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Tax Reform with a Side of Margarine

by History on July 29, 2014

Representative William S. Cowherd

Nineteenth-century tax policy was hardly as dry as plain toast. Congress returned to the margarine debate again and again for nearly 65 years.

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Categories: Institution, Legislation

Being Seen and Heard—A Tantalizing Prospect

by History on July 22, 2014

Clifford Berryman's Political Cartoon
A parliamentary insult hurled at a Republican freshman had the effect of briefly banding his colleagues into a memorable (and merry) bloc.

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Categories: House Practice & Traditions, Speakers of the House

Edition for Educators – Technology in the House

by History on July 14, 2014

Congresswomen in Radio Debate
The July Edition for Educators is dedicated to advances in technology and communication in the House of Representatives. Learn more about the how advances in technology have transformed the U.S. House of Representatives.

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Categories: Education

Vent Elation

by Art on July 8, 2014

Cooler Summers
“No good legislation comes out of Washington after June.” Speaker of the House John Nance Garner spent 30 years in Congress, and he knew to get out of town ahead of the wilting summer weather. Washington in July and August is a desperately swampy place. Then one day in 1928, “manufactured weather” arrived in the House of Representatives’ Chamber.

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Categories: Institution, House Chamber

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