
- William h Frist
- Congressional Elections: Open Seats
- Henry Cabot Lodge
- Watergate Scandal
- Agenda
- Clubs
- Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974
- Newt Gingrich
- Executive Agreements
- Senate Special Committee on Aging
- United States v. Eichman 496 U.s. 310
- Shaw v. Reno, 509 U.s. 630
- Seniority System
- John w Mccormack
- Wilbur Daig Mills
- George Mitchell
- Congressional Directory
- Subpoena Power
- Abscam
- Apportionment and Redistricting
- Senate Committee on Indian Affairs
- Shadow Senators
- Mcculloch v. Maryland 17 U.s. 316
- Districts
- Marking up Bills
- Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971
- Vacancy
- Checks and Balances
- United States v. Darby Lumber Co. 312 U.s. 100
- United States v. e. c. Knight Co. 156 U.s. 1
- Legislative Service Organizations (“lsos”)
- Anthony Rule
- William b Bankhead
- House Committee on Science
- Congressional Elections: Special Elections
- Congressional Elections: Media
- Congressional Elections: Primaries
- Campaign Committees
- Capitol Hill
- Media Galleries
- Senate
- Petitions and Memorials
- House Committee on International Relations
- Tabling
- Membership: Hispanic Americans
- Seventeenth Amendment
- Investigations
- Joint Committee on the Organization of Congress
- Adjournment
- Senate Rules and Procedures
- Mavericks
- Everett Dirksen
- Vice President of the United States
- Congressional Immunity
- Court-packing Fight
- House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs
- Motion to Reconsider (house)
- Doorkeeper of the House
- Germaneness
- Quorum
- Pairing
- Quorum Call
- Recognition
- Raymond e Baldwin
- Joint Economic Committee
- Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs
- Nullification
- Gravel v. U.s., 408 U.s. 606
- Natural Resources, House Committee on
- Iron Triangles
- Agenda
- Nelson w Aldrich
- Unanimous Consent
- Budget Terms
- Budget Reconciliation Act
- Omnibus Bills
- Office of Technology Assessment
- Swift & Co. v. United States 196 U.s. 518
- Legislative Counsel Office
- Power of the Purse
- Credit Mobilier Scandal
- Savings-and-loan Crisis
- Conference Committees
- Hiram Warren Johnson
- Cmmittees: Reports
- Appointment Power
- Presidential Appointments
- Committee/subcommittee Staff
- Jefferson’s Manual
- Membership: Native Americans
- Casework
- Pork Barrel
- Common Cause
- Kilbourn v. Thompson, 103 U.s. 168
- Congressional Record
- Delegate
- Yellow Dog Democrats
- Appropriations Bills
- Congressional Budget Office
- Impoundment of Funds
- United States v. Harris 106 U.s. 629
- Thomas Reed
- House Committee on Agriculture
- Committee on House Administration
- Manhattan Project
- House Mace
- Oath of Office
- Joint Resolutions
- Morning Hour
- Legislative Day
- Readings of Bills
- Drafting
- Senate Minority Leader
- Bills
- Concurrent Resolutions
- Simple Resolutions
- Unanimous Consent Agreement
- Backdoor Spending
- Adjournment and Recess (house of Representatives)
- Entitlements
- U.s. Term Limits v. Thornton 514 U.s. 779
- Vote Ratings by Interest Groups
- Powell v. Mccormack 395 U.s. 486
- Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, Senate Committee on
- “Reed’s Rules”
- Boland Amendments
- Chinagate
- Senate Judiciary Committee
- Commerce Power
- House and Senate Budget Committee
- Budget Enforcement Act of 1990
- Reconciliation
- Sequestration
- Terms and Sessions of Congress
- Motion to Table
- House Judiciary Committee
- United States v. Lopez 514 U.s. 549
- Committee on Energy and Commerce
- Gramm-rudman-hollings Bills
- Franking Privilege
- House Rules and Procedures
- Motion to Reconsider (senate)
- Voting Rights Act of 1965
- The Irreconcilables
- Barenblatt v. United States 360 U.s. 109
- Party Caucus
- Grants-in-aid
- Heart of Atlanta Motel, Inc. v. U.s., 379 U.s. 241 (1964) and Katzenbach v. Mcclung, 379 U.s. 294
- Executive Branch and Congress
- Persian Gulf War of 1991
- Membership: Asian Americans
- House Post Office and Civil Service Committee
- Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works
- Enrolled Bill
- House Committee on Government Reform
- Government Printing Office
- House Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee
- Concurrent Powers
- Rules for House and Senate Debate
- Referrals
- Clerk of the House
- Senate Committee on Rules and Administration
- Ex Parte Mccardle, 74 U.s. 506
- Joint Session
- Joint Committee on Printing
- House Committee on Financial Services
- House Rules and Manual
- Previous Question
- Joint Committee on the Library
- Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations
- Senate Manual
- Senate Committee on Finance
- Hammer v. Dagenhart, 247 U.s. 251
- Comity
- Rights of Witnesses
- Killer Amendments
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