An advertising campaign featuring Mel Gibson prompted more letters to the US Congress than the entire Vietnam War.

Government rules, decisions, and legal frameworks that shape public life in the United States across federal, state, and local institutions.

Bicameral federal legislature of the United States, made up of the Senate and the House of Representatives, which writes law, controls federal spending and oversees the executive branch. Its two chambers represent states and districts on different terms and hold different constitutional powers.