Old Senate Chamber
C-SPAN toured the Old Senate Chamber, where the body met from 1810-1859, is where the Senate grew in stature and became the primary forum for debating the issues of the day, including slaver…
1,216 viewsC-SPAN toured the Old Senate Chamber, where the body met from 1810-1859, is where the Senate grew in stature and became the primary forum for debating the issues of the day, including slaver…
1,216 viewsHouse Historian Robert Remini talked about his book, The House, published by Collins, in which he described the U.S. House of Representatives' responses to the Cold War, the Great Depression…
501 viewsThe history, art, and architecture of the U.S. Capitol from its opening in 1800 to the present were featured through taped segments on the various public and private spaces in the building, …
2,724 viewsRobert Remini, historian of the U.S. House of Representatives, presents a history of the Compromise of 1850 brokered between the North and South by Kentucky Senator Henry Clay. The Compromis…
2,363 viewsRobert Remini talked about his book At the Edge of the Precipice: Henry Clay and the Compromise that Saved the Union (Basic Books, 2010) in conversation with Gary Johnson. He responded to qu…
826 viewsRobert Remini talked about his book A Short History of the United States (Harper; October 7, 2008). The historian of the United States House of Representatives presents a history of the Unit…
1,554 viewsDavid Reynolds talked about his book Waking Giant: America in the Age of Jackson (Harper; September 30, 2008). In his account of the years 1815-1848 Mr. Reynolds recounts the early years of …
638 viewsIn a National Archives “American Conversation,” archivist Weinstein and historian Remini talked about the history and turning points of the U.S. Congress. Mr. Remini wrote the recently-publi…
415 viewsMr. Remini was shown signing copies of his book, The House: The History of the House of Representatives.
108 viewsMr. Remini talked about his book, The House: The History of the House of Representatives, published by Collins. He told stories of the history of “the People’s House” and responded to audien…
150 viewsA party celebrating the publication of Robert Remini’s latest book, The House: A History of the House of Representatives, published on May 1, 2006 by Collins for the Library of Congress and…
74 viewsThe Society held a dinner celebrating the history of the U.S. House of Representatives Ways and Means Committee and the significant role it plays in American public finance and federal reven…
96 viewsThe history, art, and architecture of the U.S. Capitol from its opening in 1800 to the present were featured through taped segments on the various public and private spaces in the building, …
2,198 viewsThe history, art, and architecture of the U.S. Capitol from its opening in 1800 to the present were featured through taped segments on the various public and private spaces in the building, …
2,439 viewsBook TV had biographer and historian Robert Remini on for a three hour In Depth discussion about his life’s work. He has authored 24 books including his latest, “The House” which is a hist…
1,139 viewsFormer Speaker of the House Jim Wright talked about his WWII memoir The Flying Circus: Pacific War, 1943, as Seen Through a Bombsight, published by The Lyons Press. Former Speaker Wright wa…
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