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Impeachment Inquiry Press Pass

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Date

1974

Dimensions

2 3/4 x 4 in. (7 x 10.2 cm)

Accession Number

2013.099.040

Credit Line

Collection of the U.S. House of Representatives, Gift of the U.S. Capitol Historical Society and Ms. Ruth (Tina) Tate

Object Details

The House Judiciary Committee held hearings to consider possible impeachment charges against President Richard Nixon in 1974. Tina Tate, of the Radio-TV Press Gallery, described the scene as one crammed with reporters and broadcast equipment. To keep the hearing room from bursting at the seams, the committee issued these press passes specifically for the inquiry hearings.

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