The Supreme Court was created by Article III of the United States Constitution, which stipulates that the "judicial power of the United States, shall be vested in one Supreme Court," and was organized by the 1st United States Congress.Through the Judiciary Act of 1789, Congress specified the Court's original and appellate jurisdiction, created thirteen judicial districts, and …

This is a list of active duty United States Marine Corps major generals collected from publicly available and accessible information. List of two-star positions ... Commanding General, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing: III Marine Expeditionary Force …

Legislative history. On August 2, 2011, President Obama signed the Budget Control Act of 2011 as part of an agreement with Congress to resolve the debt-ceiling crisis.The Act provided for a Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction (the "super committee") to produce legislation by late November that would decrease the deficit by $1.2 trillion over ten years.

Party divisions of United States Congresses have played a central role on the organization and operations of both chambers of the United States Congress—the Senate and the House of Representatives—since its establishment as the bicameral legislature of the Federal government of the United States in 1789. Political parties had not been anticipated when the U.S. …

The School of Infantry (SOI) is the second stage of initial military training for enlisted United States Marines after recruit training.Since the initial training pipeline is divided between coasts, Marines from areas east of the Mississippi River usually graduate from MCRD Parris Island and move on to SOI at SOI East (located at Camp Geiger, a satellite facility of Camp Lejeune in …

The 2008 United States Federal Budget began as a proposal by President George W. Bush to fund government operations for October 1, 2007 – September 30, 2008.The requested budget was submitted to the 110th Congress on February 5, 2007.. The government was initially funded through a series of four temporary continuing resolutions.Final funding for the Department of …

The following is an alphabetical list of members of the United States House of Representatives from the state of Iowa.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 Iowa.The list of names should be complete, but other data may be incomplete.

The amendment was proposed by the 1st United States Congress in 1789 during its first term following the adoption of the Constitution. It was considered by many members as a prerequisite before they would ratify the Constitution, [2] and particularly to satisfy demands of Anti-Federalists , who opposed the creation of a stronger federal government.

The 26th Infantry Division was an infantry division of the United States Army.A major formation of the Massachusetts Army National Guard, it was based in Boston, Massachusetts for most of its history.Today, the division's heritage is carried on by the 26th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade.. Formed on 18 July 1917 and activated 22 August 1917 at Camp Edwards, MA, consisting of …

The Twenty-seventh Amendment (Amendment XXVII, also known as the Congressional Compensation Act of 1789) to the United States Constitution prohibits any law that increases or decreases the salary of members of Congress from taking effect until after the next election of the House of Representatives has occurred. It is the most recently adopted amendment but was …