第五十七条 中华人民共和国全国人民代表大会是最高国家权力机关。它的常设机关是全国人民代表大会常务委员会。
　　第五十八条 全国人民代表大会和全国人民代表大会常务委员会行使国家立法权。
　　美国会大厦－－2009年夏拍摄于华盛顿

　　

日期：2009-09-06　07:33:31

　　Library of Congress-----美国国会图书馆，世界上最大的图书馆之一,1802年建成，现存书籍及资料1亿2800多万项。位于国会大厦背后。与美国最高法院相邻。
　　美国国会图书馆
　　

日期：2009-09-08　03:13:12

　　Section 2 - The House
　　1. The House of Representatives shall be composed of members chosen every second year by the people of the several States, and the Electors in each State shall have the qualifications requisite for Electors of the most numerous branch of the State Legislature.
　　2. No Person shall be a Representative who shall not have attained to the   age of twenty five years, and been seven years a citizen of the United States, and who shall not, when elected, be an inhabitant of that State in which he shall be chosen.
　　3. [Representatives and direct taxes shall be apportioned among the   several States which may be included within this Union, according to their respective numbers, which shall be determined by adding to the whole number of free persons, including those bound to service for a term of years, and excluding Indians not taxed, three fifths of all other persons.] The actual enumeration shall be made within three years after the first meeting of the Congress of the United States, and within every subsequent term of ten years, in such manner as they shall by law direct. The number of Representatives shall not exceed one for every thirty thousand, but each State shall have at least one Representative; and until such enumeration shall be made, the State of New Hampshire shall be entitled to choose three, Massachusetts eight, Rhode Island and Providence Plantations one, Connecticut five, New York six, New Jersey four, Pensylvania eight, Delaware one, Maryland six, Virginia ten, North Carolina five, South Carolina five, and Georgia three.

　　4. When vacancies happen in the representation from any State, the   Executive Authority thereof shall issue writs of election to fill such vacancies.
　　5. The House of Representatives shall choose their Speaker and other officers; and shall have the sole power of impeachment.
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　　第二款众议院
　　众议院应由各州人民每两年选举一次之议员组成， 各州选举人应具有该州州议会中人数最多之一院的选举人所需之资格。
　　凡年龄未满二十五岁，或取得合众国公民资格未满七年，或于某州当选而并非该州居民者，均不得任众议员。

　　众议员人数及直接税税额，应按联邦所辖各州的人口数目比例分配，此项人口数目的计算法，应在全体自由人民－－包括订有契约的短期仆役，但不包括未被课税的印第安人－－数目之外，再加上所有其它人口之五分之三。实际人口调查，应于合众国国会第一次会议三年内举行，并于其后每十年举行一次，其调查方法另以法律规定之。众议员的数目，不得超过每三万人口有众议员一人，但每州至少应有众议员一人；在举行人口调查以前，各州得按照下列数目选举众议员：新罕不什尔三人、麻萨诸塞八人、罗得岛及普罗维登斯垦殖区一人、康涅狄格五人、纽约州六人、新泽西四人、宾夕法尼亚八人、特拉华一人、马里兰六人、弗吉尼亚十人、北卡罗来纳五人、南卡罗来纳五人、乔治亚三人。

　　任何一州的众议员有缺额时，该州的行政长官应颁选举令，选出众议员以补充缺额。
　　众议院应选举该院议长及其它官员；只有众议院具有提出弹劾案的权力。
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　　众议院席位的分配以各州人口数作基础，以每十年举行一次的人口普查为依据。但各州至少要有一名代表。众议院席次现定额为435席。
　　众议院拥有很多权力，大家所熟悉的主要是美国年度预算、弹劾官员及总统（1999年弹劾克林顿）。
　　现任议长是Nancy Pelosi ( The Speaker of Congress)南希.佩洛西，第一位女议长。民主党人。

日期：2009-09-08　03:14:19

　　众议院大楼，位于国会大厦右侧
　　

日期：2009-09-08　23:56:18

　　Section 3 - The Senate
　　The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each State, (chosen by the Legislature thereof,) (The preceding words in parentheses superseded by 17th Amendment, section 1.) for six Years; and each Senator shall have one Vote.
　　Immediately after they shall be assembled in Consequence of the first Election, they shall be divided as equally as may be into three Classes. The Seats of the Senators of the first Class shall be vacated at the Expiration of the second Year, of the second Class at the Expiration of the fourth Year, and of the third Class at the Expiration of the sixth Year, so that one third may be chosen every second Year; (and if Vacancies happen by Resignation, or otherwise, during the Recess of the Legislature of any State, the Executive thereof may make temporary Appointments until the next Meeting of the Legislature, which shall then fill such Vacancies.) (The preceding words in parentheses were superseded by the 17th Amendment, section 2.)

　　No person shall be a Senator who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty Years, and been nine Years a Citizen of the United States, and who shall not, when elected, be an Inhabitant of that State for which he shall be chosen.
　　The Vice President of the United States shall be President of the Senate, but shall have no Vote, unless they be equally divided.
　　The Senate shall chuse their other Officers, and also a President pro tempore, in the absence of the Vice President, or when he shall exercise the Office of President of the United States.