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The 16th United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate...

Sixteenth Amendment (Amendment XVI) to the United States Constitution allows Congress to levy an income tax without apportioning it among the states on...

The United States Congress is the legislature of the federal government of the United States. It is bicameral, composed of a lower body, the House of Representatives...

The United States Capitol, often called the Capitol or the Capitol Building, is the seat of the United States Congress, the legislative branch of the federal...

illegal because the Sixteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which reads "The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes on incomes...

ratified, however, the United States Constitution Article 1, Section 9 defines a direct tax. The Sixteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution did not...

The 62nd United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the United States Senate and...

Jefferson, both contain the phrase "United States of America." The name was officially adopted by the second Continental Congress on September 9, 1776. The earliest...

The Constitution of the United States is the supreme law of the United States. It superseded the Articles of Confederation, the nation's first constitution...

form. 2. Sixteenth Amendment. More importantly, in 1909 Congress proposed the Sixteenth Amendment. This amendment reads as follows: The Congress shall have...

four sixteenth parts of a grain of pure, or four hundred and sixteen grains of standard silver. Section 20 of the Act designates the United States dollar...

of the United States or portions thereof. It includes American Indians from the contiguous United States and Alaska Natives. The United States Census...

The 61st United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the United States Senate and...

Sixteenth Congress – First Session. Washington 1855, cols. 1545-1546. The Debates and Proceedings in the Congress of the United States. Sixteenth Congress...

 42. Trefousse, p. 43. United States Congress. "Andrew Johnson (id: J000116)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Trefousse, pp. 45–46...

in Philadelphia, the Second Continental Congress declared the independence of the colonies as the "United States of America". Led by General George Washington...

and challenged the law in the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington as violating the Sixteenth Amendment's requirement that...

of proposed amendments to the United States Constitution are introduced during each session of the United States Congress. From 1789 through January 3...

The New York Times United States Congress. "Abraham Lincoln (id: L000313)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Abraham Lincoln: A...

United States elections 1876 United States presidential election 1876–77 United States House of Representatives elections 44th United States Congress...