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scalawags , derogatory term used in the South after the Civil War to describe native white Southerners who joined the Republican party and aided in carrying out the congressional Reconstruction program. A Republican who came from the north was called a carpetbagger . ... Read more
Balls Bluff
Balls Bluff hill on the south bank of the Potomac River, near Leesburg, Va. In the Civil War, Union troops who had crossed the river were severely repulsed there on Oct. 21, 1861. Dissatisfaction with that defeat and with the general inactivity of the Union armies led to the organization of a joint... Read more
McCulloch v. Maryland
McCulloch v. Maryland case decided in 1819 by the U.S. Supreme Court, dealing specifically with the constitutionality of a Congress-chartered corporation, and more generally with the dispersion of power between state and federal governments. After the First Bank of the United States (1791) had fold... Read more
John Eaton
John Eaton 1829-1906, American educator, b. Sutton, N.H., grad. Dartmouth, 1854. After serving as a school principal in Cleveland, Ohio, and as superintendent of schools in Toledo, he enrolled at Andover Theological Seminary in 1859. During the Civil War, he served as a chaplain in the Union army a... Read more
Nancy Patricia Pelosi
Nancy Patricia Pelosi , 1940-, U.S. congresswoman, Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives (2007-), b. Baltimore as Nancy Patricia D'Alesandro. The daughter of Thomas J. D'Alesandro, Jr., who served as Baltimore's mayor and a congressman, she moved to California, where she became active in the ... Read more
Republican party
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Andrew Johnson
Andrew Johnson 1808-75, 17th President of the United States (1865-69), b. Raleigh, N.C. Early Life His father died when Johnson was 3, and at 14 he was apprenticed to a tailor. In 1826 the family moved to E Tennessee, and Andrew soon had his own tailor shop at Greeneville. A man of no for... Read more
Iran-contra affair
Iran-contra affair in U.S. history, secret arrangement in the 1980s to provide funds to the Nicaraguan contra rebels from profits gained by selling arms to Iran. The Iran-contra affair was the product of two separate initiatives during the administration of President Ronald Reagan . The first was ... Read more
District of Columbia
District of Columbia federal district (2000 pop. 572,059, a 5.7% decrease in population since the 1990 census), 69 sq mi (179 sq km), on the east bank of the Potomac River, coextensive with the city of Washington, D.C. (the capital of the United States). The District was established by congressio... Read more
Benjamin Franklin Wade
Benjamin Franklin Wade 1800-1878, U.S. Senator from Ohio (1851-69), b. near Springfield, Mass. He moved (1821) to Ohio and studied law. He was successively prosecuting attorney of Ashtabula co., state senator, and presiding judge of the third judicial district in Ohio before becoming a Whig Senator... Read more

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Congressional Pork of a Different Sort;National Hot Dog Month Gets a Frank Reception on the Hill
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 7/28/1993; ; 700+ words ; ...out or turkey-out, depending on the...point, AMI trotted out four heroes from...Ohio), taking time out from eating his favorite dog to hug Baseball Hall...Of course, "Hot dogs always taste better...there's any doubt, let the record show that...But as at many ...
Seagate Co-Founder Shugart Dies: Ran congressional campaign for dog.
Newspaper article from: Monterey County Herald (Monterey, CA); 12/14/2006; 700+ words ; ...for himself when his dog ran for Congress...campaign manager for his dog, Ernest, who was...candidate" in the 17th Congressional District race in 1996. Shugart took out full-page advertisements...his Bernese mountain dog. He eventually wrote...t interfere. He let us make all the ...
U.S. REPRESENTATIVE RICHARD GEPHARDT (D-MO) HOUSE MINORITY LEADER HOLDS NEWS CONFERENCE WITH DEMOCRATIC MEMBERS OF THE CONGRESSIONAL BLUE DOG COALITION
Transcript from: Washington Transcript Service; 10/24/1997; 700+ words ; ...DEMOCRATIC MEMBERS OF THE CONGRESSIONAL BLUE DOG COALITION HOLD NEWS...Part of the Blue Dog Coalition. At 9...simply agrees to let a variety of reform...system that's crying out for reform. Everybody...finance reform Blue Dog Coalition. Jim...this Congress -- lets get on with ...
Health Care for the Blue Dogs
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 7/28/2009; ; 700+ words ; ...known as "Blue Dogs" -- who are threatening...expressed by the Blue Dogs is that the Congressional Budget Office has...is that the Blue Dogs' argument -- that...insurance that's now out of reach. And given...drop coverage and let their workers go...
Jury acquits woman in dog doo case.
Newspaper article from: Greeley Tribune (Greeley, CO); 5/24/2007; 700+ words ; ...retired professor, the dog feces case certainly wasn...stemmed from her deposit of dog excrement at the congressional office of U.S. Rep...blank) that was coming out of that witness' mouth...threat to Ms. Musgrave. Let's face it: This is...
Annandale Park Plan Lets the Dogs Out; Proposal to Set Aside Pet Area Unleashes a Community Furor
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 6/14/2001; ; 700+ words ; ...125,000 to 200,000 dogs. The precise number...of Fairfax County's dogs are not licensed, as...200 to help pay for the dog park. A former congressional staffer, Robichaux today...does not currently own a dog himself, vowing to get...One of his family's dogs, a fox terrier, dragged...
How Obama and McCain Can Help Win Congressional Seats
Transcript from: NPR Weekend All Things Considered; 6/8/2008; ; 700+ words ; ...to them, Ron, let me ask you. Looking...presidential nominee to the Congressional races farther down...does it mean for Congressional races that his name...campaigned for 50 out of our members in...Mississippi that dog won't hunt. The National Republican Congressional Committee is ...
Big dividends during the dog days of summer.(LETTER FROM ASA PRESIDENT)
Magazine article from: Supply House Times; 8/1/2008; ; 700+ words ; ...when you host a congressional visit at your business...me? I decided to let someone do it first...invitation to their congressional leaders today...districts seeking out opportunities to...just during these dog days of summer, but for years to come. Congressional visits is just one...
Sanchez calls for truth about Iraq
News Wire article from: University Wire; 8/11/2004; ; 700+ words ; ...a member of the Blue Dogs -- the congressional group of fiscally conservative...Speaking of the Blue Dogs, she said, "We really...plan to get the U.S. out of Iraq, she said...officials. The audience let out several collective gasps...
Screening for bias
Magazine article from: News Media and the Law; 7/1/2005; ; 700+ words ; ...or Clifford the Big Red Dog, congressional leaders this summer restored...to toe the line or watch out,' which is really the...ever once did I say, let's take off any programming...tide lifts all boats, let's put on moderate to...