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“The House of Representatives, in some respects, I think, is the most peculiar assemblage in the world,” Speaker Joe Cannon of Illinois once observed. Behind the legislation and procedure, House Members and staff have produced their own institutional history and heritage. Our blog, Whereas: Stories from the People’s House, tells their stories.

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“I Told Everything I Know”: Patty Duke’s Secret Testimony to Congress

by Archives on December 3, 2019
Patty Duke
“I was involved, deeply involved, in a deception.” With those words to a congressional committee, the house of cards built by the producers and sponsors of popular televised quiz shows tumbled at last.
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Categories: Committees, Records & Research

Congressmobiles

by Archives on November 25, 2019
Robert Griffin and His Mobile Office
Congressional mobile offices emerged at the intersection of U.S. politics and love for automobiles.
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Categories: Members of Congress, Photographs

East from the Capitol

by Art on November 18, 2019
Looking East from the Capitol Stereoview
Photographers hauled their equipment to the top of the Capitol's giant new cast-iron dome and captured the city as it transformed from Civil War chaos to Gilded Age glamour. This 1875 image showed a city that still looked something less than glamorous.
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Categories: Capitol Campus, Artifacts

Edition for Educators — House Members With Military Service

by History on November 8, 2019
This Edition for Educators focuses on some of the House Members who served in the United States military before turning their careers to serving in Congress.
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Categories: Members of Congress, Women & Minorities on the Hill, Holidays, Interviews, Edition for Educators

Time Travel: Daylight Saving Time and the House

by History on November 1, 2019

When first-term Representative Leon Sacks of Pennsylvania introduced H.R. 6546 on April 21, 1937, the Earth did not stop spinning. Time did not stand still.

But it almost did.

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Categories: Legislation, War

The Haunting of Capitol Hill's House, Debunked

by History on October 29, 2019
“Sometimes you sit here and think you hear the funniest things a’ going on,” the infamous House Doorkeeper William “Fishbait” Miller once told an interviewer, Miller’s broad smile casting doubt on whether he actually believed what he said. “Wonder, if those sounds I keep a‘hearin’ are chicken ghosts?”
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Categories: Capitol Campus, Holidays

Edition for Educators—Statehood

by History on October 10, 2019
This month’s Edition for Educators focuses on the often-complex process of attaining statehood through the lens of the House of Representatives.
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Categories: Legislation, Edition for Educators

A Capital Game

by Art on October 1, 2019
Lobby: A Capital Game Board
“Here’s your chance to be a Congressman!” an advertisement read. In 1949, Milton Bradley introduced Lobby: A Capital Game, a board game meant to be both educational and fun. However, legislation and lobbying may not have been quite as entertaining as the toymaker expected.
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Categories: Practice & Customs, Legislation, Artifacts

Young Americans

by Art on September 24, 2019
John McKee Portrait
Between 1800 and 1830, more than 1,200 Americans served in Congress. Four early portraits show the wide variety of lawmakers in the young nation.
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Categories: Members of Congress, Art

Edition for Educators—Football

by History on September 18, 2019
It’s September, and football is back. On Capitol Hill that means Representatives make friendly wagers over big games, and recognizable all-stars occasionally find their way into campaign ads. This month’s Edition for Educators features football and the House.
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Categories: Edition for Educators

Americans Can’t Can

by Archives on September 10, 2019
Can All You Can Poster
Housewives and gardeners hurried from store to store during the summer of 1975 only to find the shelves devoid of one item on their shopping lists: canning lids. Desperate to preserve their fruits and vegetables before they rotted on the vine, the people turned to Congress for help.
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Categories: Members of Congress, Committees, Records & Research

“Who Do You Represent?”

by Oral History on September 4, 2019
In March 1971 the 13 African-American Members of the U.S. House of Representatives founded the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC), declaring their intention to reshape policy, legislation, and the nature of representation on Capitol Hill. For the first time, black Members worked together to draft an agenda for African-American communities across the nation.
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Categories: Members of Congress, Women & Minorities on the Hill, Interviews
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