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Edition for Educators—Capitol Tour

by History on January 28, 2015

Did you watch last week’s State of the Union and wonder about what you saw in the House Chamber? Do you have a trip to Washington, D.C., planned? Or is Washington too far away and you want to tour the home of our legislative branch from your classroom? Here’s a glimpse at the House side of the U.S. Capitol—both the public spaces and a few, special behind-the-scenes looks at rooms not typically open to tourists.

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Categories: Education, Oral History, Institution

Lobbying in the Lobby

by Art on January 21, 2015

Buttonholing Members of Congress to tell them how you think they should vote—that’s as old as the republic itself. But calling it “lobbying”? Where does that come from?

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Categories: House Practice & Traditions, House Chamber

Congress Works It Out at the House Gym

by Archives on January 12, 2015

Representatives Fred Britten and Dan Reed made a New Year’s resolution in 1920: Get in shape. But first, they had to build a gym for Members of Congress.

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Categories: Photography, House Practice & Traditions

The Second Battle of New Orleans

by History on January 8, 2015

General Jackson
Two hundred years ago this week, the Battle of New Orleans—the final military campaign of the War of 1812—culminated on January 8, 1815, when forces under the command of General Andrew Jackson routed British troops at Chalmette Plantation, along the Mississippi River just downstream from the great port city.

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Categories: Institution, War

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