United States Congress topic

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Congress of the United States

The United States Congress is the bicameral legislature of the federal government of the United States of America, consisting of two houses, the Senate and the House of Representatives. Both senators and representatives are chosen through direct election. As provided by the United States Constitution, each of the 435 members of the House of Representatives represents a district and serves a two-year term. House seats are apportioned among the states by population. The 100 Senators serve... full article at wikipedia

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person	title	from	to
Hollis McLoughlin	Chief of Staff to Rep. Millicent Fenwick, R-N.J	1975	1979
Kenneth M. Duberstein	Congressional Staff
John Zuccotti	Congressional Staff Assistant to Sen. Jacob K. Javits
John Zuccotti	Congressional Staff Special Counsel, Housing Subcommittee
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officeholder	office, position, or title	jurisdiction of office	district represented (if position is district-related)	from	to
Ron Paul	Congressperson		Texas's 22nd congressional district	1978	1984
Ron Paul	Congressperson		Texas's 14th congressional district	1996
Robert Roosevelt	United States Representative			Mar 4, 1871	Mar 3, 1873
Donald L. Ritter	United States Representative		Pennsylvania's 15th congressional district		1992
Donald W. Riegle, Jr.	Congressperson	Michigan			1976
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dedicated by	dedicated to	work dedicated
William Howard Taft	Abraham Lincoln	Lincoln Memorial
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