congress

In general terms, a congress is an official gathering of people who are elected or appointed to represent populations of people.

As used by most bloggers who use the tag here in Technorati, the reference is to the United States Congress, which is the United States Federal Government's legislative branch. US Congress is made up of the House of Representatives and the Senate.

Each of the 50 states has 2 Senators and several representatives. The number of representatives a state has is tied to its population.

Congress holds its meetings in the United States Capitol building in Washington, DC, which ironically, as a district and not a state, does not have congresspersons with voting rights.

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Original Technorati articles tagged “congress”

• in Technology
  Big Brother Boxes Mandatory in Your Car
  By 2015, all cars sold in the US might soon contain black boxes that will track your vehicle's movements.
  by stephengfm / on Apr 21, 2012
• in Social Media
  Employers to Job Candidates: I Want Your Facebook Password
  Is the absence of the proposed Facebook Password Amendment really the issue? Or do people need to act right online?
  by makingsense / on Apr 2, 2012
• in Politics
  Is Congress Broken? - Revisited
  If so, who broke it?
  by mrssmeej / on Mar 24, 2012

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• Pranab says he likes Rashtrapati Bhavan lawns!

  
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  New Delhi, May 25 (IANS) Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee’s cryptic comment about Rashtrapati Bhavan’s extensive lawns and how he loves to walk has renewed speculation about the veteran leader’s interest in becoming India’s next president.“I love to walk in the morning… I take 40 rounds of my lawns… ...
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• 9 Progressive Vets to Watch in the Battle for Congress

  
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  Six years ago, Democrats rode a wave of public disaffection with the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan to take back Congress. Part of their winning strategy was to tout military veterans as progressive candidates. Few of these " fighting Dems " made it into office; of 50 candidates listed by Democrats , 5 were elected to ...
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• Bengal nod to extract groundwater divides experts

  
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• Reconstituting America

  
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• TDP suspends ex-MP for meeting Jagan (Lead)

  
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  Hyderabad, May 25 (IANS) The Telugu Desam Party (TDP) Friday suspended its former MP M.V. Mysoora Reddy for indiscipline after he met YSR Congress Party leader Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy.TDP chief N. Chandrababu Naidu announced the suspension.Mysoora Reddy, a former home minister, drove to Jagan’s residence and met him ...
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• TDP suspends MP following meeting with Jagan

  
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  Hyderabad, May 25 (IANS) The Telugu Desam Party (TDP) Friday suspended its politburo member and former MP M.V. Mysoora Reddy from the party for indiscipline.TDP chief N. Chandrababu Naidu suspended Mysoora Reddy soon after the latter met YSR Congress Party leader Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy.Mysoora, who is also the former ...
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• Congress probes Facebook IPO while shareholders sue

  
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• Jagan to appear before CBI today

  
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  Hyderabad, May 25 (IANS) YSR Congress Party leader Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy will appear before the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) here Friday amid speculation that he would be arrested in connection with the corruption cases against him.The MP from Kadapa would be appearing before the CBI a day after Excise ...
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• CBO Bombshell - Our Congress Will Cause a Recession in 2013

  
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  The CBO has issued a new report on what all of those automatic budget cuts are gonna do in 2013. They will cause a recession. Growth in real (inflation-adjusted) GDP in calendar year 2013 will be just 0.5 percent, CBO expects—with the economy projected to contract at an annual rate of 1.3 percent in the ...
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• 28 Prosperous Armenia Party members benefaction grave MP-mandate-withdrawal … – Information

  
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  May 24, 2012 | 16:46 YEREVAN. – A sum of 28 MP candidates, who are enclosed in a Prosperous Armenia Party’s (PAP) proportional choosing list, submitted Thursday to a Central Electoral Commission (CEC) petitions for withdrawal from their parliamentary mandates, that they had perceived as a outcome of a May 6 ...
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• Andy Samberg’s speech at Harvard

  
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• Obama calls for Congress to enact ‘green’ tax credits

  
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  NEWTON, Iowa — President Barack Obama urged Congress on Thursday to extend tax credits for clean energy companies the White House says are responsible for some 37,000 jobs. On his way back from a fundraising and campaigning tour in California, Obama stopped in the Midwestern state of Iowa, which he hopes to win over ...
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• Annapolis Mids Highlight Hostility toward Opposing Homosexuality

  
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  The recent kerfuffle over amendments to the NDAA that would protect the religious liberty of US troops who oppose homosexuality has risen even to the minority leader of the US House.  Rep Nancy Pelosi (D-Ca) said claims of military chaplains needing a “conscience clause” were a “fraud.”  The Obama ...
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• Tax Cut Vote On Agenda For Next Week

  
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  The House will be heading back to Congress next week after another recess, and Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi is hoping to start things off with a bang by bringing up a vote on tax cuts. According to Roll Call, Pelosi’s immediate agenda is a push to vote to extend the tax cuts for middle class [...]
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• Congressman flies GOP flag on energy in Bay Area

  
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• As Deadline Nears, Dueling Student Loan Bills Stall in Senate

  
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  Despite agreeing that low federal student loan interest rates should be extended, Democrats and Republicans have not been able to come together to do so. On Thursday, the Senate rejected two competing plans that would have kept student loan rates from doubling to 6.8 percent on July 1. The issue: Neither side can ...
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• The HOSS List

  
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• Foreclosure Crisis Intensifies

  
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  In the past few years the U.S. housing market entered into the worst collapse since the Great Depression. As the economy continues to creep along, lowering business earnings and keeping unemployment high, the number of foreclosures continues to increase. It even seems that in some ways, the mortgage problem is ...
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