Congress

Examples of Congress in the following topics:

• Participants of the Congress

• The Indian National Congress

• Congress of the Confederation

  • The Congress of the Confederation was the governing body of the United States from 1781 to 1789.
  • As the immediate successor to the Second Continental Congress, it referred to itself as the Continental Congress throughout its 8-year history.
  • The Congress of the Confederation opened in the final stages of the American Revolution.
  • The membership of the Second Continental Congress automatically carried over to the Congress of the Confederation when the latter was created through the ratification of the Articles of Confederation.
  • The Congress of the Confederation was succeeded by the Congress of the United States, as provided for in the Constitution, proposed September 17, 1787, in Philadelphia at the Constitutional Convention.

• The Second Continental Congress

  • It succeeded the First Continental Congress, which met between September and October of 1774.
  • The First Congress established that the Second Continental Congress would convene on May 10, 1775.
  • Many of the same 56 delegates present at the First Continental Congress were in attendance at the Second Congress.
  • The delegates reappointed former Continental Congress President, Peyton Randolph, and Secretary, Charles Thomson, to reprise their roles at the Second Congress.
  • At this point, Congress intervened and assumed leadership of the war effort.

• Diplomatic Consequences of the Congress of Vienna

• Nelson Mandela and the African National Congress

• Presidential Action

  • The Ineligibility Clause prevents the President from being a member of Congress and cannot directly introduce legislative proposals.
  • The Constitution's Ineligibility Clause prevents the President from simultaneously being a member of Congress.
  • Therefore, the president cannot directly introduce legislative proposals for consideration in Congress.
  • Conservative commentator George Will wrote of an increasingly swollen executive branch and the eclipse of Congress.
  • If both houses cannot agree on a date of adjournment, the president may appoint a date for Congress to adjourn.

• The First Continental Congress

  • The first Continental Congress was held between 1774 and 1775 to discuss the future of the American colonies.
  • The first Continental Congress was influenced by Correspondence Committees.
  • In September, the first Continental Congress, composed of delegates from twelve of the thirteen colonies—all except Georgia—met in Philadelphia The assembly adopted what has become to be known as the Declaration and Resolves of the First Continental Congress.
  • When the first Congress adjourned, it stipulated another Congress would meet if King George III did not acquiesce to the demands set forth in the Declaration of Resolves.
  • The first Continental Congress met in Carpenter's Hall in Philadelphia, PA.

• Political Strife and American Independence

  • The new congress faced many roadblocks in establishing the new nation.
  • Congress finally approved the resolution of independence on July 2, 1776.
  • The Congress moved to York, Pennsylvania, and continued their work.
  • The Continental was a bill issued by Congress to fund the Revolutionary War.
  • Describe the steps taken by the Continental Congress after declaring independence from the British Empire

• The Public-Education Function of Congress

  • In 1965, Congress passed an act allowing the Library of Congress to establish a trust fund board to accept donations and endowments, giving the Library a role as a patron of the arts.
  • Even the Library of Congress assisted during the war effort.
  • Evans as Librarian of Congress.
  • However, only members of Congress, Supreme Court Justices, their staff, Library of Congress staff and certain other government officials may actually remove items from the library buildings.
  • Give examples of the various roles the Library Congress plays in public education