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Map of Mexico S Augustus Mitchell Philadelphia 1847 New California is depicted with a northeastern border at the meridian leading north of the Rio Grande headwaters, 3.1 Challenges in Mexico On January 6 1759 Washington at age 26 married Martha Dandridge Custis the 28 year-old widow of wealthy plantation owner Daniel Parke Custis the marriage took place at Martha's estate; She was intelligent and gracious and experienced in managing a planter's estate and the couple created a happy marriage. They raised John Parke Custis (Jacky) and Martha Parke (Patsy) Custis children from her previous marriage and later their grandchildren Eleanor Parke Custis (Nelly) and George Washington Parke Custis (Washy) Washington's 1751 bout with smallpox is thought to have rendered him sterile though it is equally likely "Martha may have sustained injury during the birth of Patsy her final child making additional births impossible." They lamented the fact that they had no children together. They moved to Mount Vernon near Alexandria where he took up life as a planter of tobacco and wheat and emerged as a political figure. Political legacy John Jay negotiator of the Jay Treaty, Committee on Expenditures in the War Department, Gabriel's conspiracy (1800) See also: List of colleges and universities in Washington D.C. Main article: Abolitionism in the United States Aircraft carrier at sea 4.2.4 Lobbyists Washington D.C. Business Directory Colonization movement A dark-haired bearded middle-aged man holding documents is seated among seven other men; Abraham Lincoln (1860) by Mathew Brady taken the day of the Cooper Union speech A Bureau of Engraving and Printing portrait of Hamilton as Secretary of the Treasury. . ! One of Congress's foremost non-legislative functions is the power to investigate and oversee the executive branch. Congressional oversight is usually delegated to committees and is facilitated by Congress's subpoena power. Some critics have charged that Congress has in some instances failed to do an adequate job of overseeing the other branches of government in the Plame affair critics including Representative Henry A Waxman charged that Congress was not doing an adequate job of oversight in this case. There have been concerns about congressional oversight of executive actions such as warrantless wiretapping although others respond that Congress did investigate the legality of presidential decisions. Political scientists Ornstein and Mann suggested that oversight functions do not help members of Congress win reelection Congress also has the exclusive power of removal allowing impeachment and removal of the president federal judges and other federal officers. There have been charges that presidents acting under the doctrine of the unitary executive have assumed important legislative and budgetary powers that should belong to Congress. So-called signing statements are one way in which a president can "tip the balance of power between Congress and the White House a little more in favor of the executive branch" according to one account. Past presidents including Ronald Reagan George H W Bush Bill Clinton and George W Bush have made public statements when signing congressional legislation about how they understand a bill or plan to execute it and commentators including the American Bar Association have described this practice as against the spirit of the Constitution. There have been concerns that presidential authority to cope with financial crises is eclipsing the power of Congress in 2008 George F Will called the Capitol building a "tomb for the antiquated idea that the legislative branch matters".