United States Congress | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2019-01-01

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00:02:34 1 Overview
00:06:57 2 History
00:09:31 2.1 1780s–1820s: formative era
00:10:53 2.2 1830s–1900s: partisan era
00:12:17 2.3 1910s–1960s: committee era
00:15:06 2.4 1970s–present: contemporary era
00:20:39 3 Congress in the United States government
00:20:50 3.1 Powers of Congress
00:21:00 3.1.1 Overview of congressional power
00:27:54 3.1.2 Enumerated powers
00:28:40 3.1.3 Implied powers and the commerce clause
00:29:33 3.1.4 Territorial Government
00:31:06 3.2 Checks and balances
00:39:44 4 Structure
00:40:37 4.1 Committees
00:40:46 4.1.1 Specializations
00:41:56 4.1.2 Power
00:42:51 4.1.3 Officer
00:43:54 4.2 Support services
00:44:03 4.2.1 Library of Congress
00:45:22 4.2.2 Congressional Research Service
00:46:08 4.2.3 Congressional Budget Office
00:47:08 4.2.4 Lobbyists
00:47:51 4.2.5 United States Capitol Police
00:48:01 4.3 Partisanship versus bipartisanship
00:49:04 5 Procedures of Congress
00:49:14 5.1 Sessions
00:49:52 5.2 Joint sessions
00:50:49 5.3 Bills and resolutions
01:01:04 6 Congress and the public
01:01:14 6.1 Advantage of incumbency
01:01:23 6.1.1 Citizens and representatives
01:03:11 6.1.2 Expensive campaigns
01:05:20 6.1.3 Television and negative advertising
01:06:14 6.1.4 Public perceptions of Congress
01:10:40 6.2 Smaller states and bigger states
01:12:01 6.3 Members and constituents
01:12:43 6.4 Congressional style
01:13:44 7 Privileges and pay
01:13:54 7.1 Privileges protecting members
01:16:17 7.2 Pay and benefits
01:21:14 8 See also
01:22:26 9 Notes



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The United States Congress is the bicameral legislature of the Federal government of the United States. The legislature consists of two chambers: the House of Representatives and the Senate.
The Congress meets in the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C.. Both senators and representatives are chosen through direct election, though vacancies in the Senate may be filled by a gubernatorial appointment. Congress has 535 voting members: 435 representatives and 100 senators. The House of Representatives has six non-voting members representing Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and the District of Columbia in addition to its 435 voting members. Although they cannot vote in the full house, these members can sit and vote in congressional committees and introduce legislation. 
The members of the House of Representatives serve two-year terms representing the people of a single constituency, known as a "district". Congressional districts are apportioned to states by population using the United States Census results, provided that each state has at least one congressional representative. Each state, regardless of population or size, has two senators. Currently, there are 100 senators representing the 50 states. Each senator is elected at-large in their state for a six-year term, with terms staggered, so every two years approximately one-third of the Senate is up for election.
To be eligible for election, a candidate must be aged at least 25 (House) or 30 (Senate), have been a citizen of the United States for seven (House) or nine (Senate) years, and be an inhabitant of the state which they represent.
The Congress was created by the Constitution of the United States and first met in 1789, replacing in its legislative function the Congress of the Confederation.  Although not legally mandated, in practice since the 19th century, Congress members are typically affiliated with the Republican Party or with the Democratic Party and only rarely with a third party or independents.