Tonight at 7 pm! Join us live or watch on Ustream as former members of Congress discuss how the White House and Congress can work together.
“Congress and the White House: Partners or Foes?” will be streamed live on our UStream channel at 7 p.m.
Peter Cook, Bloomberg TV’s chief Washington correspondent will moderate panelists Steve LaTourette (R-OH), Vic Fazio (D-CA), Blanche Lincoln (D-AR), and Larry Pressler (R-SD). Presented in partnership with U.S. Association of Former Members of Congress.
On March 20, 1965, Mrs. Bertram Jeffrey sent this letter to Representative Emanuel Cellar, the chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, advocating for the passage of the Voting Rights Act for the continuance of a true democratic system.
Letter from Mrs. Bertram Jeffrey in Favor of the Voting Rights Act, 3/20/1965, Records of the U.S. House of Representatives (ARC 593573)
Telegram to Martin Luther King, Jr., Requesting Testimony before House Judiciary Committee on Voting Rights Act of 1965, 3/18/1965, Records of the U.S. House of Representatives (ARC 5637790)
Statement on Reduction of Compensation to Members of Congress, 2/25/1843
Records of the U.S. SenateThis ledger was used to clarify a proposed reduction in compensation for Congress in 1843, thus reducing the Congressional budget. Congress sets the budget for its operations, including pay for Members of Congress.
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In the future days, which we seek to make secure, we look forward to a world founded upon four essential human freedoms.
The first is freedom of speech and expression—everywhere in the world.
The second is freedom of every person to worship God in his own way—everywhere in the world.
The third is freedom from want—which, translated into world terms, means economic understandings which will secure to every nation a healthy peacetime life for its inhabitants-everywhere in the world.
The fourth is freedom from fear—which, translated into world terms, means a world-wide reduction of armaments to such a point and in such a thorough fashion that no nation will be in a position to commit an act of physical aggression against any neighbor—anywhere in the world.
On January 5, 1941, President Franklin D. Roosevelt delivered his Annual Message to Congress where he first proposed the securing of “four freedoms” as the goal for U.S. policy.
Select pages from President Franklin Roosevelt’s Annual Message to Congress, Sen 77A-H1, 1/6/1941, Records of the U.S. Senate (ARC 5752373)
On January 4, 1904, President Theodore Roosevelt nominated William Howard Taft to be Secretary of War. Taft served as Secretary of War from 1904 until he was elected President in 1908. Taft later served as Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1921 to 1930.
Nomination of William H. Taft of Ohio to be Secretary of War, 1/4/1904, Records of the U.S. Senate (ARC 306340)
Happy Birthday President Woodrow Wilson!
(December 28, 1856 – February 3, 1924)The Prosperity Painter, 01/30/1915
“The Prosperity Painter”, by cartoonist Clifford Berryman, which appeared in the Washington Evening Star on January 30, 1915, depicts President Woodrow Wilson as a painter of prosperity while the economy continued to boom in America as war raged in Europe.
On December 28, 1835, President Andrew Jackson nominated Roger Taney to be Chief Justice of the Supreme Court and Philip Barbour to be an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court. Both were confirmed by the Senate on March 15, 1836.
Message of President Andrew Jackson nominating Roger B. Taney and Philip B. Barbour to the U.S. Supreme Court, 12/28/1835, Records of the U.S. Senate (ARC 306298)
…this House desires to obtain a full knowledge of all the facts which go to establish whether the particular spot of soil on which the blood of our citizens was so shed, was, or was not, our own soil, at that time…
In 1846, President James K. Polk had asked Congress to declare war with Mexico, he claimed that Mexico had “passed the boundary of the United States … invaded our territory and shed American blood upon America’s soil.” As a result, Congress declared war on May 13. On December 22, 1847, Representative Abraham Lincoln introduced this resolution calling for an investigation of the “spot” where U.S. and Mexican forces had allegedly first clashed.
Resolution introduced by Congressman Abraham Lincoln (Spot Resolution), 12/22/1847, Records of the U.S. House of Representatives (ARC 306605)
Daniel K. Inouye, Senator and Medal of Honor Recipient, 9/07/1924 – 12/17/2012
Sen. Daniel K. Inouye of Hawaii speaks to the Remembrance Day audience at the USS ARIZONA Memorial Visitors Center. USS ARIZONA survivors are honored during the commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the Dec. 7, 1941, attack on Pearl Harbor, 12/04/1991
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