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On this day in 1803, the Senate ratified a treaty with France that doubled the size of the United States and paved the way for its westward expansion. The vote was 24-7. The Louisiana Purchase ...

Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry signed a new law calling for the '10 Commandments' to be posted clearly in all the state's public schools.

On this day in 1803, Robert Livingston, the U.S. minister to France, and James Monroe, a future president, signed the Louisiana Purchase Treaty - an accord that doubled the size of the United ...

The Louisiana Purchase changed the trajectory of U.S. expansion in the beginning of the 19th century, allowing the size of the country to grow by 530,000,000 acres. And at only a cost to the U.S ...

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The Louisiana Purchase had temporarily satisfied the nation’s desire for expansion—and left behind unanswered questions about the rights the U.S. was willing to guarantee across that land.

Sen. Mary L. Landrieu, Louisiana Democrat, provided one of the last two votes needed to bring the government health care takeover to the Senate. She didn't even blush about selling her vote. "I am ...

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Every schoolchild learns about the Louisiana Purchase, the real estate deal that transferred the vast French colony to the United States in 1803 and transformed the nation in the process.

The Louisiana Purchase changed the trajectory of U.S. expansion in the beginning of the 19th century, allowing the size of the country to grow by 530,000,000 acres. And at only a cost to the U.S ...