Congress

Congress in 1889

The following information about Congress is from the Cyclopaedia of Political Science, Political Economy, and the Political History of the United States by the Best American and European Writers.

“So decided in the 1st congress, in contravention to the claim that the constitutional majority of two-thirds implies two-thirds of the whole number of members.”

Further Reading

• John P Roche and Leonard W Levy, The Congress (New York, Harcourt, Brace & World, 1964)
• Donald A. Ritchie, The Congress of the United States: A Student Companion (2006)
• Robert L Peabody; et al, To enact a law: Congress and campaign financing (New York, Praeger, 1972)
• Daniel M Berman, A bill becomes a law: Congress enacts civil rights legislation (New York, Macmillan, 1966)
• Jacob R. Straus, Party and Procedure in the United States Congress (2012)
• N. O. Kura, Congress of the United States: Powers, Structure, and Procedures (2001)
• Robert E. Dewhirst and ‎John David Rausch, Encyclopedia of the United States Congress (2009)