The United States Congress is the national federal legislative body of the United States of America. Congress is divided into two bodies: the House of Representatives and the Senate. The citizens of the United States elect the people that make up these bodies.
This year about 564,800 Americans are expected to die of cancer more than 1,500 people a day. Cancer is the second leading cause of death in the US, exceeded only by heart disease. One of every four deaths in the US is from cancer.
According to a 2008 study, approximately 20 people for every  100,000 die of colon cancer each year. This is 20 people of the 59  that contract it, so generally, more than aâ¦ quarter of those  diagnosed will succumb to the cancer.