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Overview of constitutional framework and first Congress
The text outlines Article I provisions including Congress, the House, the Senate, elections, bill process, powers and limits, and state restrictions. It notes the first Congress met in 1789 at Federal Hall New York and cites 26 senators and 65 representatives with about 30 000 residents per representative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal Hall
New York
Wynell Burroughs
National Archives
Ann Soldt
Leslie A. Gray
Fairfax, Va