Congress

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** FILE ** Richard L. Trumka, president of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations(Associated Press)

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Ford's Theatre (Library of Congress)

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** FILE ** Gen. Robert E. Lee (Library of Congress)

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** FILE ** Congress party President Sonia Gandhi (left) and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh take turns addressing the media at her residence in New Delhi in 2009 after Mr. Singh declared victory in India's national elections. (Associated Press)

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** FILE ** President Barack Obama is applauded by members of Congress, and others, after signing an Executive Order on stem cells and a Presidential Memorandum on scientific integrity, Monday, March 9, 2009, in the East Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds)

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**FILE** Natalie Theys, 19, environmental student at Connecticut College, and thousands of young leaders from across the country rally on the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol to demand that President Obama and Congress pass bold federal climate and energy legislation in 2009 that will dramatically reduce carbon emissions and create millions of green jobs. (The Washington Times)

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President Jefferson in 1801 delivered his State of the Union message in writing, worried that a personal appearance before Congress would too closely resemble the British monarch's practice of addressing each new Parliament with a list of policy mandates. (AP Photo/FILE)

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** FILE ** Members of the 111th Congress are sworn in on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives on Jan. 6, 2009.

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NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY, LONDON The Continental Congress included among American grievances that King George III (in coronation robes) hired mercenaries.