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The Senate

Dates in left column indicate term in office; birth years are given in parentheses after party affiliation. All terms are for six years and expire in January. Senators listed in italics were…

Members of Congress: Virginia, Congress,

Biographies of U.S. representatives and senators from Virginia Member Name Birth-Death ABBITT, Watkins Moorman 1908-1998 ADAMS, Thomas 1730-1788 ALEXANDER, Mark 1792-1883 ALLEN…

flag, symbolic cloth

(Encyclopedia) flag, piece of cloth, usually bunting or similar light material, plain, colored, or bearing a device, varying in size and shape, but often oblong or square, used as an ensign, standard…

State Department Notes on Madagascar

U.S. Department of State Background Note Index: People and History Government Political Conditions Economy Foreign Relations U.S.-Malagasy Relations PEOPLE AND HISTORYMadagascar's population…

Scientists: Life Sciences

Biologists, botanists, geneticists, medical scientists, microbiologists, psychiatrists, psychologists, and zoologists Related Links Cloning: Facts and Fallacies Life Science…

Genealogy Made Easy

  /* /*]]>*/   Genealogy Guide   Discover your ancestors by David Johnson   With more and more people interested in discovering their roots, genealogy has hit the big time. The…

Iraq War Timeline, 2008

by Beth Rowen 1920s–1999 • 2002 • 2003 • 2004 • 2005 • 2006 • 2007 • 2008 Next: 2009 Jan. 1, 2008 In the worst attack…

Kansas

Capital: Topeka State abbreviation/Postal code: Kans./KS Governor: Sam Brownback, R (to Jan. 2019) Lieut. Governor: Jeff Colyer, R (to Jan. 2019) Senators: Jerry Moran, R (…

Year in Review 2000

  Top Headlines   • News of the World • News of the Nation • Month by Month People in the News • People in the News • Deaths in 2000 • Nobel Prize Winners •…

Major Independent Agencies

There are several administrative divisions of the government whose job it is to enforce and administer laws and regulations. Because provisions for these agencies were not outlined in the…