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Library of Congress

(de facto) national library of the United States of America

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Dec 10, 2025
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Did chuck schumer vote yes for the marytime drug enforcement act of 1986

Available sources confirm the Maritime Drug Law Enforcement Act (MDLEA) was enacted in 1986 as part of the Anti‑Drug Abuse Act and received bipartisan support . The specific claim that Senator Chuck S...

Dec 14, 2025
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Congress Meets in EMERGENCY To REMOVE Trump

Congress is taking formal steps that could lead to President Trump’s removal: multiple impeachment resolutions (H.Res.353 and H.Res.537) have been filed in the House, which set out charges and call fo...

Jan 15, 2026
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Could Donald Trump be removed by the 25th amendment?

The Constitution’s 25th Amendment does provide a legal pathway to remove a sitting president deemed “unable to discharge the powers and duties” of the office, but the mechanism in Section 4 has never ...

Dec 19, 2025

How many days did congress spend in session in 2025

The public record contains official daily calendars and "days in session" listings for the 119th Congress but the specific total count of calendar or legislative days Congress spent in session in 2025...

Dec 14, 2025

What are the key beliefs and promised policies of NESARA and GESARA proposals?

NESARA began as a 1990s policy proposal by Harvey Francis Barnard that called for debt forgiveness, abolition of the income tax in favor of a national sales tax, ending compound interest on secured lo...

Nov 13, 2025

How many days worked in congress 2025

Congress did not publish a single definitive “days worked in 2025” count; available 2025 calendars and tentative schedules require counting the days marked as “House in Session” and “Senate in Session...

Jan 13, 2026

What is the annual budget of ICE?

The most direct, agency-published figure for ICE’s annual budget is the FY2026 request of $11.3 billion, while recent enacted and reported totals range roughly from $8.7–$9.0 billion for FY2024; separ...

Dec 11, 2025

Who is harry myers. He was in the military in the 1990’s. He went into hiding bc of the cartels

Available reporting names multiple men called “Harry Myers” with documented military service, but none in the provided sources match the user’s specifics — a 1990s service member who went into hiding ...

Nov 5, 2025

How many states currently have no Republican members in the U.S. House in 2024?

Seven states had no Republican members in the U.S. House of Representatives following the 2024 elections: Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Mexico, and Rhode Island. Thi...

Dec 2, 2025

Did any Founding Fathers write about Islam or Muslims in their letters or papers?

Several Founding Fathers explicitly referenced Islam or Muslims in their writings and public actions: Thomas Jefferson owned a Qur’an and studied Islam’s texts; Benjamin Franklin mentioned “the Mufti ...

Dec 3, 2025

How much did the U.S. national debt grow in 2025 and what were the main drivers?

The U.S. federal debt rose by roughly $2.2 trillion in fiscal year (FY) 2025, bringing total gross federal debt to about $37.6 trillion at the end of FY2025 and pushing debt-to-GDP above 120% in mid‑2...

Dec 12, 2025

Has any U.S. president ever tried to pardon state-level crimes and was it legally valid?

No U.S. president has lawfully pardoned someone for a state crime; the Constitution limits the presidential pardon to “offences against the United States,” and legal authorities and government guides ...

Jan 17, 2026

Can president trump be removed from office

Yes — a sitting U.S. president can be removed from office, and for Donald J. Trump the constitutional pathways discussed publicly are resignation, impeachment and conviction by the Senate, the involun...

Nov 12, 2025

How many republicans and democrats in the house of representatives 2025

As of the immediate aftermath of the 2024 elections the House composition was reported as , giving Republicans a narrow majority; subsequent vacancies and special circumstances have shifted that count...

Dec 10, 2025

Does the president have pardoning power for state crimes or only federal offenses?

The president’s clemency power is limited to “Offences against the United States” — in other words, federal crimes — and does not extend to state criminal offenses; governors and state clemency system...

Nov 23, 2025

Is there someone in Congress, who is not an American citizen?

The U.S. Constitution requires that Representatives be U.S. citizens for at least seven years and Senators for at least nine years before taking office, so current law bars someone who is not a U.S. c...

Nov 16, 2025

Who has the authority to initiate the 25th Amendment process?

Section 3 of the 25th Amendment can be initiated only by the President him- or herself; Section 4 can be initiated only by the Vice President together with either a majority of the President’s Cabinet...

Nov 18, 2025

Has Donald Trump faced legal charges for treason?

Donald Trump has faced multiple criminal indictments and at least one impeachment related to his actions around January 6 and other matters, but none of the reporting in the provided sources shows he ...

Nov 15, 2025

Are there documented controversies or myths about Fauci and early AIDS research, and what do primary sources say?

Controversies and persistent myths about Anthony Fauci’s role in early AIDS research are well-documented in recent reporting and commentary: critics and conspiracy authors have accused him of promotin...

Nov 20, 2025

what did general patton say after ww2

General George S. Patton made many blunt, controversial public and private statements after World War II ended—most notably questioning Allied denazification and expressing strong anti‑Soviet views—co...