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Reading Clerk’s Notebook

Exterior of a worn brown leather binder/tiles/collection/3/36536.xml
Interior of a worn brown leather binder. A printed page with blanks reads, “House of Representatives. Reading Clerk's Daily Work Sheet. Passed House:, Recommitted:, (Committee), Failed of Passage:, (Vote), Senate amendments agreed to:, Sent to Conference:, Conference reports agreed to:, Memo of Roll Calls:, Messaged to the Senate, Number, Description, Hour, By.”/tiles/collection/3/32515.xml
Exterior of a worn brown leather binder
Interior of a worn brown leather binder. A printed page with blanks reads, “House of Representatives. Reading Clerk's Daily Work Sheet. Passed House:, Recommitted:, (Committee), Failed of Passage:, (Vote), Senate amendments agreed to:, Sent to Conference:, Conference reports agreed to:, Memo of Roll Calls:, Messaged to the Senate, Number, Description, Hour, By.”
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Date

ca. 1970

Dimensions

9 × 7 1/2 × 1 3/8 in. (22.9 × 19.1 × 3.5 cm)

Accession Number

2009.200.001

Credit Line

Collection of the U.S. House of Representatives

Object Details

Worn and repaired from frequent use, this three-ring binder functioned as the House reading clerk’s notebook from around 1970 to 2008. While reading aloud the House bills, amendments, and other legislative communications and tracking the status of legislation, the reading clerk kept this notebook on the rostrum. The binder still contains two blank “Reading Clerk’s Daily Work Sheet” pages.

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