congress

In general terms, a congress is an official gathering of people who are elected or appointed to represent populations of people.

As used by most bloggers who use the tag here in Technorati, the reference is to the United States Congress, which is the United States Federal Government's legislative branch. US Congress is made up of the House of Representatives and the Senate.

Each of the 50 states has 2 Senators and several representatives. The number of representatives a state has is tied to its population.

Congress holds its meetings in the United States Capitol building in Washington, DC, which ironically, as a district and not a state, does not have congresspersons with voting rights.

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Original Technorati articles tagged “congress”

• in Politics
  US Constitution: The Bishops Don’t Get a Veto
  As the Bishops try to strong arm the US Constitution, Republicans follow gleefully behind.
  by jimmyzuma / on Feb 9, 2012
• in Politics
  Mission Impossible? Who's Wearing Pumped up Kicks?
  Rise or Fall as One Unit Serving One Nation, Leaving No One Behind
  by borlandcountry / on Jan 25, 2012
• in Politics
  The Mystery Of The Black Ink!
  Use the ink, forget the black!
  by chinchak / on Jan 17, 2012

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “congress”

 

• US Senate Commitee: How Online Betting May Impact Indian Tribes?

  
  Toonari Post - A News Mash Up! — Authority: 138
  A Senate Committee on Indian Affairs hearing will explore how Indian tribes could be impacted by the recent U.S. Department of Justice opinion that permits states to allow all forms of online betting that do not involve sports. After numerous hearings over the past months on the opportunity to regulate Internet ...
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• Kashmir minister says Sonia rejected resignation letter (Lead)

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 533
  Jammu/Srinagar, Feb 11 (IANS) Peerzada Mohammad Sayeed, who sent his resignation from the Jammu and Kashmir ministry directly to Congress party chief Sonia Gandhi, claimed Saturday that the UPA chairperson had rejected his resignation and also declared Chief Minister Omar Abdullah as his leader.Sayeed called for ...
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• Adityanath sees a hung assembly in Uttar Pradesh

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 533
  Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh), Feb 11 (IANS) Saffron-clad Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Lok Sabha member Yogi Adityanath Saturday not only predicted a fractured verdict in the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections but also ruled out the possibility of formation of any government in the state.“Let me tell you that no ...
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• Amendments to Lokpal bill being considered, says Narayanasamy

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 533
  New Delhi, Feb 11 (IANS) The government is committed to a strong Lokpal bill and is looking at amendments suggested by its allies as well as the opposition parties on the legislation, Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office V. Narayanasamy said Saturday.Addressing an all-India editors’ conference on ...
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• VMC civic employees declare indefinite strike demanding apology from Congress President

  
  DeshGujarat.Com — Authority: 431
  Vadodara, 11 February, 2012 Two senior officials of Vadodara Municipal Corporation(VMC); Engineer PM Patel and Deputy Engineer Jignesh Shah, are taken to Sayaji hospital, as they complained pain in their eyes, after Congress party’s city General Secretary threw ink on their faces yesterday, ‘protesting’ ...
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• Khurshid to ensure the rights of Pasmanda Muslim community

  
  Techno-Guru - Latest Technology News India, Latest Breaking Bollywood News of India, Online Shopping — Authority: 133
  Sticking to his stand on minorities, Congress leader Salman Khurshid has said he would ensure the rights of Pasmanda Muslim community even if the Election Commission “hangs” him. Addressing an election rally in Khatakpur locality on Friday night, the law minister said that EC had related stories Election ...
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• UP elections 2012: Moderate polling in second phase

  
  The India Daily — Authority: 140
  The polling in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections picked up after a dull start on Saturday with 18.9 per cent of nearly two crore electorate exercising their franchise till 11 am. The fate of 1099 candidates, including 31 sitting MLAs and 24 former ministers and at stake in the second phase of polling on 59 [...]
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  Anstellung: AushilfeKarrierelevel: FachkraftWer sind wir Wir sind ein führender Kongress-, Bankett- sowie Unterhaltungsbetrieb der Schweiz. Wir bieten viele nostalgische und moderne Säle für mehr als 2000 Personen in mitten der imposanten Bergwelt des Berner Oberlandes. Nebst zwei Restaurationsbetrieben betreiben ...
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• Landmark diesel exhaust study stalled by congress-punks

  
  Eideard — Authority: 127
  Landmark diesel exhaust study stalled by congress-punks.
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• Peerzada says Sonia rejected his resignation

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 533
  Jammu, Feb 11 (IANS) In a dramatic turn of events, Jammu and Kashmir Education Minister Peerzada Mohammad Sayeed who resigned Friday following his indictment after his son was found having cheated during the 2009 Class 10 examinations, Saturday claimed that his resignation has not been accepted by UPA chairperson ...
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• Peerzada’s ouster a dark shadow on Congress in Valley (Kashmir Newsletter)

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 533
  Srinagar, Feb 11 (IANS) With one of its senior leaders and ministers, Peerzada Sayeed, submitting his resignation to the Congress president Sonia Gandhi over the so-called examgate involving his son, a dark cloud looms over the Congress in the Valley.Ever since the present National Conference-Congress coalition ...
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• For SEC, investigating insider trading in Congress presents complications

  
  heave-ho.org — Authority: 449
  Financial regulators have built an elaborate computer apparatus to scan stock markets for signs of insider trading, but the radar isn’t pointed at Congress. Instead, it is designed to detect more conventional forms of insider trading — a corporate lawyer acting on advance word of a merger or an accountant leaking ...
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• Zuma’s State of the Nation Address: Jobs, Infrastructure and the Glitzy Red Carpet

  
  BOOK SA - News — Authority: 119
  Yesterday, while many of us were caught in the agonising traffic that resulted from widespread road closures and pervasive blue light brigades, Jacob Zuma delivered his annual State of the Nation address. The Mail & Guardian has served up a special report on the illustrious affair (complete with a slideshow ...
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• Environmental report card for Congressional Texas

  
  Off the Kuff — Authority: 124
  From the Inbox: The Texas League of Conservation Voters highlighted Texas’ leadership and failures on national environmental issues, based on today’s release of the League of Conservation Voters 2011 National Environmental Scorecard. The 2011 National Environmental Scorecard grades Congress’ work as the ...
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• Congress to agitate against toll tax on Rajkot-Khambhalia highway

  
  DeshGujarat.Com — Authority: 431
  Jamnagar, 10 February, 2012 The Jamnagar unit of Congress party is going to start an agitation against newly implemented toll tax on the highway connecting Khambhalia and Rajkot. Accordingly a road block agitation has been announced on 13th of this month. According to district Congress President ...
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• Free Colleen Hanabusa, Tom McMasters, and Steve Cohen for Congress Stickers

  
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  http://action.hanabusaforhawaii.com/signup_page/bumpersticker http://www.mcmastersforcongress.com/mcmasters4congress/promote-toms-campaign/ - contact them to request http://www.cohenforcongress.com/bumper-sticker/ ¥©¤This Free Stuff Times . C øm feed should only be read in feed readers, on the ...
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• “Sonia Gandhi did not cry over Batla pics” : Digvijaya Singh

  
  Techno-Guru - Latest Technology News India, Latest Breaking Bollywood News of India, Online Shopping — Authority: 133
  Congress general secrtary Digvijaya Singh on Friday rejected law minister Salman Khurshid’s claim that UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi cried after seeing pictures of Batla House encounter, reports said. “Sonia Gandhi did not cry, this is Salman Khurshid’s own words,” Digvijaya Singh was quoted as saying. Law ...
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• Nvidia to showcase the world’s first quad-core smartphone at MWC 2012?

  
  IntoMobile - Cell Phone News, Information, and Analysis — Authority: 674
  NVidia has started sending out invites for its press conference at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona on February 27. Details are scarce at the moment, but since it says “Nvidia quad-core firsts continue at MWC,” it’s kinda safe to bet we’ll see the world’s first smartphone with a quad-core processor ...
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• Okay, I’m just gonna have to go all Doctor on you now

  
  Where's the Outrage? — Authority: 118
  I posted this article about 2 years ago in the heat of the healthcare reform debate. I thought that I would post it again since I’m working my butt off and I really don’t have time to write anything else right now. On the Last Word, they talked about how we got here. Visit msnbc.com for breaking news , world ...
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• Transcript: Associate AG Tom Perrelli’s remarks on the $25 billion mortgage settlement

  
  What The Folly?! — Authority: 117
    Remarks by Associate Attorney General Tom Perrelli on the $25 billion housing settlement with the nation’s 5 largest mortgage servicers: “Thanks everybody. I really appreciate the very kind words. “I think it’s been said. Look, in Washington you hear a lot about bureaucracies, about multiple agencies with ...
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