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The original Equality Act was developed by U.S. Representatives Bella Abzug (D-NY) and Ed Koch (D-NY) in 1974. The Equality Act of 1974 (H.R. 14752 of the 93rd Congress) sought to amend the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to include prohibition of discrimination on the basis of sex, sexual orientation, and marital status in federally assisted programs, housing sales, rentals, financing, and brokerage ...
The following is an alphabetical list of members of the United States House of Representatives from the state of Maryland. For chronological tables of members of both houses of the United States Congress from the state (through the present day), see United States congressional delegations from Maryland. The list of names should be complete, but ...
The United States Constitution (Article 1, Section 5) [1] gives the House of Representatives the power to expel any member by a two-thirds vote. Expulsion of a Representative is rare: only six members of the House have been expelled in its history. Three of those six were expelled in 1861 for joining the Confederate States of America. [2]
The Naturalization Act of 1790 allows free White persons born outside of the United States to become citizens. However, since each state set its own requirements for voting, this Act (and its successor Naturalization Act of 1795) did not automatically grant these naturalized citizens the right to vote. [4] 1791
As of January 2025, 37 members of the LGBTQ community are known to have held office in the United States Congress. In the House, 33 LGBTQ people held office; in the Senate, 4 held office. Two people, Tammy Baldwin and Kyrsten Sinema, served in the House and were later elected into the Senate.
The reading clerk of the United States House of Representatives reads bills, motions, and other papers before the House and keeps track of changes to legislation made on the floor. During the vote for Speaker at the beginning of each Congress , or when the electronic voting system fails, the clerk calls the roll of members for a recorded vote .
The 93rd United States Congress began on January 3, 1973. There were 11 new senators (six Democrats, five Republicans) and 68 new representatives (26 Democrats, 42 Republicans), as well as three new delegates (all Democrats), at the start of the first session. Additionally, seven senators (four Democrats, three Republicans) and 10 ...
This is a list of United States congressmen who have set records for longevity of service since the United States 1st Congress in 1789. It is divided up into several categories. Uninterrupted time