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245 0 0 _aLandmark documents on the U.S. Congress /
260 _aWashington, D.C. :
_bCongressional Quarterly,
_c�1999.
300 _axii, 642 pages ;
_c29 cm
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 631-633) and index.
505 0 0 _g1.
_tJames Madison's Notes of Debate in the Federal Convention of 1787 (May-September 1787)
_g1 --
_g2.
_tThe Preamble and Article I of the Constitution of the United States (September 17, 1787)
_g25 --
_g3.
_tThe Federalist (1787-1788)
_g28 --
_g4.
_tAn Ordinance Calling for the First Federal Elections (September 13, 1788)
_g45 --
_g5.
_tJames Madison Describes Factions in the House of Representatives (March 1, 1789)
_g46 --
_g6.
_tThe First Quorums of the House and Senate (April 1 and 6, 1789)
_g47 --
_g7.
_tFisher Ames Describes the First Congress (April 4, 1789)
_g49 --
_g8.
_tThe First Rules of the House of Representatives (April 7, 13, and 14, 1789)
_g49 --
_g9.
_tThe First Rules of the United States Senate (April 16, 1789)
_g53 --
_g10.
_tVice President John Adams Addresses the Senate (April 21, 1789)
_g54 --
_g11.
_tSenator William Maclay's Account of the Duties of the Vice President (April 25, 1789)
_g55 --
_g12.
_tSenator William Maclay's Description of the Inauguration of George Washington (April 30, 1789)
_g56 --
_g13.
_tThe House and Senate Agree on the Proper Title for the President of the United States (May 14, 1789)
_g57 --
_g14.
_tThe First Law to Pass Congress: The Oath of Office Act (June 1, 1789)
_g58 --
_g15.
_tThe House Debates James Madison's Resolution on the Bill of Rights (June 8, 1789)
_g59 --
_g16.
_tFirst Tariff Bill (July 4, 1789)
_g67 --
_g17.
_tSenator William Maclay's Description of the President's First Encounter with the Senate's Power of Advice and Consent (August 22 and 24, 1789)
_g69 --
_g18.
_tAn Act Providing for Compensation of Members of the House and Senate (September 22, 1789)
_g71 --
_g19.
_tThe Judiciary Act of 1789 (September 24, 1789)
_g73 --
_g20.
_tAn Act Establishing the Census (March 1, 1790)
_g74 --
_g21.
_tEstablishing a Permanent Seat of Government (July 16, 1790)
_g76 --
_g22.
_tAn Early Congressional Newsletter (January 10, 1791)
_g77 --
_g23.
_tThe First Domestic Revenue Act (March 3, 1791)
_g78 --
_g24.
_tThe First Congressional Investigation: The Defeat of the Army Under General St. Clair (March 27, 1792)
_g79 --
_g25.
_tAn Act Establishing a Mint (April 2, 1792)
_g81 --
_g26.
_tThe First Presidential Veto (April 5, 1792)
_g83 --
_g27.
_tAn Account of the Laying of the Cornerstone of the Capitol (September 18, 1793)
_g84 --
_g28.
_tThe Establishment of the United States Navy (March 27, 1794)
_g86 --
_g29.
_tThe Jay Treaty (November 19, 1794)
_g88 --
_g30.
_tA Report of the Lyon-Griswold Dispute (February 2, 1798)
_g91 --
_g31.
_tA Petition of Absalom Jones and Others (December 30, 1799)
_g92 --
_g32.
_tThe House of Representatives Elects the President of the United States (February 11-17, 1801)
_g94 --
_g33.
_tA House Report Regarding the Establishment of the Library of Congress (December 21, 1801)
_g96 --
_g34.
_tExcerpts from Jefferson's Manual of Parliamentary Practice (1801)
_g98 --
_g35.
_tMemorial of Sundry Citizens in the City of Washington in the District of Columbia (January 26, 1803)
_g99 --
_g36.
_tSenate Debate on the Louisiana Purchase (November 2-3, 1803)
_g100 --
_g37.
_tThe Twelfth Amendment to the Constitution (Submitted, December 9, 1803; Ratified, September 25, 1804)
_g102 --
_g38.
_tAnn Alricks Petitions Congress for a Divorce (ca. January 24, 1804)
_g102 --
_g39.
_tCreation of the House Committee on Public Lands (December 17, 1805)
_g103 --
_g40.
_tThe Cumberland Road Act (March 29, 1806)
_g104 --
_g41.
_tPetition of the Warriors of the Upper and Lower Sanduskies (October 4, 1806)
_g105 --
_g42.
_tCreation of the House District of Columbia Committee (January 21 and 27, 1808)
_g106 --
_g43.
_tThe Origins of the Gerrymander (March 26, 1812)
_g107 --
_g44.
_tDeclaration of War with Great Britain and Ireland (June 18, 1812)
_g108 --
_g45.
_tA Letter Explaining the Destruction of House Records During the Burning of the Capitol (September 15, 1814)
_g109 --
_g46.
_tA Resolution to Purchase the Library of Thomas Jefferson (October 7, 1814)
_g110 --
_g47.
_tThe Treaty of Ghent (December 24, 1814)
_g111 --
_g48.
_tAn Establishment of Standing Committees in the Senate (December 5, 1816)
_g113 --
_g49.
_tCompensation of Members of Congress (December 18, 1816)
_g114 --
_g50.
_tA Report on the Publication of a History of Congress (March 30, 1818)
_g116 --
_g51.
_tAn Act to Establish the Design of the Flag of the United States (April 4, 1818)
_g117 --
_g52.
_tMcCullough v. Maryland (1819)
_g118 --
_g53.
_tThe Missouri Compromise (1819-1821)
_g125 --
_g54.
_tGibbons v. Ogden (1824)
_g127 --
_g55.
_tRobert Hayne's Reply to Daniel Webster (January 21 and 25, 1830)
_g132 --
_g56.
_tDaniel Webster's Second Reply to Robert Hayne (January 26 and 27, 1830)
_g138 --
_g57.
_tAlexis de Tocqueville's Description of the House and Senate (January 1832)
_g149 --
_g58.
_tSenator Henry Clay Defends the American System (February 2, 3, and 6, 1832)
_g150 --
_g59.
_tThe Adoption of the Gag Rule Regarding Petitions and Memorials on Slavery (May 26, 1836)
_g158 --
_g60.
_tThe Senate Debates the Establishment of a Gallery for Reporters (July 3, 1841)
_g159 --
_g61.
_tCharles Dickens's Description of Congress (1841)
_g160 --
_g62.
_tSenator Henry Clay's Valedictory to the Senate (March 31, 1842)
_g163 --
_g63.
_tSenate and House Debate on the Declaration of War with Mexico (May 11, 1846)
_g166 --
_g64.
_tRepresentative David Wilmot Defends His Proviso (February 8, 1847)
_g169 --
_g65.
_tDaniel Webster on the Constitution and the Union (March 7, 1850)
_g171 --
_g66.
_tSenator Henry Clay on the Death of John C. Calhoun (April 1, 1850)
_g175 --
_g67.
_tSenator Thomas Hart Benton Opposes the Compromise of 1850 (June 10, 1850)
_g177 --
_g68.
_tThe Kansas-Nebraska Act (May 30, 1854)
_g181 --
_g69.
_tHouse Select Committee Report on the Beating of Senator Charles Sumner (June 2, 1856)
_g183 --
_g70.
_tScott v. Sanford (The Dred Scott Decision) (1857)
_g185 --
_g71.
_tAn Account of a Brawl on the Floor of the House of Representatives (February 6, 1858)
_g193 --
_g72.
_tThe House of Representatives Launches an Investigation of President James Buchanan (March 5, 1860)
_g195 --
_g73.
_tSenator Jefferson Davis's Farewell Address to the Senate (January 21, 1861)
_g197 --
_g74.
_tJames G. Blaine's Description of Congress at the Beginning of the Civil War (March 1861)
_g199 --
_g75.
_tThe First Federal Income Tax (August 5, 1861)
_g202 --
_g76.
_tThe Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution (Submitted, January 31, 1865; Ratified, December 6, 1865)
_g204 --
_g77.
_tRepresentative Thaddeus Stevens on Reconstruction (December 18, 1865)
_g205 --
_g78.
_tThe Civil Rights Act of 1866 (April 9, 1866)
_g209 --
_g79.
_tThe Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution (Submitted, June 13, 1866; Ratified, July 9, 1868)
_g211 --
_g80.
_tThe Reconstruction Act of 1867 (March 2, 1867)
_g212 --
_g81.
_tRepresentative Thaddeus Stevens on the Impeachment of Andrew Johnson (March 2, 1868)
_g213 --
_g82.
_tThe Articles of Impeachment of Andrew Johnson (March 4, 1868)
_g216 --
_g83.
_tThe Fifteenth Amendment to the Constitution (Submitted, February 26, 1869; Ratified, February 17, 1870)
_g221 --
_g84.
_tHaver v. Yaker (1869)
_g222 --
_g85.
_tThe House Debates Investigation of the Credit Mobilier Scandal (December 2, 1872)
_g223 --
_g86.
_tThe "Salary Grab" Act of 1873 (March 3, 1873)
_g225 --
_g87.
_tSusan B. Anthony Petitions Congress Regarding Her Fine for Illegal Voting (January 22, 1874)
_g228 --
_g88.
_tReorganization of the Government of the District of Columbia (June 20, 1874)
_g230 --
_g89.
_tRepresentative James G. Blaine Defends Himself Against Charges of Corruption: The Mulligan Letters (June 5, 1875)
_g232 --
_g90.
_tEstablishing the Electoral Commission of 1877 (January 29, 1877)
_g238 --
_g91.
_tJames A. Garfield Describes Congress (July 1877)
_g241 --
_g92.
_tReform of the Rules of the House (January 6, 1880)
_g243 --
_g93.
_tKilbourn v. Thompson (1880)
_g244 --
_g94.
_tAn Argument Against Reducing Congressional Salaries (February 16, 1882)
_g247 --
_g95.
_tHouse Report on the Reform of the Civil Service (December 12, 1882)
_g249 --
_g96.
_tThe Civil Service Reform Act (January 16, 1883)
_g251 --
_g97.
_tWoodrow Wilson on the U.S. Senate (1885)
_g254 --
_g98.
_tWoodrow Wilson Describes the Role of the Speaker of the House (1885)
_g256 --
_g99.
_tJames Bryce on the U.S. House of Representatives (1888)
_g257 --
_g100.
_tJames Bryce on the U.S. Senate (1888)
_g262 --
_g101.
_tSpeaker Thomas B. Reed Changes the Rules of the House (January 29, 1890)
_g266 --
_g102.
_tA Newspaper Account of a Shooting at the Capitol (March 1, 1890)
_g270 --
_g103.
_tDeclaration of War with Spain (April 25, 1898)
_g273 --
_g104.
_tSenator Albert J. Beveridge on U.S. Policy Regarding the Philippines (January 9, 1900)
_g274 --
_g105.
_tSenator George Frisbie Hoar on Self-Government for the Philippines (April 17, 1900)
_g282 --
_g106.
_tThe Sixteenth Amendment to the Constitution (Submitted, July 12, 1909; Ratified, February 25, 1913)
_g284 --
_g107.
_tThe Revolt Against Speaker Joseph Cannon (March 19, 1910)
_g284 --
_g108.
_tLimiting the Size of the House of Representatives (August 8, 1911)
_g299 --
_g109.
_tThe Seventeenth Amendment to the Constitution (Submitted, May 13, 1912; Ratified, May 31, 1913)
_g300 --
_g110.
_tSenator Boies Penrose on a Senate Investigation into Campaign Financing (The Clapp Committee) (August 21, 1912)
_g301 --
_g111.
_tA Newspaper Account of a Bombing at the Capitol (July 3, 1915)
_g304 --
_g112.
_tThe Declaration of War Against Germany (April 4, 1917)
_g307 --
_g113.
_tThe Eighteenth Amendment to the Constitution (Submitted, December 18, 1917; Ratified, January 29, 1919)
_g309 --
_g114.
_tThe Nineteenth Amendment to the Constitution (Submitted, June 4, 1919; Ratified, August 26, 1920)
_g310 --
_g115.
_tThe National Prohibition Act (The Volstead Act) (October 28, 1919)
_g310 --
_g116.
_tSenator William E. Borah Opposes the League of Nations (November 19, 1919)
_g315 --
_g117.
_tThe Budget and Accounting Act of 1921 (June 10, 1921)
_g320 --
_g118.
_tSenator William E. Borah Opposes the Versailles Treaty (September 26, 1921)
_g323 --
_g119.
_tSpeaker Nicholas Longworth on Congress (January 2, 1926)
_g325 --
_g120.
_tMcGrain v. Daugherty (January 17, 1927)
_g328 --
_g121.
_tAn Act Designating the National Anthem (March 3, 1931)
_g33.
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