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Introduction to "The Congress": The Engine of Democracy

Season 1 Episode 1 | 4m 45s

The United States Congress, consisting of the Senate and the House of Representatives, is known as “the engine of democracy.”

Funding Provided by: General Motors Corporation; the Corporation for Public Broadcasting; PBS; Ameritech
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