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Selected Legal Provisions of the People's Republic of China Affecting Legislative Reform (2818 words) |
 | Deputies to the people's congress of a township, nationality township or town have the right, in accordance with the procedures prescribed by law, to submit a proposal for the removal from office of a leading member of the people's government at the corresponding level. |
| Article 32 The performance by a deputy of his or her functions as deputy in accordance with the provisions of Article 31 of this Law shall be regarded as normal attendance by his or her unit and the wage and other benefits of the unit shall be duly enjoyed by the deputy. |
| Deputies with no fixed income of wages or salaries shall, for the performance of their functions as deputies, be appropriately subsidized by the governmental finance at the corresponding level in light of the specific circumstances. |
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Congress of the United States - encyclopedia article about Congress of the United States. (6956 words) |
| The Congress of the United States is the legislative branch of the federal government government of the United States, established by the U.S. Constitution, is a federal republic of 50 U.S. states, the District of Columbia, and many insular areas, the largest of which are Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, American Samoa, and Guam. |
| For instance, Congress may not suspend the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus (except in extreme cases of rebellion or invasion), pass bills of attainder or ex post facto laws, or grant titles of nobility. |
| Thus, the current Congress (whose term lasts from 2005 to 2007) is known as the "109th Congress"; the previous Congress (whose term lasted from 2003 to 2005) was the "108th Congress," and so forth. |
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