The Congress of the United States
represents the legislative branch, it is composed of two houses: the Senate and the House of Representatives. The Senate represents the states. Each state is guarantied (имеет) at least one representative in the House. The remainder (остальные места) are apportioned among the states according to their population.
The Congress meets in the Capitol in Washington, D.C. Congress has 535 voting members: 435 Representatives and 100 Senators. The Congress was created by the Constitution of the United States and first met in 1789.
Senators are chosen for six years.
In the House of Representatives the most important are Rules, Ways and Means (бюджетная), Judiciary, Agriculture. The chairmen of the standing committees are considered the real rulers of the Senate and the House of Representatives.
Some functions:
Congress has authority over financial and budgetary policy through the enumerated power to "lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, (акцизы) to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare (благосостояние) of the United States".
Congress has an important role in national defense, including the exclusive (исключительную) power to declare war, to raise and maintain the armed forces, and to make rules for the military.
Congress can establish post offices and post roads (автоматы), issue patents (выдавать патенты) and copyrights (авторские права), fix standards of weights and measures.
One of Congress's foremost (неотъемлемых) non-legislative functions is the power to investigate and oversee the executive branch. (расследовать и контролировать).
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