Lame Duck Sessions of Congress, 1935-2010 (74th-111th Congresses) (open access)

Lame Duck Sessions of Congress, 1935-2010 (74th-111th Congresses)

This report discusses how lame duck sessions occur, and the background of the lame duck sessions between 1940 and 2010. A “lame duck” session of Congress occurs whenever one Congress meets after its successor is elected, but before the term of the current Congress ends.
Date: August 30, 2011
Creator: Beth, Richard S. & Tollestrup, Jessica
System: The UNT Digital Library
First-Term Members of the House of Representatives and Senate, 64th - 113th Congresses (open access)

First-Term Members of the House of Representatives and Senate, 64th - 113th Congresses

This report provides summary data on the number of Senators and Members of the House of Representatives who first entered Congress between the 64th Congress (1915-1917) and the 113th Congress (2013-2014).
Date: January 25, 2013
Creator: Manning, Jennifer E. & Petersen, R. Eric
System: The UNT Digital Library
Lame Duck Sessions of Congress, 1935-2012 (74th-112th Congresses) (open access)

Lame Duck Sessions of Congress, 1935-2012 (74th-112th Congresses)

This report discusses how lame duck sessions occur, and the background of the lame duck sessions between 1940 and 2012. A "lame duck" session of Congress occurs whenever one Congress meets after its successor is elected, but before the term of the current Congress ends.
Date: September 19, 2014
Creator: Beth, Richard S. & Tollestrup, Jessica
System: The UNT Digital Library
Speakers of the House: Elections, 1913-2017 (open access)

Speakers of the House: Elections, 1913-2017

This report provides data on elections of the Speaker in each Congress since 1913, when the House first reached its present size of 435 Members. During that period (63rd through 115th Congresses), a Speaker was elected five times with the votes of less than a majority of the full membership.
Date: January 4, 2017
Creator: Beth, Richard S. & Heitshusen, Valerie
System: The UNT Digital Library
Equal Employment Opportunity Legislation in the 91st and 92nd Congress (open access)

Equal Employment Opportunity Legislation in the 91st and 92nd Congress

This report discusses legislation in the 91st and 92nd Congresses related to equal employment opportunities.
Date: July 3, 1972
Creator: Downing, Paul M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Limiting United States Involvement in the Indochina War: A Digest of Amendments Proposed and/or Passed in the Ninety-First and the Ninety-Second Congress (open access)

Limiting United States Involvement in the Indochina War: A Digest of Amendments Proposed and/or Passed in the Ninety-First and the Ninety-Second Congress

This report is a digest of Amendments proposed and/or passed in the ninety-first and ninety-second congress to propose limits of the United States involvement in the Indochina war.
Date: March 17, 1972
Creator: Christopher, Luella Sue
System: The UNT Digital Library