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“His Own Little Club”

by History on May 7, 2013

Before Lyndon Baines Johnson rose through the political ranks as a Member of the House and Senate (and later Vice President and President of the United States), the young, congressional secretary to Congressman Richard Kleberg of Texas set his sights on a smaller, lesser-known organization: the Little Congress.

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Categories: Oral History, People

Skip the Record and Go Straight to the Journal

by History on April 24, 2013

Researchers often ignore the House Journal in favor of its flashier cousin, the Congressional Record. If laws were sausages, the Congressional Record would report the grinding process of making them. The House Journal by contrast has—with a few minor formatting adjustments—has remained a constant over the span of House history, as a simple recapitulation of House actions as required by the Constitution.

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Categories: Institution, Records & Research, House Practice
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