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Trivial change: "infamous" is a very non-neutral word. ''Notorious'' isn't necessarily negative. Perhaps a simple ''famous'' would be better, but definitely not ''egregious''. [[User:Daniel Drake|Daniel Drake]] 02:18, 4 April 2007 (CDT)
:I agree "infamous" was not a good choice, though I struggled more with that word than nearly any other in the article!  "Famous" sounded like something I'd use for Britney Spears... Maybe I need to just rephrase the whole thing.  Thanks for the spelling and grammar check on the rest of it. [[User:Steve Mount|Steve Mount]] 15:38, 4 April 2007 (CDT)  [edit: ok, I thought "famous" sounded more reasonable there than I initially thought. Regardless of your "side" in the revolution, I think the word is appropriate.]
== change name to U.S. Congress for consistency ==
any objection to changing the name to '''U.S. Congress''' for consistency? [[User:Richard Jensen|Richard Jensen]] 06:03, 26 April 2007 (CDT)
I don't know. Don't you think it sounds too informal?--[[User:José Leonardo Andrade|José Leonardo Andrade]] 09:20, 26 April 2007 (CDT)
::I think it's less ponderous. Note that Library of Congress uses "U.S. Congress" in its formal siteshttp://thomas.loc.gov/links/]  The House calls itself "The United States House" but calls the Senate "U.S. Senate"[http://www.house.gov/]  The Senate uses both long and short forms (U.S. Senate). The  Chicago manual of style OK's U.S. as adjective (section 15.34 -- it also allows just US instead of U.S.) AP Manual of style says: ok as adjective. [[User:Richard Jensen|Richard Jensen]] 09:50, 26 April 2007 (CDT)
:::You already did it for the Constitution, so I guess go for it here.  Scared me for a minute there :) [[User:Steve Mount|Steve Mount]] 22:28, 26 April 2007 (CDT)
::::I would never try to overthrow the Constitution, only rename the article. :) [[User:Richard Jensen|Richard Jensen]] 23:06, 26 April 2007 (CDT)

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