Congress A to Z provides ready-reference insight into the national legislature, its organization, processes, personalities, major legislation, and history.

Table of Contents

• Tables and Figures
• Preface
• Historic Milestones
• A
• Adams, John
• Adams, John Quincy
• Adjournment
• Advice and Consent
• Aging Committee, Senate
• Agriculture Committee, House
• Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee, Senate
• Albert, Carl B.
• Aldrich, Nelson W.
• Allison, William B.
• Amendments
• Anthrax Attack
• Appeal
• Appointment Power
• Apportionment
• Appropriations Bills
• Appropriations Committee, House
• Appropriations Committee, Senate
• Architect of the Capitol
• Armed Services Committee, House
• Armed Services Committee, Senate
• Authorization Bills
• B
• Backdoor Spending
• Baker, Howard H., Jr.
• Baker v. Carr
• Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, Senate
• Barkley, Alben W.
• Bells, Legislative
• Benton, Thomas Hart
• Biden, Joseph R.
• Bill
• Blacks in Congress
• Blaine, James G.
• Blue Dog Democrats
• Boehner, John
• Bolling, Richard
• Borah, William E.
• Buckley v. Valeo
• Budget Act
• Budget and Accounting Act of 1921
• Budget Committee, House
• Budget Committee, Senate
• Budget Process
• Budget Terms
• Byrd, Robert C.
• C
• Calendar
• Calendar Wednesday
• Calhoun, John C.
• Campaign Financing
• Cannon, Clarence
• Cannon, Joseph G.
• Capitol Building
• Capitol Hill
• Capitol Visitor Center
• Caucuses, Party
• Caucuses, Special
• Chaplain
• Cheney, Richard B.
• Christmas Tree Bill
• Clark, James B. “Champ”
• Clay, Henry
• Clerk of the House
• Clinton, Hillary Rodham
• Clinton Impeachment Trial
• Cloakrooms
• Closed Rule
• Commerce Power
• Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, Senate
• Committee of the Whole
• Committee System
• Computers in Congress
• Conference Committees
• Congress
• Congress: Structure and Powers
• Congressional Accountability Act of 1995
• Congressional Budget Office
• Congressional Directory
• Congressional Districts
• Congressional Record
• Conkling, Roscoe
• Connally, Tom
• Conservative Coalition
• Constitutional Amendments
• Constitutional Rules and Votes
• Contempt of Congress
• Continuing Resolution
• Courts and Congress
• C-SPAN
• D
• Daschle, Tom
• Debt Limit
• DeLay, Tom
• Delegates
• Dingell, John D.
• Direct Election of Senators
• Dirksen, Everett McKinley
• Discharge a Committee
• Disciplining Members
• District of Columbia and Congress
• Dole, Robert
• Douglas, Stephen A.
• E
• Earmarks
• Economic Committee, Joint
• Education and Workforce Committee, House
• Electing the President
• Elections, Congressional
• Electronic Voting
• Ellsworth, Oliver
• Enacting Clause
• Energy and Commerce Committee, House
• Energy and Natural Resources Committee, Senate
• Energy Independence and Global Warming Committee, House Select
• Engrossed Bill
• Enrolled Bill
• Entitlements
• Environment and Public Works Committee, Senate
• Equality of the Houses
• Ervin, Sam J., Jr.
• Ethics
• Ethics Committee, House
• Ethics Committee, Senate Select
• Executive Branch and Congress
• Executive Privilege
• Executive Session
• Expulsion
• Extensions of Remarks
• F
• Federalist Papers, The
• Federal Register
• Filibuster
• Finance Committee, Senate
• Financial Disclosure
• Financial Services Committee, House
• Fiscal Year
• Floor Manager
• Foley, Thomas S.
• Ford, Gerald R.
• Foreign Affairs Committee, House
• Foreign Relations Committee, Senate
• Foreign Travel
• Former Members of Congress
• Franking Privilege
• Frist, Bill
• Fulbright, J. William
• G
• Gag Rule
• Gangs
• Gephardt, Richard A.
• Gerrymandering
• Gingrich, Newt
• Gore, Al
• Government Accountability Office
• Government Printing Office
• Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act
• Great Society
• H
• Hart, Philip A.
• Hastert, J. Dennis
• Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, Senate
• Hispanics in Congress
• Holds
• Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, Senate
• Homeland Security Committee, House
• House Administration Committee
• House Chief Administrative Officer
• House Manual
• House of Representatives
• Humphrey, Hubert H.
• I
• Immunity, Congressional
• Impeachment Power
• Impoundment of Funds
• Incumbency
• Independents
• Indian Affairs Committee, Senate
• Intelligence Committees, House and Senate Select
• Investigations
• Iran-Contra Affair
• J
• Jefferson's Manual
• Johnson, Lyndon B.
• Johnson Impeachment Trial
• Joint Committee
• Joint Resolution
• Joint Session; Joint Meeting
• Journal
• Judiciary Committee, House
• Judiciary Committee, Senate
• Jurisdiction
• K
• Kefauver, Estes
• Kennedy, Edward M.
• Kennedy, John F.
• L
• La Follette, Robert M., Sr.
• Lame-Duck Amendment
• Lame-Duck Session
• Laws
• Leadership
• Legislation
• Legislation Declared Unconstitutional
• Legislative Day
• Legislative Process
• Legislative Veto
• Library Committee, Joint
• Library of Congress
• Line Item Veto Act
• Lobbying
• Lodge, Henry Cabot
• Logrolling
• Long, Huey P.
• Long, Russell B.
• Longworth, Nicholas
• Lott, Trent
• M
• McCarthy, Joseph R.
• McConnell, Mitch
• McCormack, John W.
• Mace, House
• Madison, James
• Majority and Minority Leaders
• Mansfield, Mike
• Martin, Joseph W., Jr.
• Members of Congress: Characteristics
• Mills, Wilbur D.
• Mitchell, George J.
• Morning Hour
• Motions
• Must-Pass Bill
• N
• Natural Resources Committee, House
• New Deal
• Nixon, Richard
• Nixon Impeachment Effort
• Norris, George W.
• O
• Oath of Office
• Obama, Barack
• Office Buildings, Capitol Hill
• Omnibus Bills
• O'Neill, Thomas P., Jr.
• Oversight and Government Reform Committee, House
• Oversight Power
• P
• Pages
• Parliamentarian
• Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
• Patronage
• Pay and Perquisites
• Pay-as-You-Go (PAYGO)
• Pelosi, Nancy
• Permanent Appropriation, Authorization
• Petition
• Point of Order
• Political Action Committees (PACs)
• Political Parties
• Pork-Barrel Politics
• Powell, Adam Clayton, Jr.
• Presidential Disability and Succession
• President of the Senate
• President Pro Tempore
• Presidents Who Served in Congress
• Presiding Officer
• Press and Congress
• Previous Question
• Printing Committee, Joint
• Private Bill
• Privilege
• Progressive Era
• Proxy Voting
• Public Approval of Congress
• Purse, Power of
• Q
• Qualification of Members
• Quorum
• R
• Randolph, John
• Rankin, Jeannette
• Ratification
• Rayburn, Sam
• Readings of Bills
• Reapportionment and Redistricting
• Recommittal Motion
• Reconsider, Motion to
• Reconstruction Era
• Reed, Thomas Brackett
• Reform, Congressional
• Reid, Harry
• Removal Power
• Rider
• Rule for House Debate
• Rules and Administration Committee, Senate
• Rules Committee, House
• Russell, Richard B.
• S
• Scandals, Congressional
• Science, Space and Technology Committee, House
• Seating Disputes
• Secretary of the Senate
• Security: Capitol Building
• Senate
• Senate Manual
• Senatorial Courtesy
• Seniority System
• Separation of Powers
• Sergeant-at-Arms
• Sherman, John
• Small Business Committees, House and Senate
• Smith, Howard W.
• Smith, Margaret Chase
• Social Media and Congress
• Speaker of the House
• Special Orders
• Staff
• State of the Union
• States and Congress
• Stennis, John C.
• Stevens, Thaddeus
• Subpoena Power
• Substitute
• Sumner, Charles
• Sunset Legislation
• Supreme Court
• Suspension of the Rules
• T
• Table, Motion to
• Taft, Robert A.
• Taxation Committee, Joint
• Tea Party
• Teapot Dome
• Televising Congress
• Terms and Sessions of Congress
• Thurmond, Strom
• Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, House
• Treaty-Making Power
• Truman, Harry S.
• U
• Unanimous Consent
• Unanimous Consent Agreement
• Underwood, Oscar W.
• V
• Vandenberg, Arthur H.
• Veterans' Affairs Committees, House and Senate
• Vetoes
• Vice President
• Voters and Congress
• Voting in Congress
• W
• War Powers
• Watergate Scandal
• Ways and Means Committee, House
• Webster, Daniel
• Women in Congress
• Women's Suffrage
• Wright, Jim
• Y
• Yielding
• Youth Franchise
• Z
• Zone or Regional Whips
• Reference Material
• The Government of the United States
• U.S. House of Representatives
• U.S. Senate
• U.S. Presidents and Vice Presidents
• Sessions of the U.S. Congress, 1789–2013
• Political Party Affiliations in Congress and the Presidency, 1789–2013
• Party Leadership in Congress, 1977–2013
• Congressional Committee Chairs Since 1947
• Extraordinary Sessions of Congress Since 1797
• How a Bill Becomes a Law
• Writing to a Member of Congress
• Map of Capitol Hill
• Capital Attractions
• Congressional Information on the Internet
• Selected Bibliography