diff --git a/congress/app.js b/congress/app.js
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+var express = require('express');
+var path = require('path');
+var favicon = require('serve-favicon');
+var logger = require('morgan');
+var cookieParser = require('cookie-parser');
+var bodyParser = require('body-parser');
+
+var index = require('./routes/index');
+var users = require('./routes/users');
+
+var app = express();
+
+// view engine setup
+app.set('views', path.join(__dirname, 'views'));
+app.set('view engine', 'hbs');
+
+// uncomment after placing your favicon in /public
+//app.use(favicon(path.join(__dirname, 'public', 'favicon.ico')));
+app.use(logger('dev'));
+app.use(bodyParser.json());
+app.use(bodyParser.urlencoded({ extended: false }));
+app.use(cookieParser());
+app.use(express.static(path.join(__dirname, 'public')));
+
+app.use('/', index);
+app.use('/users', users);
+
+// catch 404 and forward to error handler
+app.use(function(req, res, next) {
+  var err = new Error('Not Found');
+  err.status = 404;
+  next(err);
+});
+
+// error handler
+app.use(function(err, req, res, next) {
+  // set locals, only providing error in development
+  res.locals.message = err.message;
+  res.locals.error = req.app.get('env') === 'development' ? err : {};
+
+  // render the error page
+  res.status(err.status || 500);
+  res.render('error');
+});
+
+module.exports = app;
diff --git a/congress/bin/www b/congress/bin/www
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+#!/usr/bin/env node
+
+/**
+ * Module dependencies.
+ */
+
+var app = require('../app');
+var debug = require('debug')('congress:server');
+var http = require('http');
+
+/**
+ * Get port from environment and store in Express.
+ */
+
+var port = normalizePort(process.env.PORT || '3000');
+app.set('port', port);
+
+/**
+ * Create HTTP server.
+ */
+
+var server = http.createServer(app);
+
+/**
+ * Listen on provided port, on all network interfaces.
+ */
+
+server.listen(port);
+server.on('error', onError);
+server.on('listening', onListening);
+
+/**
+ * Normalize a port into a number, string, or false.
+ */
+
+function normalizePort(val) {
+  var port = parseInt(val, 10);
+
+  if (isNaN(port)) {
+    // named pipe
+    return val;
+  }
+
+  if (port >= 0) {
+    // port number
+    return port;
+  }
+
+  return false;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Event listener for HTTP server "error" event.
+ */
+
+function onError(error) {
+  if (error.syscall !== 'listen') {
+    throw error;
+  }
+
+  var bind = typeof port === 'string'
+    ? 'Pipe ' + port
+    : 'Port ' + port;
+
+  // handle specific listen errors with friendly messages
+  switch (error.code) {
+    case 'EACCES':
+      console.error(bind + ' requires elevated privileges');
+      process.exit(1);
+      break;
+    case 'EADDRINUSE':
+      console.error(bind + ' is already in use');
+      process.exit(1);
+      break;
+    default:
+      throw error;
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Event listener for HTTP server "listening" event.
+ */
+
+function onListening() {
+  var addr = server.address();
+  var bind = typeof addr === 'string'
+    ? 'pipe ' + addr
+    : 'port ' + addr.port;
+  debug('Listening on ' + bind);
+}
diff --git a/congress/package.json b/congress/package.json
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+{
+  "name": "congress",
+  "version": "0.0.0",
+  "private": true,
+  "scripts": {
+    "start": "node ./bin/www"
+  },
+  "dependencies": {
+    "body-parser": "~1.18.2",
+    "cookie-parser": "~1.4.3",
+    "debug": "~2.6.9",
+    "express": "~4.15.5",
+    "hbs": "~4.0.1",
+    "morgan": "~1.9.0",
+    "serve-favicon": "~2.4.5"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/congress/public/stylesheets/style.css b/congress/public/stylesheets/style.css
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+++ b/congress/public/stylesheets/style.css
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+body {
+  padding: 50px;
+  font: 14px "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
+}
+
+a {
+  color: #00B7FF;
+}
diff --git a/congress/routes/index.js b/congress/routes/index.js
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+++ b/congress/routes/index.js
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+var express = require('express');
+var router = express.Router();
+
+/* GET home page. */
+router.get('/', function(req, res, next) {
+  res.render('index', { title: 'Express' });
+});
+
+module.exports = router;
diff --git a/congress/routes/users.js b/congress/routes/users.js
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+++ b/congress/routes/users.js
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+var express = require('express');
+var router = express.Router();
+
+/* GET users listing. */
+router.get('/', function(req, res, next) {
+  res.send('respond with a resource');
+});
+
+module.exports = router;
diff --git a/congress/views/error.hbs b/congress/views/error.hbs
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+++ b/congress/views/error.hbs
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+<h1>{{message}}</h1>
+<h2>{{error.status}}</h2>
+<pre>{{error.stack}}</pre>
diff --git a/congress/views/index.hbs b/congress/views/index.hbs
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+++ b/congress/views/index.hbs
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+<h1>{{title}}</h1>
+<p>Welcome to {{title}}</p>
diff --git a/congress/views/layout.hbs b/congress/views/layout.hbs
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+++ b/congress/views/layout.hbs
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+<!DOCTYPE html>
+<html>
+  <head>
+    <title>{{title}}</title>
+    <link rel='stylesheet' href='/stylesheets/style.css' />
+  </head>
+  <body>
+    {{{body}}}
+  </body>
+</html>