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. Once the Potomac drops from the Piedmont to the Coastal Plain at the Atlantic Seaboard fall line at Little Falls tides further influence the river as it passes through Washington D.C and beyond Salinity in the Potomac River Estuary increases thereafter with distance downstream the estuary also widens reaching 11 statute miles (17 km) wide at its mouth between Point Lookout Maryland and Smith Point Virginia before flowing into the Chesapeake Bay. The outbreak of the American Civil War in 1861 led to the expansion of the federal government and notable growth in the District's population including a large influx of freed slaves. President Abraham Lincoln signed the Compensated Emancipation Act in 1862 which ended slavery in the District of Columbia and freed about 3,100 enslaved persons nine months prior to the Emancipation Proclamation in 1868 Congress granted the District's African American male residents the right to vote in municipal elections, The Army of the Potomac was the first to parade through the city on May 23 in a procession that stretched for seven miles the mood in Washington was now one of gaiety and celebration and the crowds and soldiers frequently engaged in singing patriotic songs as column passed the reviewing stand in front of the White House where President Johnson general-in-chief Ulysses S Grant senior military leaders the Cabinet and leading government officials awaited, Washington D.C. Business Directory 10.1 Historical reputation. The Fugitive Slave Act was essential to meet Southern demands in terms of public opinion in the North the critical provision was that ordinary citizens were required to aid slave catchers Many northerners deeply resented that requirement to help slavery personally Resentment towards the Act continued to heighten tensions between the North and South which were inflamed further by abolitionists such as Harriet Beecher Stowe Her book Uncle Tom's Cabin stressed the horrors of recapturing escaped slaves and outraged Southerners, the Northwest Ordinance 1787 After an absence lasting many decades the American Shad has recently returned to the Potomac; .

. Gouverneur Morris New York 2[b] Yes The National Gallery of Art is on the National Mall near the Capitol and features works of American and European art the gallery and its collections are owned by the U.S government but are not a part of the Smithsonian Institution the National Building Museum which occupies the former Pension Building near Judiciary Square was chartered by Congress and hosts exhibits on architecture urban planning and design, Representatives introduce a bill while the House is in session by placing it in the hopper on the Clerk's desk. It is assigned a number and referred to a committee which studies each bill intensely at this stage. Drafting statutes requires "great skill knowledge and experience" and sometimes take a year or more. Sometimes lobbyists write legislation and submit it to a member for introduction Joint resolutions are the normal way to propose a constitutional amendment or declare war On the other hand concurrent resolutions (passed by both houses) and simple resolutions (passed by only one house) do not have the force of law but express the opinion of Congress or regulate procedure Bills may be introduced by any member of either house However the Constitution states "All Bills for raising Revenue shall originate in the House of Representatives." While the Senate cannot originate revenue and appropriation bills it has power to amend or reject them Congress has sought ways to establish appropriate spending levels, Further information: Diplomacy in the American Revolutionary War; . Residence Act 1790 Construction of the 12-story Cairo Apartment Building (1894) spurred building height restrictions, Edward Rutledge South Carolina 2 Yes Yes, Washington D.C. Business Directory Prominent Founding Fathers writing in the Federalist Papers felt that elections were essential to liberty that a bond between the people and the representatives was particularly essential and that "frequent elections are unquestionably the only policy by which this dependence and sympathy can be effectually secured" in 2009 however few Americans were familiar with leaders of Congress the percentage of Americans eligible to vote who did in fact vote was 63% in 1960 but has been falling since although there was a slight upward trend in the 2008 election. Public opinion polls asking people if they approve of the job Congress is doing have in the last few decades hovered around 25% with some variation. Scholar Julian Zeliger suggested that the "size messiness virtues and vices that make Congress so interesting also create enormous barriers to our understanding the institution . Unlike the presidency Congress is difficult to conceptualize." Other scholars suggest that despite the criticism "Congress is a remarkably resilient institution . its place in the political process is not threatened . it is rich in resources" and that most members behave ethically. They contend that "Congress is easy to dislike and often difficult to defend" and this perception is exacerbated because many challengers running for Congress run against Congress which is an "old form of American politics" that further undermines Congress's reputation with the public:. . . .