United States Congress

United States House of Representatives

The House, The Senate
The Capitol
Congressional Black Caucus
Women in Congress, The Library of Congress

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How Congress Works
Duties of the Members of Congress
What a Committee Does

The United States Congress	1830 Indian Removal Act: K-12 TLC Guide. 8-hr Work Day: K-12 TLC Guide. 2000 Estate Tax Repeal: K-12 TLC Guide. The Child Online Protection Act: K-12 TLC Guide. The Clean Air Act of 1970: K-12 TLC Guide. Famous Americans in Politics & Government: K-12 TLC Guide. Marketing Violent Media to Kids: K-12 TLC Guide. Presidential Impeachment: K-12 TLC Guide. U.S.-China Trade Relations K-12 TLC Case Study. The Volstead Act: K-12 TLC Guide. 02/24/1803: MARBURY V. MADISON: K-12 TLC Guide. 03/02/1807: Congress Bans Importation of Slaves after Jan 1, 1808, Yale University. 08/24-25/1814: British Invade and Burn Washington, D.C.: K-12 TLC Guide. 03/02/1867: The Tenure of Office Act: K-12 TLC Guide. 03/02/1867: First Reconstruction Act of 1867: K-12 TLC Guide. Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. The Capitol Steps. CapitolWatch.org. CBS News. Congressional Members Trading on Inside Information. Congress.org. C-SPAN. Congressional Glossary. CongressLink. Congressional E-Mail Directory. Congressional Quarterly. Fact Monster: Selective Service. Veto Power. Federal Government Resources on the Web, University of Michigan. The Federalist Society for Law and Public Studies. The Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration. Freedom of Information Center, University of Missouri. Government Law, FreeAdvice.com. The History Channel: 10/03/1776: Congress Borrows $5 Million. 08/19/1785: Treasury Empowered to Standardize U.S. Weights & Measures. 05/26/1781: Congress Approves Proposal for a National Bank. 01/18/1803: Jefferson Makes Funding Request for Lewis & Clark Expedition. 04/20/1818: Congress Approves Monroe's Call for Protectionist Tariffs. 03/03/1843: Samuel Morse Granted $30,000 for Experimental Telegraph Line. 05/22/1856: Brooks Savagely Beats Senator Sumner. 01/14/1860: House Seeks Compromise on Slavery. 12/09/1861: Congress Creates Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War. 02/24/1869: Congress Approves Morrill Tariff Act. 10/31/1864: Nevada Becomes 36th State. 03/03/1873: Comstock Law Prohibits Obscene Mail. 01/14/1875: House Passes the Specie Resumption Act. 02/16/1878: Bland-Allison Act Provides for Return to Minting Silver Coins. 03/03/1879: Congress Establishes the U.S. Geological Survey. 10/01/1890: Yosemite National Park Created. 10/01/1890: McKinley Tariff Act Is Approved. 11/01/1893: Congress Repeals Sherman Silver Purchase Act. 05/08/1908: Congress Places "In God We Trust" on Certain U.S. Coins. 10/03/1913: Wilson Convenes Special Session. 10/15/1914: House Approves Clayton Anti-trust Act. 10/22/1914: Congress Passes First Income Tax. 02/09/1920: Congress Establishes the World War Foreign Debt Commission. 03/02/1929: Jones Act Passed to Strengthen Penalties for Bootlegging. 02/15/1935: Congress Approves FDR's Civil Works Emergency Relief Act. 02/16/1938: Agriculture Adjustment Act Becomes Law. 12/08/1941: One Vote Cast Against U.S. Declaration of War on Japan. 12/04/1945: Senate Approves U.N. Membership. 1951: House Committee on Un-American Activities. 08/24/1954: Congress Passes Communist Control Act. 09/04/1959: Labor Reform Act Passes. 12/17/1963: Congress Passes Clean Air Act. 08/31/1967: Senate Calls for More Bombing in Vietnam. 10/21/1975: Report Implicates U.S. in Assassinations. 12/19/1979: Senate Approves $1.5B Bailout of Chrysler. 10/17/1986: Congress Approves $100M Aid for Contras. 11/18/1987: Congress Issues Final Report for Iran-Contra Scandal. 02/09/1989: Bush Submits a $1.16 Trillion Budget with a $91.1 B Deficit. 03/03/1998: Bill Gates Testifies Microsoft Is Not a Monopoly. International Republican Institute. Kids Voting USA. The Library of Congress: A Century of Lawmaking For a New Nation, 1774-1873. Hispanic Americans in Congress. 09/29/1789: Congress Creates U.S. Military on Last Day of First Session: America's Library. On This Date. Marketplace: How Many Millionaires Are in Congress? Members of Congress (with voting records). Menard, John Willis: K-12 TLC Guide. National Public Radio: 05/20/2010: Mexican President Felipe Calderon Addresses a Joint Session of the U.S. Congress The 110th Congress. Congress Certifies George W. Bush as President (5:30). Congressional Pork (5:00). D.C. Taxation without Representation (5:53). Historic Conservation Legislation (3:29). History of the U.S. Debt Ceiling. Insider's View of Congress (3:27). Passing One of Many, Many Gavels Reagan Memorial Proposed (3:00). The Secret Bunker Congress Never Used Vote to Remove Troops from Kosovo: Preview: 5/17/00 (3:51). House Passes Motion: 5/17/00 (4:00). Motion Fails in Senate: 5/18/00 (3:30). Widows Appointed to Congress (3:36). Project on Government Oversight: K-12 TLC Guide. Roll Call: The Newspaper of Capitol Hill Since 1955. An Outline of American Government, United States Information Agency Thomas Jefferson on Politics & Government, University of Virginia. U.S. Citizenship Tutorial, American Immigration Center. U.S. Government Printing Office: Ben's Guide to U.S. Government: Grades 3-5: The House of Representatives. The Senate. Congressional Directory. Congressional Pictorial Directory. Congressional Bills. Congressional Record. U.S. Secretary of State: 1954: Censure of Senator Joseph McCarthy. 1976: Foreign Aid and Human Rights. 1986: Sanctions Against South Africa. Virtual Tour of the US Government, Virtual Tours. Your Congress, PBS Online.
The United States Congress The House	K-12 TLC Guide to American Political Leaders. K-12 TLC Guide to Politics. K-12 TLC Guide to United States Government. Center for the Study of Technology and Society: 03/19/1979: C-SPAN Begins Broadcasting Live From the U.S. House of Representatives. Government Printing Office. Calendars. Documents of the House. National Archives and Records Administration. The United States House of Representatives: Office of the Clerk: Historical Information. Kids in the House. Statuary Hall. 4/4/1917: House Approves War Resolution, Writer's Almanac. History Channel: 12/22/1807: House Passes President Jefferson's Embargo Act Barring U.S. Trade with Europe. 10/12/1837: House Sanctions Treasury Notes to Relieve Economic Depression. 01/05/1846: House Resolves to Cease Sharing Oregon Territory. National Public Radio: House Chaplain: Selecting a New Chaplain (audio: 3:58). Daniel Coughlin: First Catholic Chaplain: Some Attend Mass (audio: 2:31). Junior House Members (audio: 3:46). Redistricting: US Population Grows 13.2 Percent (audio: 4:11). A Week in the Life of an Incoming House Freshman. Presidential Election of 1800: K-12 TLC Guide. Wikipedia. Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Abzug, Bella: K-12 TLC Guide. Badillo, Herman: K-12 TLC Guide. Becerra, Xavier: K-12 TLC Guide. Bono, Sonny: K-12 TLC Guide. Gallegos, José Manuel: K-12 TLC Guide. O'Neill, Thomas Phillip, Jr. (Tip): K-12 TLC Guide. Pelosi, Nancy. Powell, Adam Clayton, Jr.: K-12 TLC Guide. Ransier, Alonzo Jacob: K-12 TLC Guide. Rayburn, Sam: K-12 TLC Guide. Ros-Lehtinen, Ileana: K-12 TLC Guide. Udall, Stewart: K-12 TLC Guide.
	K-12 TLC Teachable Moments 04/01/1789: The First Full Session of the U.S. House of Representatives.
The United States Congress The Senate	American Political Leaders: K-12 TLC Guide. Politics: K-12 TLC Guide. United States Government: K-12 TLC Guide. Biden, Joe: K-12 TLC Guide. Byrd, Robert: K-12 TLC Guide. Dirksen, Everett: K-12 TLC Guide. Hatch, Orrin: K-12 TLC Guide. Humphrey, Hubert: K-12 TLC Guide. Kenna, John E.: K-12 TLC Guide. Kennedy, Ted: K-12 TLC Guide. Lodge, Henry: K-12 TLC Guide. McCain, John: K-12 TLC Guide. Moseley Braun, Carol: K-12 TLC Guide. Nelson, Gaylord: K-12 TLC Guide. Obama, Barack: K-12 TLC Guide. Pell, Claiborne: K-12 TLC Guide. Smith, Margaret Chase: K-12 TLC Guide. Stokes, Louis: K-12 TLC Guide. Sumner, Charles: K-12 TLC Guide. The United States Senate: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Senate History. 1820 Missouri Compromise: K-12 TLC Guide. Crittenden, John J.: K-12 TLC Guide. The History Channel: Senate Censures President Andrew Jackson. 03/03/1929: First Radio Broadcast from Senate Chamber. 08/31/1967: Senate Committee Calls for Increased Bombing in Vietnam. 09/01/1970: McGovern-Hatfield Amendment Defeated. Library of Congress: 10/23/1941: Senate Passes $5.98B Lend-Lease Bill. National Public Radio: Freshman Senators Settle Into 'The Upper House'. Hillary Clinton Wins Senate Seat (audio: 5:00). How to Run a Split Senate (audio: 4:07). Key Results of 2000 Election (audio: 4:30). Leaking the Treaty of Hidalgo. Senate Chaplain: Religious Leader For Secular Flock.
The United States Congress How Congress Works	Ben's Guide to U.S. Government for Kids: The U.S. Congress. The House of Representatives. The Powers of Congress. The Senate. The Center on Congress at Indiana University: Congress: Questions and Answers. How Congress Works. The Impact of Congress. The Legislative Process. The Role of Congress. Congress: The Institution, CongressLink. Government 101: Congress, Project Vote Smart. How Congress Works Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. Kids in the House: The Office of the Clerk: How Laws Are Made. Learn About Congress. Senate Legislative Process, United States Senate. THOMAS: Legislative Information on the Internet: Enactment of a Law: How a Bill Becomes a Law. How Our Laws Are Made. Tying It All Together, United States House of Representatives.
The United States Congress Duties of the Members of Congress	Ben's Guide to U.S. Government for Kids: The House of Representatives. The Senate. The Center on Congress at Indiana University: The Job of a Congressman. The Many Roles of a Member of Congress. Members of Congress Q & A. CongressLink: Congressional Leadership Information. What a United States Senator Does. Kids in the House: The Office of the Clerk: House Leadership. House Members. Meet the Clerk. Official Duties. Mapleleafweb.com. Speaker of the House: Roles, Office of the Speaker. United States Senate: Duties of the Senate Chaplain. Floor Leader Responsibilities. Party Leadership. Party Secretaries. Party Whips. President Pro Tempore: Role in the Senate. Responsibilities of Majority and Minority Leaders. Secretary of the Senate. Sergeant at Arms. Vice Presidential Duties.
The United States Congress What A Committee Does	Committee Organization and Procedure, CongressLink. House Armed Services Committee. House Committees, Kids in the House: The Office of the Clerk. How Our Laws Are Made: Consideration by Committee THOMAS: Legislative Information on the Internet. Key Congressional Committees The National Alliance of Postal and Federal Employees. U.S. Government Printing Office: Committees of the U.S. Senate. House Committees. U.S. House of Representatives: Committee Offices. House Committee Jurisdictions. U.S. House of Representatives Committee on the Judiciary. U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Ways and Means. U.S. Senate: About the Senate Committee System. Committees. United States Senate Committee on Armed Services. United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations. United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary.
The United States Congress Congressional Black Caucus	African-American Studies. African-American Political & Social Leaders. Congressman Eddie Bernice Johnson. Congressman Elijah Cummings. African American Registry. AfroCubaWeb. Birth of the Congressional Black Caucus Revisited. Congressional Black Caucus Foundation. Encyclopedia. FinalCall.com. Historical Text Archive. History Makers. Wikipedia. Africa Within. United States Senate.
	K-12 TLC Teachable Moments 02/23/1925: Louis Stokes's Birth Date: Congressional Black Caucus.
The United States Congress Women in Congress	K-12 TLC Guide to Women. K-12 TLC Guide to American Women in Politics & Government. 01/12/1915: House Rejects Proposed Women's Suffrage Constitutional Amendment, New York Times. Congressional Caucus for Women's Issues: Congresswoman Pelosi. Women's Policy, Inc. Congresswomen's Biographies, U.S. Congress. Fact Monster. Feminist Majority Foundation. National Foundation for Women Legislators. Library of Congress. National Public Radio: 12/12/00: Women in Congress (4:58). University of Maryland. Women's Action Page.
	K-12 TLC Teachable Moments 03/04/1917: Jeannette Rankin is First Female Member of Congress.
The United States Congress The Library of Congress	Official Web Site. 01/30/1815: Congress Purchases Jefferson's Library. 10/01/1897: First Library of Congress Building Opens Its Doors to the Public. Jefferson's Legacy. Maps & Floor Plans. 04/14/1800: President John Adams Approves $5,000 for Purchase of Books for Congress: History Channel. Library of Congress. Merriam-Webster. Bicentennial: National Public Radio: 4/24/00 (audio: 2:25). The Library of Congress: Library Company of Philadelphia. Library of Congress Bicentennial Page. Today in History. National Jukebox. Official Web Site. National Public Radio. National Public Radio: Cooper's Hawk Makes a Home at the Library of Congress. Library of Congress Receives Largest Single Audio Donation. Writing on the Walls of the Nation's Library. The United States Congress. U.S. Copyright Office. Writer's Almanac.
The United States Congress	K-12 TLC Guide to Timelines & Chronologies 1785 Aug 19 Treasury Empowered to Standardize Weights & Measures 1858 Aug 21 Lincoln-Douglas Debates Begin in Ottawa, Illinois 1866 Aug 20 National Labor Union Calls for Eight-hour Workday 1893 Nov 1 Congress Repeals Sherman Silver Purchase Act. TheHistoryNet: 09/25/1789: Congress Proposes 12 New Amendments. 10/31/1803: Congress Ratifies Louisiana Purchase. 09/18/1850: Second Fugitive Slave Act Passes. 12/04/1861: Breckinridge Expelled from Senate 36-0. 12/05/1861: Slavery Abolition Bills Introduced. 10/08/1919: The Volstead Act Passes Both Houses. 11/02/1926: Air Commerce Act Supports Airlines/Airports. 10/12/1971: Equal Rights Amendment Passes 354-23. The History Channel: 10/03/1776: Congress Borrows $5 Million. 03/30/1824: Henry Clay Speaks in Support of Tarriff. 05/22/1856: Brooks Savagely Beats Senator Sumner. 01/14/1860: House Seeks Compromise on Slavery. 10/31/1864: Nevada Becomes 36th State. 01/14/1875: House Passes the Specie Resumption Act. 10/01/1890: Yosemite National Park Created. 10/01/1890: McKinley Tariff Act Is Approved. 10/03/1913: Wilson Convenes Special Session. 10/15/1914: House Approves Clayton Anti-trust Act. 10/22/1914: Congress Passes First Income Tax. 09/21/1941: Congress Passes Revenue Act to Support Costs of World War II. 12/04/1945: Senate Approves U.N. Membership. 1951: House Committee on Un-American Activities. 09/04/1959: Labor Reform Act Passes. 12/17/1963: Congress Passes Clean Air Act. 08/31/1967: Senate Calls for More Bombing in Vietnam. 10/21/1975: Report Implicates U.S. in Assassinations. 12/19/1979: Senate Approves $1.5B Bailout of Chrysler. 10/17/1986: Congress Approves $100M Aid for Contras. The History Place: 12/12/1870: Joseph Rainey First Black in U.S. House. 01/07/1999: Senate Sworn in for Clinton Impeachment Trial. Library of Congress: 01/14/1784: Congress Ratifies the Treaty of Paris. On-This-Day: 09/24/1789: Supreme Court & Attorney General Created. 09/17/1796: Washington's Farewell Before Congress. 11/19/1919: Senate Rejects the Treaty of Versailles. 11/21/1922: First Female Senator Sworn In. 09/13/1948: First Women Elected to Serve Both Houses. 08/24/1954: Communist Control Act Goes Into Effect. 08/29/1955: Strom Thurmond Sets Filibuster Record. 09/11/1959: Congress Authorizes Food Stamps. 09/24/1963: Nuclear Treaty with Soviets & British. 08/31/1965: Congress Creates HUD. 11/07/1973: Congress Overrides War Powers Act Veto. 09/27/1979: New Department of Education Approved. 10/19/1983: National Holiday Approved for Dr. King. 12/11/1985: Gramm-Rudman Deficit-reduction Law Approved. 10/01/1992: Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty Approved. 11/21/1993: House Votes Against D.C. as 51st State. 12/21/1996: House Speaker Newt Gingrich Admits to Ethics Violations. 10/30/1997: Senate Protects Music Copyrights Before 1978.
The United States Congress	Democracy and Education, John Dewey. Locke, John: Concerning Civil Government: 1690. Two Treatises of Government: 1690: Second Treatise on Government.
The United States Congress
	K-12 TLC Teachable Moments 02/23/1925: Louis Stokes's Birth Date: Congressional Black Caucus. 03/04/1917: Jeannette Rankin is First Female Member of Congress. 04/06/1917: United States Declares War on Germany. 04/01/1789: The First Full Session of the U.S. House of Representatives. 05/16/1868: The Impeachment Trial of President Andrew Johnson. 08/24/1814: The British Burn Washington, D.C.. 11/03: Minorities in American Politics. 11/15/1777: Congress Adopts the Articles of Confederation. 12/18/1917: Congress Passes the 18th Amendment (Prohibition).
	Political Leaders Badillo, Herman Burr, Aaron Chisholm, Shirley Jordan, Barbara Richardson, Bill
	The Constitution: K-12 TLC Guide. Laws and Law Enforcement: K-12 TLC Guide. Grades K-2: Property: Ownership, Respect, Responsibility, Jeanne M. Jones, Shilling Elementary School, ID, MN Center for Community Legal Education. Grades 3-5: Equal Rights, Jean Pollitt, Canyon View Elementary, UT, MN Center for Community Legal Education. Grades 4-6: Center for Civic Education: What is a Republican Government? Student Book. Teacher's Guide. What Responsibilities Accompany Rights? Student Book. Teacher's Guide. Grades 5-8: Investigating Environmental Legislation, Michigan State University. Grades 5-12: Propaganda Techniques, Lorraine Tanaka, Sierra Grande Elementary, Blanca, CO. Grades 6-8: Center for Civic Education: Why do We Need a Government? Student Book. Teacher's Guide. How Can Citizens Participate? Student Book. Teacher's Guide. Grades 6-12: In Congress Assembled: Governing the U.S., The Library of Congress. Grades 7-12: Center for Civic Education: Competing Responsibilities: Student Book. Teacher's Guide. Corrective Justice Decisions/Issues: Student Book. Teacher's Guide. Possible Consequences of Privacy: Student Book. Teacher's Guide. Why Do We Need Authority? Student Book. Teacher's Guide. CongressLink: Congressional Powers. The Job of a Congress Member. Making Congress Work. Teaching the Amendments. Congressional Vocabulary, Bill Wessler New Castle Chrysler High School, IN. Grades 9-12: The Bill of Rights, Debbie Prasuhn, North Central High School, Northeast Schools. Center for Civic Education: Framers' Constitutional Conflicts: Student Book. Teacher's Guide. Government and Natural Rights: Student Book. Teacher's Guide. Returning to Fundamental Principles: Student Book. Teacher's Guide. George Washington's Legacy. CongressLink: Checks and Balances: The Line Item Veto. Congressional Powers. How a Bill Becomes Law: 1964 Civil Rights Act. How Representative is Congress? The State of the Union Address. Propaganda and Political Parties, Bill Wessler New Castle Chrysler High School, IN Grades 11-12: Communicating with Members of Congress, CongressLink. Grade 12: 3rd Party Politics and Presidents, Mike E. Neilson, Danville Community High School, IN. Other: The Center on Congress at Indiana University: Congressional Moments Radio Series. E-Learning Modules. Facts of Congress Television Segments. Lee Hamilton: Comments on Congress. Classroom Ideas, The Library of Congress. CongressLink Lesson Plans. 1800: U.S. v. Cooper: The Sedition Law. 1882: Chinese Exclusion Act. 1887: Dawes Act. 1908-1909: Child Labor. 1917: Lever Act - WWI Food Admin. 1919: The Volstead Act and Prohibition. 1954: Brown v. Board of Education. Knowledge Network Explorer: Democratic Principles In Our Schools. Look Who's Footing the Bill! Lesson Plan Library, Kids in the House: Office of the Clerk. Powers Of The President: The Case Of Latvia, Center for Civic Education.

This guide last edited 11/14/2011
This guide last revised 04/30/2009