How Congress Works
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- Tying It All Together
- The legislative process is explained.
- How Our Laws Are Made
- A detailed text description of the legislative process.
- How Our Laws Are Made by Chapter
- The above document, broken down into chapters.
- Enactment
of a Law
- The Declaration of Independence
- The full text of the Declaration of Independence.
- Early Congressional Documents
- A list of Early Congressional Documents from the Constitutional Convention and the Continental Congress.
- The Federalist Papers
- A list of titles of the 85 Federalist Papers.
- The Constitution of the United States
- The full text of the U.S. Constitution.
- Foreword and Historical Notes.
- Introductory information about the U.S. Constitution, written by the Hon. Jack Brooks.
- Bill of Rights
- The full text of the Bill of Rights.
- Other Amendments to the Constitution
- The full text amendments 11 through 27 to the Constitution that have been ratified.
- Amendments Not Ratified
- The full text of amendments to the Constitution that have been proposed but not ratified.
- U.S. Congressional Documents and Debates, 1774-1875
- A century of lawmaking for a new nation.
- Historical Information
- From the Office of the Clerk of the House.
- Historical Documents
- From the Library of Congress.
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