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Stamp Act Congress 1765
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United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Armed Services
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Second Continental Congress 1775-1781
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Arthur Lee
Arthur Lee 1740-92, American Revolutionary diplomat, b. Westmoreland co., Va.; brother of Francis L. Lee, Richard H. Lee, and William Lee. Educated in Great Britain, he returned to Virginia to practice medicine, but soon decided to study law and went (1768) to London. There, like William Lee, he... Read more |
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William Few
William Few 1748-1828, political leader in the American Revolution, b. near Baltimore. He was raised in North Carolina and was involved in the Regulator movement there. He later moved to Georgia. Few participated in partisan activities in the American Revolution, served in the Continental... Read more |
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Confederation Congress 1781-1789
CONFEDERATION CONFEDERATION. The era 1781–1789 takes its name from the Articles of Confederation, the first constitution of the new United States, ratified by the Second Continental Congress on 1 March 1781. This decade has sometimes been described as an era in which America experienc... Read more |
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Necessary and Proper Clause
NECESSARY AND PROPER CLAUSE The specific powers and duties of the U.S. Congress are enumerated in several places in the Constitution. The most important listing of these powers is in Article I, Section 8, which identifies in 17 paragraphs the many important powers of Congress. The last paragraph... Read more |
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Indian National Congress
Indian National Congress Indian political party, founded in 1885. Its founding members proposed economic reforms and wanted a larger role in the making of British policy for India. By 1907, however, the Congress had split into a moderate group led by Gopal Krishna Gokhale , who sought dominion... Read more |
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Next president can be effective if he strives to be truly bipartisan.(Knight...
...WASHINGTON _ With partisan bitterness deepening...is already so poisoned by partisan warfare and so paralyzed...evenly divided Congress in more than...opposition, both in Congress and in interest...negotiations with ... |
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Raging partisan combat has poisoned nation's political culture, analysts say.
...stand the raw warfare of both Democrats...by a hostile partisan majority in Congress would upset the...suggesting that Congress's drive to...Republicans in Congress are pursuing...public, has poisoned the nation... |
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THE LACK OF TRUE BIPARTISANSHIP AND THE POLARIZATION OF CONGRESS
...of the 108th Congress, relations...extraordinarily partisan way with which...partisan session of Congress that I participated...reporters. The warfare on Capitol Hill...to studying Congress. "We have...here is very ... |
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Congress likely to put banks on back burner. (includes related article with...
...swing by the time Congress returns in January...intention of asking Congress to try again in...loan bailout that poisoned the atmosphere...funding measure Congress approved in November...degenerated into partisan warfare by ... |
 "Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)")
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HIGH-SPIRITED CONGRESS END YEAR ON LOW NOTE.(Main)
...It ended in partisan bitterness and political warfare between Democrats...the history of Congress has there been...year and the poisoned atmosphere pervading...of the 102nd Congress were filled with...challenge to Congress ... |
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WHITE HOUSE COVER UP OF VALERIE PLAME IDENTITY LEAK:SCOTT MCCLELLAN
...investigatedby Congress because of what...suspicion and partisan warfare, and a perpetuation...factors that have poisoned the atmospherein...interests above partisan goals.Indeed...had to removemy partisan lens and step... |
 "The Spokesman-Review (Spokane, WA)")
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Former U.S. senators talk modern military at UI.
...body has been poisoned by what Simpson called the partisan "venom" of...They agreed that Congress has failed in...11th-century warfare." Hart said...crime, and not warfare, since it...he argued that Congress has failed in... |
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Obama: jobs top priority in 2010.(World)
...demanded unity from Congress to pull the United...Obama demanded Congress pass a jobs bill...economic blight and partisan warfare. With unemployment...Washington's poisoned politics, and...November. Given the poisoned ... |
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POLITICS DEVOLVES INTO BLATANT SAVAGERY NEVER IN RECENT MEMORY HAS THE...
...anything more than partisan payback for accumulated...turned into open warfare between the parties...raw the nerves of partisans on both sides...in the welter of partisan argument. Clinton...his relations with Congress have ben ... |
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...stand the raw warfare of both Democrats...by a hostile partisan majority in Congress would upset the...suggesting that Congress' drive to impeach...Republicans in Congress are pursuing...public, has poisoned the nation... |
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