The United States Capitol,often called The Capitol or the Capitol Building,is the seat of the United States Congress,the legislative branch of the federal government. It is located on Capitol Hill at the eastern end of the National Mall in Washington,D.C. Although no longer at the geographic center of the federal district,the Capitol forms the origin point for the street-numbering system of the district as well as its four quadrants.
Cable-Satellite Public Affairs Network is an American cable and satellite television network,created in 1979 by the cable television industry as a nonprofit public service. It televises proceedings of the United States federal government and other public affairs programming. C-SPAN is a private,nonprofit organization funded by its cable and satellite affiliates. It does not have advertisements on any of its television networks or radio stations,nor does it solicit donations or pledges. The network operates independently;the cable industry and the U.S. Congress have no control over its programming content.
Robert Lee Stump was an American politician who served as a U.S. Congressman from Arizona. He served as a member from the Democratic Party from 1977 to 1983 and then later a member of the Republican Party until the end of his tenure as congressman.
George Miller III is an American politician who served as a U.S. representative from California from 1975 to 2015. A member of the Democratic Party,he represented the state's 7th congressional district until redistricting in 2013 and 11th congressional district until his retirement. Miller served as Chairman of the House Natural Resources Committee from 1991 to 1995 and Chairman of the House Education and Labor Committee from 2007 until 2011.
Roscoe Gardner Bartlett Jr. is an American politician who was U.S. Representative for Maryland's 6th congressional district,serving from 1993 to 2013. He is a member of the Republican Party and was a member of the Tea Party Caucus. At the end of his tenure in Congress,Bartlett was the second-oldest serving member of the House of Representatives,behind fellow Republican Ralph Hall of Texas.
Christopher Van Hollen Jr. is an American attorney and politician serving as the junior United States senator from Maryland since 2017. A member of the Democratic Party,Van Hollen served as the U.S. representative for Maryland's 8th congressional district from 2003 to 2017.
Wayne Levere Hays was an American politician who served as a U.S. Representative of Ohio,in the Democratic Party,from 1949 to 1976. He resigned from Congress after a much-publicized sex scandal.
John Andrew Boehner is a retired American politician who served as the 53rd speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 2011 to 2015. A member of the Republican Party,he served 13 terms as the U.S. representative for Ohio's 8th congressional district from 1991 to 2015. The district included several rural and suburban areas near Cincinnati and Dayton.
Abner Joseph Mikva was an American politician,federal judge,and legal scholar. He was a member of the Democratic Party. Mikva served in the United States House of Representatives representing Illinois's 2nd congressional district (1969–1973) and 10th congressional district (1975–1979). He was appointed as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit by President Jimmy Carter,serving from 1979 to 1994. He served as the White House Counsel from 1994 to 1995 during Bill Clinton's presidency. He was one of the few people in modern times to serve in the executive,legislative and judicial branches of the Federal government.
A joint session of the United States Congress is a gathering of members of the two chambers of the bicameral legislature of the federal government of the United States:the Senate and the House of Representatives. Joint sessions can be held on any special occasion,but are required to be held when the president delivers a State of the Union address,when they gather to count and certify the votes of the Electoral College as the presidential election,or when they convene on the occasion of a presidential inauguration. A joint meeting is a ceremonial or formal occasion and does not perform any legislative function,and no resolution is proposed nor vote taken.
The clerk of the United States House of Representatives is an officer of the United States House of Representatives,whose primary duty is to act as the chief record-keeper for the House.
The reading clerk of the United States House of Representatives reads bills,motions,and other papers before the House and keeps track of changes to legislation made on the floor. During the vote for Speaker at the beginning of each Congress,or when the electronic voting system fails,the clerk calls the roll of members for a recorded vote.
The Thomas Jefferson Building,also known as the Main Library,is the oldest of the Library of Congress buildings in Washington,D.C. Built between 1890 and 1897,it was initially known as the Library of Congress Building. In 1980,the building was named in honor of Thomas Jefferson,a Founding Father,the principal author of the Declaration of Independence,and the third U.S. president. In 1815,Jefferson's donation of his own book collection formed a core foundation for the library's collection.
Jamin Ben Raskin is an American attorney,law professor,and politician serving as the U.S. representative for Maryland's 8th congressional district since 2017. A member of the Democratic Party,he served in the Maryland State Senate from 2007 to 2016. The district previously included portions of Montgomery County,a suburban county northwest of Washington,D.C.,and extended through rural Frederick County to the Pennsylvania border. Since redistricting in 2022,Raskin's district now encompasses only part of Montgomery County.
The Belmont–Paul Women's Equality National Monument is a historic house and museum of the U.S. women's suffrage and equal rights movements located in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Washington,D.C. The monument is named after suffragists and National Woman's Party leaders Alva Belmont and Alice Paul.
John Stephen Anthony Boccieri is an American politician who was appointed to fill the 59th district seat in the Ohio House of Representatives on September 29,2015. He left office after an unsuccessful run for Ohio State Senate in 2018. He served as the U.S. representative for Ohio's 16th congressional district from 2009 to 2011,and lost his 2010 bid for reelection to Republican Jim Renacci. He is a member of the Democratic Party,and previously served in the Ohio State Senate and the Ohio House of Representatives. Boccieri resides in Poland,Ohio.
The Old Senate Chamber is a room in the United States Capitol that was the legislative chamber of the United States Senate from 1810 to 1859 and served as the Supreme Court chamber from 1860 until 1935. It was designed in Neoclassical style and is elaborately decorated. In 1976 as part of the United States Bicentennial celebrations,it was restored to the appearance of when it served the Senate in the 1850s;it is preserved as a museum and for the Senate's use.
The United States House of Representatives Page Program was a program run by the United States House of Representatives,under the office of the Clerk of the House,in which high school students acted as non-partisan federal employees in the House of Representatives,providing supplemental administrative support to House operations in a variety of capacities in Washington,D.C.,at the United States Capitol. The program ended in 2011,although the Senate Page program continued. Pages served within the U.S. House of Representatives for over 180 years.
Brian Patrick Lamb is an American journalist. He is the founder,executive chairman,and the now-retired CEO of C-SPAN,an American cable network that provides coverage of the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate as well as other public affairs events. In 2007,Lamb was awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom by President George W. Bush and received the National Humanities Medal the following year.
Susan Cole is an American government official who serves as a Reading Clerk of the United States House of Representatives. She has held the position since 2007,has worked as a staffer in the Office of the Clerk of the United States House of Representatives since 2003,and has been a staffer of the United States House of Representatives since 1994.
