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This comprehensive, two-volume reference has been thoroughly revised and expanded to offer a complete institutional history of Congress along with updated insight and analysis on the 2008 and 2010 shifts in power of the US Senate and House of Representatives

The Legislative Branch -- The Articles of Confederation -- The Two Houses -- The Elastic Clause -- The House of Representatives -- The Powers of the House -- The Senate -- The Powers of the Senate -- Congressional Districts -- The Majority and the Minority -- The Speaker and the President Pro Tem -- Congressional Committees -- The Filibuster -- Making Laws -- Taxes and Budgets -- Declaration of War -- Trade, Commerce, and Coins -- Confirmation of Appointees -- Impeachment.