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From 1970 to 2009 the House expanded delegates along with their powers and privileges representing U.S citizens in non-state areas beginning with representation on committees for Puerto Rico's resident commissioner in 1970 in 1971 a delegate for the District of Columbia was authorized and in 1972 new delegate positions were established for U.S Virgin Islands and Guam 1978 saw an additional delegate for American Samoa and another for the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands began in 2009 These six members of Congress enjoy floor privileges to introduce bills and resolutions and in recent congresses they vote in permanent and select committees in party caucuses and in joint conferences with the Senate They have Capitol Hill offices staff and two annual appointments to each of the four military academies While their votes are constitutional when Congress authorizes their House Committee of the Whole votes recent Congresses have not allowed for that and they cannot vote when the House is meeting as the House of Representatives, Burning of the Gaspee, Caesar Rodney Delaware 2 Yes Yes Emancipation Proclamation; According to a 2010 study Washington-area commuters spent 70 hours a year in traffic delays which tied with Chicago for having the nation's worst road congestion. However 37% of Washington-area commuters take public transportation to work the second-highest rate in the country an additional 12% of D.C commuters walked to work 6% carpooled and 3% traveled by bicycle in 2010 a 2011 study by Walk Score found that Washington was the seventh-most walkable city in the country with 80% of residents living in neighborhoods that are not car dependent in 2013 the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria metropolitan statistical area (MSA) had the eighth lowest percentage of workers who commuted by private automobile (75.7 percent) with 8 percent of area workers traveling via rail transit.

Procedures of Congress The divisions became fully exposed with the 1860 presidential election the electorate split four ways the Southern Democrats endorsed slavery while the Republicans denounced it the Northern Democrats said democracy required the people to decide on slavery locally state by state and territory by territory the Constitutional Union Party said the survival of the Union was at stake and everything else should be compromised. The term Congress can also refer to a particular meeting of the legislature a Congress covers two years; the current one the 116th Congress began on January 3 2019 and will end on January 3 2021 the Congress starts and ends on the third day of January of every odd-numbered year Members of the Senate are referred to as senators; members of the House of Representatives are referred to as representatives congresswomen or congressmen, Washington D.C. Business Directory One statute of the Compromise of 1850 enacted September 18 1850 is informally known as the Fugitive Slave Law or the Fugitive Slave Act it bolstered the Fugitive Slave Act of 1793 the new version of the Fugitive Slave Law required federal judicial officials in all states and federal territories including in those states and territories in which slavery was prohibited to assist with the return of escaped slaves to their masters actively in the states and territories permitting slavery Any federal marshal or other official who did not arrest an alleged runaway slave was liable to a fine of $1000 Law enforcement everywhere in the US had a duty to arrest anyone suspected of being a fugitive slave on no more evidence than a claimant's sworn testimony of ownership Suspected slaves could neither ask for a jury trial nor testify on their own behalf in addition any person aiding a runaway slave by providing food or shelter was to be subject to six months' imprisonment and a $1000 fine Officers capturing a fugitive slave were entitled to a fee for their work. Scene at the Signing of the Constitution of the United States, 1811 German Coast Uprising (1811) Ideology behind the Revolution. Main article: Presidency of Abraham Lincoln Main article: Baltimore Plot, Abuja Nigeria (1991) The Great Depression ushered in President Franklin Roosevelt and strong control by Democrats and historic New Deal policies Roosevelt's election in 1932 marked a shift in government power towards the executive branch Numerous New Deal initiatives came from the White House rather than being initiated by Congress the Democratic Party controlled both houses of Congress for many years. During this time Republicans and conservative southern Democrats formed the Conservative Coalition. Democrats maintained control of Congress during World War II. Congress struggled with efficiency in the postwar era partly by reducing the number of standing congressional committees. Southern Democrats became a powerful force in many influential committees although political power alternated between Republicans and Democrats during these years More complex issues required greater specialization and expertise such as space flight and atomic energy policy. Senator Joseph McCarthy exploited the fear of communism during the Second Red Scare and conducted televised hearings in 1960 Democratic candidate John F Kennedy narrowly won the presidency and power shifted again to the Democrats who dominated both houses of Congress until 1994. . ; . .