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  1. 1 hour ago

    Shhh! Jefferson wrote a secret letter to Congress in 1803. About what?

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  2. 3 hours ago

    Edition for Educators: all things & Congress.

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  3. 7 hours ago

    "Let us…see whether we also in our day & generation may not perform something worthy to be remembered." Born .

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  4. 8 hours ago

    Rep Stanley does the old fashioned way.

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  5. 11 hours ago

    His words are emblazoned above the rostrum in the House Chamber. Born in 1782.

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  6. 23 hours ago

    3rd time speaking before a Jt Sess of Congress—more than anyone else— in 1952.

    3 retweets 6 likes
  7. Jan 17

    The press 1st reviewed this "inspiring" work gracing the ceiling of the Dome in 1866.

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  8. Jan 17

    Antonio Manuel Fernández, Hispanic Rep defending POWs in WWII.

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  9. Jan 17

    This British addressed a for the 3rd time in 1952.

    1 retweet 4 likes
  10. Jan 16

    “The children of today cannot wait for the passing of the Depression to receive their education.” Died in 1952.

    1 reply 2 retweets 7 likes
  11. Jan 16

    Check out this campaign button for 's senior aide Andrew Young.

    2 replies 2 retweets 1 like
  12. Jan 16

    In celebration of day watch this documentary of Selma and the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

    1 retweet 4 likes
  13. Jan 16

    Thanks to this , MLK's birthday is a national holiday.

    11 retweets 12 likes
  14. Jan 15

    Hats were allowed on the House Floor until 1837.

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  15. Jan 15

    to early Resident Commissioner Tulio Larrínaga of PR.

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  16. Jan 15

    Uncle Joe was well known for his beaver top hat.

    1 reply 3 retweets 9 likes
  17. Jan 14

    Need to shed holiday pounds? Follow the lead of these House Members, working up a sweat in 1920.

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  18. Jan 14

    The ratified the Treaty of Paris in 1784, formally concluding the Revolutionary War.

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  19. Jan 13

    in 1955, a woman walked uninvited on to the House Floor asking to address the chamber.

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  20. Jan 13

    Former & Schuyler Colfax of died in 1885.

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