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		December 16, 2018

Documents on the organization and powers of the executive branch, presidential policies, current and past presidents. Search text for presidency Browse Documents on the Court's organization and powers, landmark cases, constitutional law, current and past justices. Search text for Supreme Court Browse Documents on Congress's organization and powers, the legislative process, policy, current and past members. Search text for Congress Browse Documents on the U.S. electoral process, political parties and campaigns, voting rights and trends. Search text for elections Browse   Documents on the U.S. Constitution and the rights and issues it has shaped for over two centuries. Search text for Constitution Browse   On this day in 1776, Richard Henry Lee of Virginia, delegate to the Constitutional Convention, proposed that the colonies break with the British Crown. The assignment of drafting a declaration fell to a committee of five that included prominent patriots John Adams and Thomas Jefferson—although it was Jefferson who actually did most of the writing.  more...

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