In 2007, US Congressman Alce Hastings introduced a bill to celebrate the 500th anniversary of the first use of the name " America " with the support of the Congressional Black Caucus, the Organizing Committee and mayors in fifty states to champion the national strategy " Bring Home The Spirit of History in your town ".

In September 1870 Garfield was chairman of a Congressional committee investigating the Black Friday Gold Panic scandal.

* Congressional Black Caucus, an organization of African American members of the Congress of the United States

During his four-plus years in Congress he was a member of the Congressional Black Caucus, and he was involved in several debates regarding foreign relations including the decision to stop supporting the Portuguese attempts to hold on to their colonies in southern Africa.

Of the many Congressional caucuses, one of the best-known is the Congressional Black Caucus, a group of African-American members of Congress.

Donna Christian-Christensen is a member of the Congressional Black Caucus and the Congressional Progressive Caucus.

* Congressional Black Caucus

George Thomas " Mickey " Leland ( November 27, 1944 – August 7, 1989 ) was an anti-poverty activist who later became a congressman from the Texas 18th District and chair of the Congressional Black Caucus.

The Congressional Black Caucus ' Omnibus Bill ( HR 4197 ) was introduced on November 2, 2005, to provide a comprehensive response to the Gulf Coast residents affected by Hurricane Katrina.

In 2009 and 2010 Davis voted against the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, the only member of the Congressional Black Caucus to do so.

Davis was the first member of the Congressional Black Caucus to demand that former House Ways and Means chair Charlie Rangel surrender his gavel in the wake of an ongoing ethics investigation .< ref >

Lee was the Chair of the Congressional Black Caucus and was the Co-Chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus.

" He again turned away while Waters huddled with members of the Congressional Black Caucus and was overheard saying, " He touched me first.

* Congressional Black Caucus

She is the most senior of the 12 black women currently serving in the United States Congress, and is a member and former chair of the Congressional Black Caucus.

Waters was chair of the Congressional Black Caucus from 1997-98.

On August 20, 2011, while at a town hall discussing some of the displeasure that supporters of President Obama have had with the Congressional Black Caucus not supporting the president, Waters stated, " This is a tough game.

* Member of Congressional Black Caucus ( CBC ); past chair of CBC ( 105th United States Congress )

She was also a member of the Congressional Black Caucus and of the New Democrat Coalition and was considered a front-runner for the job of Secretary of Transportation if John Kerry had been elected President in 2004.

* Congressional Black Caucus

* Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation

* Member of the Congressional Human Rights Caucus.

At the time, each party's Congressional Caucus chose presidential candidates, and in 1808 the Democratic-Republicans chose Madison.

The Congressional Hispanic Caucus and the Congressional Hispanic Conference include representatives of Spanish and Portuguese descent.

* Congressional Progressive Caucus, members within the Democratic Party in the United States Congress dedicated to the advancment of progressive issues and positions

** The Congressional Hispanic Caucus is established by the 5 Latinos in the United States Congress: Herman Badillo of the Bronx, E. de la Garza and Henry B. Gonzalez of Texas, Edward R. Roybal of California, and the nonvoting Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico, Baltasar Corrada del Rio.

* Congressional Bike Caucus, an organization of US congressmen promoting cycling

* Congressional Hispanic Caucus

* Congressional Human Rights Caucus

Sanchez has a strong record on supporting human rights and is a member of the bipartisan Congressional Human Rights Caucus.

The eastern portion of Lucas County lies in Ohio's 9th congressional district, and it is represented by Marcy Kaptur who is a member of the Congressional Progressive Caucus.

Pelosi was a founding member of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, but left in 2003 after being elected Minority Leader.

He co-founded the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus and served as its first chair.

Rivera after delivering the keynote at the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute's 2008 Public Policy Conference

* Congressional Fire Services Caucus

* Congressional Internet Caucus

* Congressional Songwriters Caucus ( Co-Founder / Co-Chair )

* Congressional Progressive Caucus

Another prominent example is the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, whose members voice and advance issues affecting Hispanics in the United States, including Puerto Rico.

In a different vein, the Congressional Internet Caucus is a bipartisan group of Members who wish to promote the growth and advancement of the Internet.

In the $40,000,000 budget that has been submitted for Congressional approval, $26,000,000 would be spent through universities and private voluntary agencies.

In spite of Dunn's skepticism, this version has been accepted by Evan Bayh, who has served as Indiana governor and senator, and by Senator Vance Hartke, who introduced this story into the Congressional Record ( 1975 ), according to Graf.

According to the Joint Congressional Committee on Presidential Inaugurations, George Washington added the words " So help me God " during his first inaugural, though this has been disputed.

The Supreme Court, however, has held that impoundments without Congressional authorization are unconstitutional.

Although the Sixteenth Amendment is often cited as the " source " of the Congressional power to tax incomes, at least one court has reiterated the point made in Brushaber and other cases that the Sixteenth Amendment itself did not grant the Congress the power to tax incomes, a power the Congress had since 1789, but only removed the possible requirement that any income tax be apportioned among the states according to their respective populations.

A Congressional Research Service ( CRS ) Issue Brief quotes policy statements made by President Johnson in a speech delivered on September 10, 1968 and by Secretary of State Rogers in a speech delivered on December 9, 1969 " The United States has stated that boundaries should be negotiated and mutually recognized, “ should not reflect the weight of conquest ,” and that adjustments in the pre-1967 boundaries should be “ insubstantial .”

The Congressional Budget Office ( CBO ) has written that " future growth in spending per beneficiary for Medicare and Medicaid — the federal government ’ s major health care programs — will be the most important determinant of long-term trends in federal spending.

In 1996, the Library of Congress's Congressional Research Service issued a report that said, " There is no precedent for Congress promulgating an amendment based on state ratifications adopted after a ratification deadline has expired.

Bob Barr's former 2008 Libertarian Party running mate Wayne Root has also endorsed the line-item veto to go with his libertarian political views on spending while also suggesting the lifting of the Congressional ban on presidents impounding bills.

A July 2007 Congressional Research Service Report confirmed that US policy has not recognized the PRC's sovereignty over Taiwan.

The 9th Congressional District of Virginia, represented by Morgan Griffith, has traditionally covered southwest Virginia but has expanded into parts of Roanoke County and counties to the north of Roanoke to make up for population losses in the rest of the district.

Each state has a number of electors equal to its total Congressional representation ( in both houses ), with the non-state District of Columbia receiving three electors and other non-state territories having no electors.

Congressional power over aspects of local government and elections increased from 1801 to 1965, but with restoration of Presidential elections, and reestablishment of locally elected Mayor and Council, has very slowly moved back toward the rights Maryland had provided from 1776 to 1801.

Lack of Representation in US Congress has been a major factor in removing national head quarters to neighboring counties that still have voting rights and Congressional vote trading.

It is included in the Arkansas Third Congressional District, which has had Republican representation since 1967.

He has been awarded the NASA Distinguished Service Medal, Air Force Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Force Command Pilot Astronaut Wings, Presidential Medal of Freedom, and Congressional Gold Medal.

Villa Park is part of the 40th Congressional District, which is represented in the United States House of Representatives by Republican Ed Royce, who has served in Congress since 1993.

In the U. S. Congress, Nuevo is located in California's 45th Congressional District, which has a Cook Partisan Voting Index ( CPVI ) of R + 3 and is represented by Republican Mary Bono Mack.

The District has a non-voting, at-large Congressional delegate, but no senators.

Based on the results of the 2010 Census, the New Jersey Redistricting Commission has shifted Shamong in its entirety into the 3rd Congressional District, a change that will take effect in January 2013, based on the results of the November 2012 general elections.

In Congressional redistricting following the 2010 Census, West New York has been reassigned to the 8th congressional district, which was in effect for the June 2012 primary and will be in the November 2012 general election, with the representative elected in November 2012 taking office in the new district representing West New York as of January 2013.

Since its founding in 1975, the National Italian American Foundation ( NIAF ) has worked closely with the bicameral and bipartisan Italian American Congressional Delegation, which is led by co-chairs Rep. Bill Pascrell of New Jersey and Rep. Pat Tiberi of Ohio.