I think the answer is the Silk Road but I'm not sure.
Both houses of Congress<span>, the House of Representatives and Senate, have majority and minority </span>whips<span>. </span>They<span> in turn have subordinate "regional" </span>whips<span>. While members of </span>Congress<span> often vote along </span>party<span> lines, the </span>influence<span> of the </span>whip<span> is weaker than in the UK system.</span>
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In 1883, it was the "railroad industry" that was responsible for creating the first system of time zones in the United States, since the beginning of rail travel meant that there needed to be a set table of departure and arrival times across the US.
