This article outlines changes proposed to Obama's healthcare bill by the White House, changes that attempt to address the different views of the Senate and of the House of Representatives. [Date of article: 02/22/2010]

The Dirksen Congressional Center provides abundant lesson plans on all aspects of the US Congress and the US Constitution. All lessons contain time frames, objectives, and links to material, and are built around Bloom's taxonomy.

Early women in Congress struggled with a fundamental question of what their role is in Congress. Were they working towards political equality for women or advocating for specific women's interests that were inherently different from men?...

Use this interactive search to learn about minority members of Congress through history. Click on a Congresswomen to read their biography and their committee assignments. Use the filters to search by state, leadership position, office,...

Brief biographical facts on the first African American congressman from a northern state that was elected to the House of Representatives.

The Three-Fifths Compromise that was presented at the Constitutional Convention resolved the issue of counting slaves towards the population in regards to representation in the House of Representatives.

The Washington Post provides recent, as well as archived, news surrounding the U.S. Congress. PLEASE NOTE THAT A WASHINGTON POST REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED TO VIEW THESE ARTICLES.

Provides brief historical facts on the U.S. Capitol, home of Congress in Washington, DC.

Official homepage of the Christian Coalition of America.

This site provides a complete listing of the author's poems, with links that provide the entire texts. Includes a short biography.

Representative Tom Davis is the Chairman of the House Committee on Government Reform. The House Committee on Government Reform oversees civil servants, federal contractor and governmental operations and investigations. This website...

This encyclopedia article gives a brief biography of John Conyers, member of the House of Representatives from Michigan.

The issue thus drawn centered on the question of representation. From the colonies' point of view, it was impossible to consider themselves represented in Parliament unless they actually elected members to the House of Commons. But this...

This article details Susan B. Anthony's speech to the Judiciary Committee of the House of Representatives on March 8, 1884 about women's right to vote. Includes a portrait of the activist and quotes from her speech.

The Joint Economic Committee, composed of memebers from both the United States Senate and the House of Representatives, reviews economic conditions and recommends improvements in economic policy. The content of the website includes...

This year's federal elections will involve electing a president, all members of the House of Representatives, and one-third of the Senate. Barring some international crisis, economic issues appear likely to dominate the debates. In past...

Read the text of the Dyer Anti-Lynching Bill as it was presented to the House of Representatives in 1922. Its passage was thwarted by a filibuster in the Senate.

May, 2006, coverage of a Chicago rally to protest legislation proposed in the House of Representatives that would strengthen border protection as the U.S. tries to halt illegal immigration. Video and photo slideshow of the protest...

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Find out the similarities and differences between the governments of the English colonies in this detailed account of early colonial government from the 1904 text written by Henry William Elson, History of the United States of America.

A general explanation of the Joint Committee on Taxation is contained on this website. The members of the committee are listed by name and state. The site aslo describes the responsibilities of this committee.

An easy-to-understand reading of the process of how a law comes to be.

Hispanic Americans represent an important and growing population in Congress. Read a short history and click on the interactive map to see the number of Hispanic American Congressmen from each state for each congressional term.

Read about how compromises were reached at the Philadelphia convention that dealt with issues between large and small states, and slave and free states. Take the quick quiz to assess knowledge about the writing of the Constitution.