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DEMOCRACY. >> WHAT'S UNIQUE ABOUT THE CAPITOL IS THAT IT CONTINUES TO TELL A STORY. IT'S NOT ANY STATIC MOMENT. >> GREEN OF WISCONSIN. >>
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HERE'S A PLACE YOU CAN COME AND HAVE THAT BATTLE OF WORDS AND IDEAS. >> I'M ALWAYS ENTHRALED BY THE SENATE
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CHAMBER ITSELF. THE WALLS THEMSELVES OR IF THEY
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COULD SPEAK. >> AS YOU LOOK AT THE STATUES AS YOU WALK AROUND, IT IS THE HISTORY OF THIS NATION. >> PEOPLE SHOULD COME
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HERE AND THINK ABOUT THE AMERICA
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THEY KNOW, AND DOES THIS PLACE REFLECT IT. >> WE SAW THE
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CAPITOL, IT'S A PLACE OF HOPE. >> THE IRONY IS IT WAS SLAVE LABOR THAT
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BUILT THIS TEMPERATURE AM FOR FREEDOM. >> THE FRAMERS ENDOWED
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THIS INSTITUTION FOR ITS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT QUALITIES AND POWER. (music) >>
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WELCOME TO PART THREE OF C-SPAN'S NINE-HOUR SPECIAL COVERAGE OF INS THE UNITED STATES CAPITOL. WHAT YOU SEE THERE IS RIGHT OUTSIDE THE SENATE CHAMBER,...
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QUESTIONS OF UNITED STATES SENATORS. OUR GUESTS THROUGH THE EVENING IS THE SENATE HISTORIAN, DICK BAKER. AS WE LOOK AT THE STEPS THERE IN FRONT OF...
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WAS ABLE TO DRIVE MY AUTOMOBILE IN FRONT OF THOSE STEPS. IF I NEEDED TO CATCH A TAXI, I
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COULD STAND AT THOSE STEPS AND HAIL A CAB. OR IF I NEEDED SOME FILM FOR MY CAMERA, I COULD LOOK OVER AND FIND THE CAPITOL POLICEMAN SELLING FILM OUT...
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OF HIS CAR. SO IT WAS ALL THERE. >> MARK FARKAS HAS BEEN WORKING ON THIS SPECIAL FOR OVER TWO YEARS AND OUR GUESS HAS PLAYED A BIG ROLE IN THIS. WHAT...
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TO LAST WEEK AND GET A ROLE OF THE SENATE UNDER THE CONSTITUTION, HOW IT WORKS, HOW IT DOESN'T WORK AND THE FUN PARTS OF IT AND THE FRUSTRATING PARTS...
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HAVE NOT BEEN IN THIS CAPITOL VERY MUCH OVER THE YEARS. WHY HAVE THEY BEEN SO RELUCTANT TO ALLOW CAMERAS TO SHOW THE PUBLIC? >> THERE'S A LONG-STANDING...
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DESK AND THAT WOULD SHOW UP IN THE NEXT POLITICAL CAMPAIGN, THAT IS YOUR SENATOR'S DESK, WHERE WAS HE OR SHE. >> WHERE WAS IT FROM THE BEGINNING OF...
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CLOSED FOR FIVE YEARS? >> THE FRAMERS OF THE CONSTITUTION THOUGHT THAT THE SENATE OUGHT TO HAVE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF PRIVACY IN ITS DELIBERATIONS, TO...
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LIKE A GOVERNOR'S COUNCIL. WHAT DID THEY HAVE FOR
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MODELS? THEY LOOKED TO THEIR STATE LEGISLATURES AND SAW THE COUNCIL OF ELLEDERS WHO WOULD FELL THE GOVERNOR WHAT THEY WOULD THOUGHT. >> WE TALKED...
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UP FOR RE-ELECTION EVERY TWO YEARS. IT'S LIKE A STREAM. THE SPRING REFRESHES THE STREAM
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SLOWLY BUT SURELY. WE HAVE 10
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NEW SENATORS EVERY TWO YEARS.
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A LOT OF INCUMBENTS WIN RE-ELECTION. >> I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU VIDEO OF THE WALK FROM THE ROTUNDA THAT PEOPLE HAVE BEEN SEEING IN THE LAST COUPLE OF...
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APPOINTED BY A SENATOR. AND THAT IS PRETTY MUCH IT. IN EARLIER TIMES, WHEN THE SENATE WASN'T IN SESSION, IT WAS OFTEN POSSIBLE TO BE FRIENDLY TO A POLICEMAN...
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THAT HAPPENS VERY SELDOM NOW. >> THE LONGEST SERVING SENATOR IN YEARS, SENATOR STROM THUR MONDAY, THAT RECORD IS ABOUT TO BE CHANGED? >> ROBERT C. BYRD...
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RECORD,. >> WHAT IS THAT DOOR LEAD TO RIGHT THERE? >> THAT DOOR LEADS TO THE HISTORIC OLD SENATE CHAMBER. >> IN JUST A FEW MOMENTS AS WE GO THROUGH...
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INSIDE. WHAT DO THEY SERVE INSIDE THAT CHAIRMAN BEER? >> 1810 TO 1859. IT'S MY FAVORITE ROOM. >> WHY? >>
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YOU CAN GO IN THERE AND YOU KIND OF BE
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QUIET AND LISTEN AND REALLY --
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THIS SOUNDS A BIT CORNY, BUT LISTEN TO THE SENATE DEBATES. AND IT'S A GREAT THEATER. IT IS ARRANGED AS A
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THEATER. THE ACOUSTICS
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IS EXCELLENT. THE DRAPERY,
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THE LIGHTING, JUST CONJURES UP A VERY SPECIAL PLACE AND IT'S A SPECIAL PLACE THAT SENATORS GO TO FROM TIME TO TIME. >> WHEN IS THE LAST TIME THEY...
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PICTURES, THEY CAN GO IN THE OLD CHAMBER WITH THE
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VICE PRESIDENT AND HAVE ALL THE PICTURES THEY WANT. IT HAS BEEN USED RECENTLY FOR LECTURES. OTHER FUNCTIONS AS WELL. >> WHERE IS THE CRIPT AND WHAT...
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THE CRYPT IS DOMINATED BY VERY THICK
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SANDSTONE PILLARS THAT SUPPORT THE WEIGHT OF THE DOME. AND IF YOU LOOK UP TOWARD THE CEILING THERE, THEY HAVE A LOT OF WEIGHT TO SUPPORT. THAT IS GROUND...
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OLD SUPREME COURT CHAMBER. WHAT IS THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THAT ROOM? >> THE DARKNESS OF IT. IMAGINE BEING A JUSTICE IN THE SUPREME COURT MEETING IN THAT...
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TAVERN. >> HERE IS 10 MINUTES. >> THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST SIGNIFICANT PLACES IN THE CAPITOL AS FAR AS WE'RE CONCERNED. RIGHT NOW IT MAY SEEM AWKWARD...
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THESE EXOLS DESIGNED BY LATROBE WHAT LATROBE IS DOING IS TO INCORPORATE FEATURES INTO THE BUILDING. WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF AMERICAN OBJECTS. WE DON'T...
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STIMULATE THE WAY IT WOULD HAVE HAVE LOOKED. THEY WOULD HAVE ONLY SO MUCH LIGHT. IT IS AN EAST FRONT ROOM. BUT WE KNOW DURING THE WINTER, IT WAS VERY...
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HAD TO CLOSE THE DRAPERY. SO IT GIVES PEOPLE IN THIS DAY AND AGE, A SENSE OF WHAT IT WAS LIKE IN THE 19TH CENTURY TO LIVE UNDER OIL-BURNING LAMPS....
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CONSTITUTION WAS CONTINUING TO BE WRITTEN AND PRACTICED, IT'S ONE THING TO HAVE THE DOCUMENT, BUT HOW DOES THIS ACTUALLY FALL INTO PLACE. >>...
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AREES IN OUR UNION AND THEY NEEDED TO BE PROTECTED, BECAUSE A MAN LIKE ANDREW JACKSON DID NOT BELIEVE, NOR DID HENRY CLAY, THEY DID NOT BELIEVE THAT...
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CHIEF JUSTICESHIP, WHICH BEGAN IN 1836 AND CONTINUED AS LONG AS THEY MET IN THAT ROOM UNTIL THEY MOVED OUT OF THERE IN 1860, IT WAS A PERIOD WHERE...
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TRIED TO ESCAPE AND THEY SAILED TO AMERICA. AND WHETHER OR NOT TO FREE THEM OR ENSLAVE THEM, THAT DECISION WAS MADE HERE. THE SUPREME COURT DECISION REPRESENT...
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THE D.R.E.D.S.C.O.T.T. DECISION. THE CONSTITUTION DOESN'T APPLY TO AFRICAN AMERICANS. >> THERE ARE BUFTS OF ALL THE CHIEF JUST TIESES. A BUST OF JOHN...
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TO COUNTER THE BUST WE HAVE OF JOHN MARSHALL, THIS BUST TELLS A STORY OF TAWNEY WHO WAS CHIEF JUSTICE DURING THE DREADSCOTT DECISION. IT TELLS A STORY...
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WHO WAS REJECTED BY THE SENATE. HIS CAREER WAS A FRAMER OF THE CONSTITUTION AND PARTICULARLY AS ONE OF THE FIRST SENATORS FROM CONNECTICUT. IT IS...
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AT THE RIGHT TIME. HE WAS AT A TIME WHEN THE CONSTITUTION NEEDED TO BE STRENGTHENED. WHEN THE POWERS OF CONGRESS NEEDED TO BE STRENGTHENED, VIS-A-VIS...
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AND HE WAS ABLE TO GUIDE DECISIONS
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AND BUILD A UNANIMOUS COURT TO PRODUCE SOME OF THOSE DECISIONS AND
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WE MENTIONED THAT LASTED UNTIL 1825 AND THEN IT WAS DOWNHILL FROM THERE. >> TAWNEY WAS TALKED A LOT. HE WAS CHIEF JUSTICE FOR SEVERAL YEARS. 17 CHIEF...
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YEARS. >> WHO WAS THE FIRST ONE TO SAY LET'S GET OUT OF THIS BUILDING? WE'RE AN INDEPENDENT GROUP AND DON'T WANT TO BE WITH THE SENATE? >> I DON'T...
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JOHN MARSHALL VERY EARLY. >> HOW LONG DID IT TAKE? >> IT TOOK 135 YEARS UNTIL 1935 BEFORE THEY
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WERE ABLE TO GET A BUILDING ACROSS THE STREET, THANKS TO THE EFFORTS OF CHIEF JUSTICE TAFT. SO YOU'RE RIGHT. THEY LIVED TOGETHER,
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SENATORS AND JUSTICES SPENT A LOT OF TIME TOGETHER. THEY KEPT RUNNING
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INTO EACH OTHER. THE SENATE WANTED THEM OUT OF THERE
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BECAUSE THE COURT WAS TAKING UP VALUABLE SENATE SPACE. >> WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A WALK FROM THE SENATE CHAMBER TO THE OLD SENATE CHAMBER. HOW OLD IS THAT...
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COURT CHAMBER AND ELEVATED THE CEILING UP TO MAKE TWO ROOMS. AND ON THAT SECOND FLOOR WAS THE NEW ROOM THAT OPENED IN 1810. AND THEN THE ROOM WAS...
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IN 1814. SO IT WAS REOPENED IN 1819. BUT THAT WALK REALLY TAKES YOU THROUGH QUITE A BIT OF HISTORY, BECAUSE YOU ARE GOING FROM THE NEW PORTION OF THE...
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I WOULD HAVE ENJOYED BEING IN THE OLD SENATE CHAMBER ON THE DAY IT REOPENED. A MARVEL OF ARCHITECTURE AND ENGINEERING, A MARVEL OF AMERICAN CAN-DO SPIRIT....
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STARTLING CONTRAST TO EVERYTHING AROUND IT, EVERYTHING ELSE IN THE CITY SO MUDDY AND DUSTY. EVERYTHING ELSE IN THE COUNTRY, A COUNTRY WHERE PEOPLE...
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UNDERNEATH HIM IS THE WORDS FATHER OF OUR COUNTRY. THE PAINTING IS KNOWN AS THE PORT HOLE PORTRAIT BECAUSE HE IS ENCASED IN THE PORTHOLE. AND ABOVE...
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GOES INTO THAT CHAMBER, EVERYTHING IS CLEAN AND FRESH SMELLING. IF YOU WERE TO BRING BACK A SENATOR FROM THE 1819 OR 1830 PERIOD, THEY WOULD...
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ONE. THERE ARE PATTERNS ALL OVER THE FLOOR. >> YOU KNOW WHO CHARLES DICKENS. IF HE DROPPED MONEY IN THIS HE WOULD USE A GLOVE TO PICK UP THE MONEY....
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IN HERE, IT WAS A PALE REFLECTION OF ITS MODERN SELF. IT WAS A RUBBER STAMP FOR THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. NOT A LOT OF MAJOR IDEAS CAME OUT...
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1820, THE MAJOR ISSUE BEFORE THE NATION BECAME SLAVERY. THE GREAT THINKERS WHO WERE IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES BEGIN TO DECIDE THE PLACE FOR...
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TO GET TO THE NUB OF WHAT THE ISSUE WAS AND WE REMEMBER HIM TODAY NOT FOR THE LENGTH OF HIS SPEECHES BUT CERTAIN TELLING PHRASES. I SPEAK TODAY NOT...
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THEY DID IT BECAUSE THE ATMOSPHERE IN THE SENATE CHAMBER AND PERHAPS IN THE HOUSE CHAMBER AS WELL, WAS EXPLOSIVE. >> IT WAS DURING THE COMING OF THE...
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AND CHARLES SUMNER, A DISTINGUISHED SENATOR, ELEGANT, ARROGANT, EDUCATED, WONDERFUL SPEAKER, GOT UP AND GAVE THIS ADDRESS CALLED THE CRIME AGAINST KANSAS....
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OF BUTLER CAME INTO THE CHAMBER, BROOKS, A HOUSE MEMBER, AND BEAT THE LIVING DAY LIGHTS OUT OF CHARLES SUMNER WITH HIS CANE AND NEARLY KILLED HIM....
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ABOUT ITS PAST BUT TO THE CURRENT MEMBERS OF THE SENATE. >> USUAL'S WATCHING C-SPAN'S NINE HOUR SPECIAL ON THE CAPITOL. DICK BAKER, THE HISTORIAN OF...
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CALLS. DICK BAKER, YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT THE VIOLENCE IN THE SENATE AND THE STORY THAT IS TOLD ABOUT BROOKS AND SUMNER. HOW MUCH VIOLENCE HAS THERE BEEN...
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A TREATY. THE OTHER SENATOR WAS OUT OF THE CHAMBER AT THE TIME. HE CAME IN AND MADE A FEW WORDS AND THE FIRST SENATOR PUNCHED HIM RIGHT IN THE MOUTH...
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SPEECHES? >> THAT'S A VERY GOOD QUESTION. THE CONGRESSIONAL RECORD BEGAN IN 1873 AS AN OFFICIAL RECORD OF CONGRESS. PRIOR TO 1873, THE PROCEEDINGS WERE...
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THE PARET THAT THEY LIKED DID SOMETHING INAPPROPRIATE, THEY WOULD FORGET ABOUT IT. IF IT WAS THE OTHER PARTY, THEY WOULD MAKE A POINT OF EMPHASIZING...
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TO C-SPAN AND WORK YOUR WAY TO THE SPECIAL WEBSITE. IF YOU SEE ANYBODY ON THE SCREEN TALKING ABOUT THE HISTORY OF THE SENATE, THE HOUSE OR THE CAPITOL,...
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OF IT AND I HAVE BEEN ON THAT BRIEFLY AND I THINK THEY ARE GOING TO DO THE JOB VERY WELL. AND THE SECOND PART OF THE QUESTION WAS ABOUT -- I THINK...
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ANSWER TO THAT. I KNOW THE ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL HAS MAJOR RESPONSIBILITY FOR THAT. AND IT IS A HUGE UNDERTAKING. AND IT'S ONE OF THOSE SITUATIONS...
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SLIGHT PROBLEM, ALL OF A SUDDEN THE TELEPHONES START RINGING. THE PEOPLE WHO DO THOSE JOBS DESERVE A LOT OF CREDIT. >> WEST VIRGINIA IS YOUR NEXT...
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LONGEST SERVING SENATOR IS
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STROM THURMOND. THE LONGEST CURRENT SERVING IS SENATOR BYRD. AND SENATOR BYRD WILL OVERTAKE THAT. THERE IS A CRYPT SHOWS WHERE THE REMAINS OF GEORGE...
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LAID. >> THE QUESTION THAT THE WOMAN ASKED EARLIER WAS THE SPEECHES AND WHETHER THEY WERE WRITTEN OR STORED WHEN THEY LED UP TO THE DEBATE ON SLAVERY?...
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THEIR SPEECHES IN ADVANCE. AND SOMETIMES THEY WOULD HIRE JOURNALISTS TO WRITE GOOD SPEECHES. AT THAT POINT, THEY DECIDED TO TALK OVER THE HEADS OF THEIR...
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GOING TO BE READING THE NEWSPAPER THE NEXT DAY. WE DISCUSSED ON THE TAPE THE FIGHT OF CHARLES SUMNER. CHARLES SUMNER WROTE THAT SPEECH OUT AND HE...
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LIKE 550,000. THE CAPITOL VISITOR CENTER
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THAT IS SCHEDULED TO OPEN NEXT YEAR WILL CONSTITUTE ABOUT 2/3 OF THE ENTIRE EXISTING SPACE OF THE CAPITOL. SO THAT IS A BIG DEAL. THAT IS ONE HUGE...
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REFER TO IT AS AN ADDITION BUT EXPANDED SPACE. >> AND IT'S UNDERGROUND, RIGHT BELOW THE DOME OF THE CAPITOL ON THE EAST FRONT. LET'S GO TO ROME, GEORGIA....
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YOUR SHOW. COUPLE OF YEARS AGO,
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MY FRIEND AND I WERE ABLE TO VISIT THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND GO THROUGH THE
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UNDERGROUND TUNNELS OVER TO THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS. I'M CURIOUS WHERE THE TUNNELS UNDER THE SENATE GO TO? >> PROBABLY TALKING ABOUT FROM THE SENATE...
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OFFICE BUILDING AND THEN INTO THE LIBRARY CONGRESS AND GO THROUGH ALL
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THREE BUILDINGS ALL UNDERGROUND. >> THIS NINE-HOUR SERIES, PLUS THE HOUR OF THE PROGRAM WITH MARK FARKAS, WHO WAS THE PRODUCER OF ALL THIS, WILL BE...
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TOMORROW AND TELL YOU HOW TO ORDER VIA TELEPHONE THE SERIES AND WE ARE GOING TO SELL THE ENTIRE 10 HOURS SO YOU CAN SEE IT AT HOME FOR $29.95 AND...
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YEAR? >> 1959. HAWAII CAME IN
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FIRST AND THEN ALASKA OR DO I HAVE THAT BACKWARDS? >> THAT'S THE LAST TIME? AND THEY HAVE SIX-YEAR TERMS. ALABAMA, YOU'RE ON WITH DICK BAKER. CALLER:...
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QUESTION ABOUT THE ELECTION OF
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SENATORS. I BELIEVE THAT SOME TIME AGO THEY WEREN'T BY POPULAR VOTE LIKE THE CONGRESS. I WAS WONDERING HOW THAT CAME ABOUT, WHY AND HOW CAN
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WE BRING THAT BACK SO YOU HAVE ACTUALLY THE BEST PEOPLE OUT OF EVERY STATE VERSUS MONEY AND OTHER INFLUENCES? >> WELL, THE INDWRECT ELECTION BY STATE...
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17TH AMENDMENT WAS FINALLY RATIFIED WAS THAT IT WAS ALL KINDS OF CORRUPTION GOING ON IN STATE LEGISLATURES, BECAUSE IT WAS CLEAR IN MANY INSTANCES THAT...
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IN 1913 AND SERVED UNTIL HIS DEATH IN 1937. WE TAKE IT ONE SIX-YEAR TERM AT A TIME. THE FIRST SENATOR TO BE ELECTED UNDER THE NEW SYSTEM WAS BACON...
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1913. >> COLARADO, GO AHEAD. CALLER: THANK YOU FOR THIS PROGRAM. IT'S INTERESTING AND I HAVE ALWAYS WONDERED WHY IN THOSE PORTRAITS OF THE GENTLEMEN,...
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THAT WAS THE STYLE AND IT AVOKED A CLASSICAL STYLE, SORT OF A ROMAN STATES MEN. THE NATURE OF PHOTOGRAPHY WAS SUCH THAT THE SUBJECTS OF THE CAMERA...
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IN WASHINGTON HAD A CHAIR THAT WAS USED, PARTICULARLY IN THE 18 40'S, 1850'S WITH A NECK BRACE. >> WHO WAS MONTGOMERY MIGGS? >> HE WAS THE ENGINEER...
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YORK. YOU'RE ON THE
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AIR. CALLER: I HAVE A QUESTION. WE NEVER LEARNED WHAT THE WHIP DOES IN THE SENATE AND WHAT
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IS THEIR EXACT ROLE? >> THE WHIPS ARE SORT OF LIKE IN GOING OUT WITH THE HOUNDS, PEOPLE ON HORSE BACK, GET THE HOUNDS TO GO BACK INTO THE BARN OR...
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AN EXPRESSION, A WHIP COUNT. BEFORE THE VOTE IS CALLED, THE LEADERS OF EACH PARTY WANT TO KNOW HOW MANY VOTES THEY CAN COUNT ON. AND THAT'S THE JOB OF...
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| 00:48:04 |
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YOU WHAT IS CALLED THE HIDE AWAY FOR SENATOR KENNEDY AND HAVE
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DICK BAKER EXPLAIN TO US WHAT THAT IS. BUT NEXT UP, HERE IS A TOUR OF SENATOR FRIST'S OFFICE. >> WHERE ARE WE? >> RIGHT NOW, WE ARE IN THE MAIN
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ACCESS OF THE CAPITOL THAT GOES FROM THE NORTH WING, WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW, ACCESS, THIS HALLWAY GOES OVER TO THE SOUTH WING. AND WE ARE IN THE OLDEST...
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IN 1800. >> HOW LONG HAS THIS AREA
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BEEN WHERE THE REPUBLICAN LEADER IS LOOKING? >> THAT IS ACTUALLY FAIRLY NEW. IT HAS BEEN THE PERMANENT REPUBLICAN LEADER'S OFFICE SINCE 1980. AND IPTING...
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THE OFFICES WE HAVE HAD FOR THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS. AND THIS HAS BEEN
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THE REPUBLICAN LEADER'S OFFICE. >> HOW FAR IS THE DEMOCRATIC LEADER'S OFFICE? >> AROUND THE CORNER. THEY SWITCHED BACK IN FOR THE. WHOEVER WAS IN...
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FROM NOW INTO THE FUTURE. >> WHEN WE
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SEE THE STATE OF THE UNION NIGHT, DO THE SENATORS WALK THIS WAY? >> FOR THE STATE OF THE UNION OR ANY OF THE FORMAL RECOGNITION CEREMONIES FOR STATE...
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DIRECTION. AND WE ASSEMBLE 15 MINUTES BEFORE WE ACTUALLY MARCH
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INTO THE HOUSE CHAMBER. AND WE GO STRAIGHT DOWN THIS HALL THROUGH THE ROTUNDA, WHICH IS THE FIRST HALL, STATUE AIRY HALL AND LINE OUTSIDE THE HOUSE...
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SENATOR COMES, DEMOCRAT OR REPUBLICAN WILL DROP BY TO GIVE ADVISOR
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COUNSEL. IT IS A MEETING PLACE FOR THE UNITED STATES SENATE. IF YOU LOOK AT IT, YOU WILL SEE, IT SAYS HOWARD H. BAKER ROOMS AND HE HAPPENED TO BE A...
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THE CAPITOL. AND THIS ROOM,
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VISITORS WILL MEET. WONDERFUL FIRE PLACE HERE. I WILL POINT OUT A COUPLE OF THINGS QUICKLY. THIS LIGHT IS THE OLDEST LIGHT IN THE CAPITOL. AND THERE...
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THE SUPREME COURT,
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ALL HOUSED HERE. IN THIS ROOM, JUST IMAGINE 204 YEARS AGO, 1800 OF THIS WAS THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. AND WE HAD PEOPLE MILLING ABOUT, TALKING,...
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| 00:53:32 |
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STORY OF THOMAS JEFFERSON GIVING 5,000 BOOKS. WAS
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IT IN THIS ROOM? >> I THINK IT WAS 3,000 BOOKS. FIRST OF ALL, THIS WAS USED AS THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. THEN IN 1801 AND 1802, THE BOOKS WERE GIVEN...
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FROM 1802 TO 1804. AND THEN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES HAD TO COME IN. YOU COULD IMAGINE AND THERE ARE
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PICTURES OF ALL THE BOOK CASES THAT WERE BUILT AND ALL 3,000 OF THOSE BOOKS CAME HERE TO THIS ROOM. AND IT WAS JUST THOSE SAME BOOKS THAT IN 1814 WHEN...
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TO THE FIRE PLACE BEFORE HE GAVE HIS
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MAJOR ADDRESS TO THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS AND TOLD HIM THE STORY THAT THE BRITISH CAME RUNNING THROUGH THAT FLOOR, PULLING BOOKS OFF, LIT THE FIRE...
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FORMER PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES
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THAT ARE ON THE
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WALL IN
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THIS ROOM AND THESE ARE REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTS, THIS BEING REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP OFFICE. AND OVER ON THE FAR WALL IS SENATOR HOWARD BAKER. BUT BEFORE...
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| 00:56:47 |
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TOGETHER. OVER AT THIS DESK HERE? >> THIS IS SENATOR
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| 00:56:50 |
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HOWARD BAKER, MAJORITY LEADER BAKER, FRIEND BAKER. HOWARD BAKER WAS MAJORITY LEADER. AND WHEN HE CAME IN IN 1980 AND 1981, HE BECAME THE NEW LEADER....
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| 00:57:11 |
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OF US SWITCHING OUR OFFICES WHICH HAS BEEN THE CUSTOM, WE HOLD THIS AS OUR OFFICES. AND SENATOR BYRD THANKED HIM AND ALLOWED SENATOR BYRD TO KEEP HIS...
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| 00:58:08 |
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TO NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE. >> I HAVE THREE BOYS AND THEY CAME UP
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| 00:58:12 |
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WITH US TO WASHINGTON. ONE IS GOING BACK TO VANDERBILT NEEKSIER. >> WHERE DO YOU SIT? >> THIS IS JUST BASICALLY THREE MAIN ROOMS HERE. MOST PEOPLE WILL...
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| 00:58:31 |
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BUSINESS MIGHTING. I WILL SIT USUALLY IN THE MIDDLE OF THE TABLE. AND IF WE HAVE A HEAD OF STATE AND MORE OF A BUSINESS MEETING, THEY WILL SIT ACROSS
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| 00:58:40 |
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RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE FIRE PLACE, AND THEN
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| 00:58:43 |
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WE WILL HAVE SOMEWHAT BY PROTE COAL, OTHER SENATORS COME AROUND THE TABLE. WE MEET WITH ALL HEADS OF STATE WHO COME TO SEE OUR LEGISLATIVE BRANCH. THIS...
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| 00:59:37 |
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ARE FIVE PORTRAITS THAT ARE HERE, TWO BEHIND YOU AND THREE HERE. ALL FORMER REPUBLICAN LEADERS. THE CONCEPT OF MAJORITY LEADER IS A NEW MEN
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| 00:59:50 |
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MEN NONE. BEFORE THAT, WE HAD CONFERENCE CHAIRMAN. BUT WE HAD FORMAL ELECTED, HIGHEST ELECTED OFFICE IN THE UNITED STATES SENATE REALLY ONLY SINCE...
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| 01:01:17 |
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CARRY ON CONVERSATIONS. WHAT IS IN THIS ROOM IS PRIVATE T IS PERSONAL. WE'RE NOT THAT FAR FROM THE SENATE FLOOR SO WHENEVER THERE IS A PROBLEM WE WILL...
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| 01:02:06 |
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THIS ROOM, WAS WHAT, ORIGINALLY? >> THIS WAS PART OF THIS
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| 01:02:12 |
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85-FOOT BIG ROOM, LIBRARY OF CONGRESS USED SEQUENTIALLY FOR DIFFERENT THINGS. NOW, THIS IS MY OFFICE. CAN YOU SEE MY DESK, WHICH IS A WORKING DESK. IT'S...
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| 01:02:28 |
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ROOM IS A HISTORICAL
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| 01:02:32 |
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ROOM IN THAT 1800 TO 1802, THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MET IN THESE ROOMS. FROM 1802 TO 1804 IT WAS THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS. AFTER THAT THE SUPREME...
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| 01:04:37 |
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WHEN. YOU WILL NOT SEE ANOTHER PORTRAIT OF TAD AND LINCOLN WITH THIS INTIMATE FLAVOR TO IT. THIS PORTRAIT HAS BEEN HERE FOR ABOUT 60 YEARS. IT DISAPPEARED...
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| 01:04:54 |
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OFFICE. >> WHERE DID YOU FIND IT? >> IT WAS IN ANOTHER DEPARTMENT. I WON'T SAY BECAUSE THEY WEREN'T PLEASED THAT I FOUND IT. >> YOU MEAN IF THEY FIND...
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| 01:05:15 |
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HOWARD
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| 01:05:16 |
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BAKER. WHAT IS IT ABOUT HIM THAT HE HAS TAUGHT YOU? >> IT IS
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| 01:05:21 |
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THE FORCEFUL AND BOLD LEADERSHIP IN A WAY
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| 01:05:25 |
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THAT
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| 01:05:26 |
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IS STATESMANSLIKE THAT RESPECTS THE CIVILITY THAT WORKING TOGETHER AND GETTING THE VERY BEST OUT OF PEOPLE IN A WAY THAT MINIMIZES THEIR WEAKNESSES BUT...
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| 01:05:42 |
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ANDCELEBRATES TAS A MAJORITY LEADER THAT IS THE ART, I BELIEVE, AND THE SCIENCE TO THIS POSITION WHERE YOU HAVE 99 OTHER UNITED STATES SENATORS ALL...
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| 01:06:28 |
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TO HAPPEN. AND WHEN I LOOKED AT
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| 01:06:30 |
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ABRAHAM LINCOLN AND THE TIMES OF 1850'S, 1840'S, 1850'S, 1860'S WHEN HE NOT JUST PRESIDENT BUT WHEN HE LIVED HIS TIMES THOSE ARE TIMES OF UNCERTAINTY...
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| 01:07:19 |
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OTHER THAN THAT, IT'S GOT FROM THE DESK STANDPOINT EVERYTHING THAT I WORK WITH EVERY DAY
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| 01:07:24 |
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FROM MY BLACK BERRY TO MY COFFEE TO PICTURES HUNTING WITH MY FAMILY. BUT THIS IS -- IT'S AN INTERESTING VIEW HERE AS YOU LOOK OUT BECAUSE YOU HAVE THE...
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| 01:09:32 |
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| 01:09:33 |
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THAT
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| 01:09:36 |
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CECE.
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| 01:09:41 |
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THAT WE SEE. WHEN I'M STRUGGLING, WHICH IS PART OF THIS JOB TO DO. WHEN I DON'T HAVE THINGS QUITE WORKED OUT, I MANY TIMES WILL COME SIT RIGHT HERE...
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| 01:10:54 |
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TO TIME AND SAY WHEN SOMEBODY IS TELLING A STORY OF HISTORY THAT'S NOT TRUE. AND I KNOW THAT YOU ARE LOOKING AT ME AND SAYING DON'T DO THIS TO ME....
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| 01:11:24 |
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WONDERFUL STORIES. YOU COULD DO A WHOLE BOOK
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| 01:11:27 |
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OF JUST THE FOLK LORE OF THE CAP 208. CAPITOL. WE KNOW THAT JEFFERSON
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| 01:11:35 |
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WAS DOWNSTAIRS MOST OF THE TIME IN THE SENATE CHAMBER, ACTUALLY THE SENATE BEING THE LOWER BODY AT THAT POINT. THE HOUSE UPSTAIRS. AND JEFFERSON WAS...
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| 01:12:34 |
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AND BURR ARE EXTREMELY WELL DOCUMENTED. MAJOR DOCUMENTARY PROJECTS TRACING EVERYTHING THAT THEY D THEY ALL WROTE LETTERS BACK THEN. SO YOU COLLECT ALL...
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| 01:12:49 |
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WAY FOR OUR AUDIENCE THAT WAS RECORDED AROUND CHRISTMAS OF 2004. IF YOU ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT THE DATES AND YOU SAW THE.SET THATS AND ALL THAT IN...
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| 01:13:09 |
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WHO ARE -- HOW MANY SENATORS HAVE HIDE AWAYS AND DO THEY HIDE AWAY IN THESE OFFICES? >> IT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT MADE HOWARD BAKER A MAJORITY LEADER...
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| 01:13:35 |
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AS 20. SO AS A RESULT OF SENATOR BAKER'S EFFORTS THESE PEOPLE WHO HAD BEEN OUT OF POWER, ALL THE SUDDEN MORE OF THEM BEGAN TO GET HIDE AWAYS. THE QUESTION...
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| 01:14:10 |
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LET'S WATCH SENATOR KENNEDY IN HIS HIDE AWAY. >> I THINK OF THE CAPITOL
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| 01:14:15 |
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BUILDING AND I THINK FIRST OF ALL IT'S EXTRAORDINARY ASSOCIATION WITH MASSACHUSETTS. I GREW UP IN A FAMILY THAT VALUED HISTORY. WE WERE HISTORY FROM...
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| 01:14:27 |
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OUR LIVES AND TAUGHT TO VALUE HISTORY AND ALL OF US HAVE PUT A SPECIAL PLACE ON T AND I VALUE
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| 01:14:34 |
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IT. I SEE MASSACHUSETTS ALL THROUGH T IN ONE SENSE. I SEE THE MASSACHUSETTS, I SEE DANIEL WEBSTER LAYING THE CORNER STONE FOR THE SENATE CHAMBER. I...
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| 01:17:47 |
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FLOOR, THE WHOLE FIREPLACE RIGHT BEHIND THOSE BRICKS THERE. GOES
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| 01:17:51 |
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DIRECTLY THE FIRST FLOOR AND IT'S WHERE THE BRITISH SOLDIERS LIT THEIR TORCHES IN THE WAR OF 1812 THEN WENT DOWN TO THE WHITE HOUSE, DOLLY MADISON...
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| 01:21:09 |
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IN HISTORY? I MEAN WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS EARLIER BUT YOU KNOW ONES THAT JUST SEEM TO NEVER -- THEY ARE TOLD DOWN THROUGH THE YEARS AND...
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| 01:21:38 |
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OF THEM. AT ONE POINT THE
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| 01:21:40 |
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| 01:21:41 |
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SENATE CURATOR ON THE SENATE WEBSITE PUT A LIST OF FALSE STORIES AND WE THOUGHT THAT WAS KIND OF FOOLISH BECAUSE WHAT THAT IS DOING IS SORT OF PERPETUATING...
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| 01:22:58 |
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AM AN EXSENATE PAGED WHO GRADUATED IN 1954. I WAS CURIOUS WHY DURING THE 1950'S WHEN THE SENATE CHAMBER WAS BEING REMODELED YOU DIDN'T MENTION THE FACT...
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| 01:23:38 |
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HAS BEEN IN POLITICS QUITE A LOT. I'M THE ONE THAT SHYED AWAY SOMEWHAT FROM IT. BUT RECENTLY THE CLASS OF 1954 HELD A
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| 01:23:47 |
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REUNION
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| 01:23:50 |
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IN 2004 AND WE ALL
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| 01:23:52 |
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WENT BACK AND WE GOT A CHANCE TO REVISIT
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| 01:23:54 |
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WHERE WE WORKED FOR SO MANY YEARS. >> HOW MANY PAGES CAME BACK IN 2004? >> WITH THE FAMILIES AND EVERYTHING, THERE WAS 110 OF US THERE BUT OUR GRADUATING...
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| 01:24:18 |
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THANK YOU MR. WYSMAN IT'S GOOD TO HEAR FROM
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| 01:24:22 |
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YOU. >> I WAS GOING TO ASK HIM HOW LONG HE WAS A PAGE. >> I WAS GOING TO ASK HIM BUT IS HE GONE. >> BACK IN THE 1950'S. THEY WERE HERE A YEAR, TWO
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| 01:24:32 |
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YEARS OR WHOLE HIGH SCHOOL YEARS FOR NOW THEY ARE HERE FOR ONE SEMESTER
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| 01:24:36 |
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AND THEY ARE 16 YEARS OLD. IN EARLIER YEARS THEY WERE YOUNGER AND A LITTLE BIT OLDER. BUT HE MENTIONED
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| 01:24:41 |
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A FOOTNOTE IN THE HISTORY OF
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| 01:24:43 |
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THE OLD SENATE CHAMBER AND THAT IS IT
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| 01:24:46 |
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WAS USED AS THE SENATE CHAMBER IN 1949
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| 01:24:49 |
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IN THE SECOND HALF OF THAT YEAR AND ALSO IN 1950 WHILE THEY WERE REMODELING THE CURRENT SENATE CHAMBER. >> THERE IS SOME TALK FROM, YOU KNOW, BEHIND...
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| 01:25:16 |
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KNOW THE REMODELING IS OVERDO YOU. >> SO IT'S FALSE. >> NO. THERE ARE A LOT OF SAFETY ISSUES THAT HAVE TO BE ADDRESSED BUT I WOULDN'T BE SURPRISED AT...
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| 01:25:35 |
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OFFICE THEY HAD IN 1945 IN THE LOWER LEVEL, IF IT'S STILL THERE AND
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| 01:25:41 |
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IS THIS STILL THE SAME
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| 01:25:43 |
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POST OFFICE. >> DID YOU WORK THERE? >> I DID NOT WORK THERE. I WORKED IN THE CITY AND I NEEDED A SPECIAL PERMISSION TO SEND A PACKAGE FOR A WEDDING THAT...
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| 01:25:52 |
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GOING TO BE IN
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| 01:25:54 |
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ENGLAND BETWEEN TWO AIR FORCE AID PEOPLE AND THE POST OFFICE WOULDN'T ALLOW ME TO DO IT BECAUSE OF
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| 01:26:04 |
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| 01:26:05 |
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THE REGULATIONS AT THAT TIME, SIZE OF PACKAGES AND HOW MANY WE COULD SEND. AND SO I WAS DESPERATE AND SOMEBODY SUGGESTED I COULD MAYBE SPEAK TO MY SENATOR,...
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| 01:26:56 |
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HOUSE BUILT BY STEVEN J.
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| 01:26:58 |
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FIELD WHO BECAME ON TO BECOME ONE OF
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| 01:27:00 |
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THE LONGEST
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| 01:27:02 |
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SERVING JUSTICES. I WONDER IF THERE IS A BUST OR MEMORIAL PUT IN OF HIS IN THE CAPITOL. >> THERE
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| 01:27:08 |
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IS NO MEMORIAL TO STEVEN FIELD IN
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| 01:27:10 |
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THE CAPITOL THAT I AM AWARE OF. I THINK NOT. MAYBE IN THE SUPREME COURT BUILDING ITSELF BUT NOT IN THE CAPITOL. >> COULD HAVE A POOR TRATED OVER IN THE...
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| 01:27:29 |
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VICE PRESIDENTS BUT OF FORMER SENATORS, JUST MAYBE, I DON'T KNOW THE EXACT NUMBER, MAYBE A DOZEN. >> WHO
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| 01:27:36 |
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DETERMINES THAT THERE IS A BUST FOR A SENATOR? >>
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| 01:27:38 |
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WELL, BASICALLY THE SENATE AND THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON RULES AND ADMINISTRATION, IF
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| 01:27:42 |
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THEY THINK IT'S A GOOD IDEA THEN IT MOVES AHEAD. >>
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| 01:27:45 |
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SILVA, NORTH CAROLINA, YOU ARE ON WITH DICK BAKER. >> GOOD EVENING MR. BRYANT AND GOOD EVENING MR. BAKER, TOO. I WAS CALLING BECAUSE I HEAR A LOT OF THE...
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| 01:27:56 |
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ARE BETWEEN THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE.
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| 01:27:58 |
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AND MAYBE THIS COULD CLEAR A LITTLE BIT. I BELIEVE THAT THE HOUSE IS THE PEOPLE'S PRIMARY WEAPON,
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| 01:28:06 |
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IF YOU WILL, IN, I BELIEVE THAT THE FATHERS
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| 01:28:10 |
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AND MR. BAKER CAN CORRECT ME IF I AM WRONG, THE SENATE WAS MEANT TO BE SORT OF LIKE THE PEOPLE'S -- IF WE REMEMBER, THEY WERE NOT ELECTED BY THE PEOPLE...
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| 01:28:49 |
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BETWEEN BEING A SENATOR AND BEING A MEMBER OF THE HOUSE? >> WELL, HAVING NEVER BEEN EITHER -- ONE OF EITHER, CAN I NOT TELL YOU EXCEPT THAT IT MUST BE...
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| 01:29:08 |
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THE TIME TO FOCUS AND CON TEN STRAIGHT BECAUSECONCENTRATE
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| 01:29:14 |
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THEREARE MORE PEOPLE GRABBING AT THEM AND TAKING THEIR ATTENTION IT'S A GOOD EXERCISE IN TIME MANAGEMENT. >> HOW MANY PEOPLE IN THE UNITED STATES SENATE...
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| 01:29:40 |
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LAST SENATOR TO GO IN 1964-65 TO THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. >> PHOENIX,
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| 01:29:45 |
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ARIZONA, LAST CALL FOR THIS SEGMENT FOR DICK BAKER, GOOD EVENING. >> HI, GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU FOR TAKING MY CALL. I APPRECIATE THE WORK C-SPAN
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| 01:29:52 |
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HAS DONE IN PUTTING THIS GREAT INFORMATIVE PROGRAM TOGETHER. I KNOW THE INSIGHTS WILL
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| 01:29:57 |
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BE USEFUL FOR ME NEXT YEAR WHEN I TAKE GOVERNMENT AS A SENIOR IN HIGH SCHOOL. I REALLY LIKE. THIS AND IN THE FUTURE, SINCE I HOPE TO ATTEND
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| 01:30:05 |
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GEORGETOWN. MY
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| 01:30:08 |
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QUESTION TONIGHT IN THE AFTERNOON OF SEPTEMBER 11TH WE HAVE DETERMINED THAT THE FLIGHTED 93 WAS HEADING TO WASHINGTON D.C. WITH THE CAPITOL AS THE...
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| 01:30:50 |
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UNIVERSITY. >> CORRECT. >> THANKS. >> WE HAVE THIS QUESTION A
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| 01:30:53 |
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LOT
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| 01:30:54 |
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ABOUT ARCHITECT TURLEY TURLEY
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| 01:30:58 |
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PLANS. >> THE ANSWER IS YES. IT WOULD BE A DER ELECTION OF DUTY NOT TO HAVE THOSE PLANS. >> WHAT ARE PEOPLE GOING TO SEE IN THE NEXT SEGMENT L.B.J....
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| 01:31:09 |
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RECEPTION ROOMS?
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| 01:31:10 |
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ARE THEY USED? >>
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| 01:31:11 |
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OH, YES. THEY CERTAINLY ARE. THEY ARE USED
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| 01:31:13 |
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ALL THE TIME. IN DIFFERENT WAYS. THEY ARE ALL SORT OF IN THE BACK OF THE SENATE CHAMBER ALL ALONG THAT NORTH
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| 01:31:19 |
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PORTION OF THE SENATE WING. >> WHY ARE THERE SO MANY MORE SARAH MONEY OFFICES ON THE SENATE SIDE THAN
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| 01:31:25 |
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ON THE HOUSE SIDE? >> I AM NOT SURE. >> MAYBE I
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| 01:31:31 |
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I SHOULD SAY DECORATIVE. A LOT MORE DECORATION. THAT'S NOT THE RIGHT WORD BUT YOU KNOW WHAT I AM GETTING AT OR DO YOU? >> I'M NOT SURE. I MEAN, IT IS...
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| 01:31:42 |
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YOU CONSIDER WHAT THE CAPITOL CAMPUS IS, THAT'S THE VERY HEART OF THE CAMPUS. THE THREE SENATE
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| 01:31:49 |
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BUILDING AND THREE HOUSE BUILDINGS. THAT'S THE PLACE
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| 01:31:53 |
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OF STATE. THAT'S WHERE SENATOR FRIST MENTIONED THE HEADS OF STATE COME. YOU WANT TO HAVE IT AS ATTRACTIVE AS POSSIBLE TO REFLECT THE COUNTRY. >> LET'S
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| 01:32:00 |
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WATCH. >> OK. >> THE PRESIDENT'S ROOM IS JUST OFF THE SENATE CHAMBER LOBBY. IT'S NOT SEEN BY A LOT OF VISITORS IS REALLY ONE OF THE WONDERFUL GEMS OF...
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| 01:32:20 |
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YOU ARE JUST BOMBARDED
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| 01:32:22 |
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WITH ART. FLOOR TO CEILING ARE PAINTINGS, FRESCOS, VERY DECORATIVE TILES AND HISTORIC FURNITURE. IT'S ALMOST AS IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHERE TO REST YOUR...
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| 01:34:40 |
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SURROUNDING THOSE OVALS ARE FOUR HISTORICAL PORTRAITS AND THOSE REPRESENT THE FUNDAMENTAL ASPECTS OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE NATION. AND SPECIFICALLY,...
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| 01:35:51 |
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AND BENJAMIN FRANKLIN FOR HISTORY. (music) (music) >> THE TABLE THAT YOU SEE IN THE CENTER OF THE ROOM DATES TO ABOUT THE 1880'S. THERE HAS ALWAYS BEEN...
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| 01:36:54 |
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CAN'T HELP BUT NOTICE IT WHEN YOU COME INTO THE ROOM. IT IS ACTUALLY THE ONLY EXISTING ORIGINAL BRONZE GASOLIER THAT EXISTS IN THE CAPITOL. IT WAS BY...
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| 01:39:30 |
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DURING THE 19TH CENTURY TO SATURDAY SANS WERE ABLE TO GET INTO THE ROOMS AND ABLE TO DO A LOT OF PAINTING, WHAT I THINK IS INTERESTING ABOUT THE VICE...
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| 01:43:22 |
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WALTER. ENCOURAGED BY THE SENATE LAVISHED SO MUCH ATTENTION AND DETAIL ON THESE ROOMS AND CERTAINLY MONTGOMERY MEIGS WHO WAS SO INTERESTED IN INTERIOR...
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| 01:44:17 |
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SPACE, ITS FUNCTION CHANGED AND IT WAS GOING TO BE THE SENATE POST OFFICE. SO HALFWAY THROUGH DOING HIS PAINTINGS THE ARTIST CHANGED AND HIS LAST FRESCO...
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| 01:45:39 |
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SUMMONED INTO THAT CHAMBER, YOU COULD EITHER EXPECT SOME FAVOR WAS GOING TO BE BESTOWED OR SOME CHASTISEMENT WAS GOING TO TAKE PLACE. EVEN THOUGH IT'S...
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| 01:49:53 |
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STATES. DICK BAKER, HOW MANY YEARS HAS THAT DOME WE ARE LOOKING AT RIGHT THERE BEEN THERE? >> THE GRAND CAPITOL DOME WAS COMPLETED IN 1865. THE FIFTH...
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| 01:50:22 |
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THATHATJAMAHAL ROOM. THE LINDEN B. JOHNSON ROOM. DON'T YOU DELIVER MINUTES OF SOME KIND? EXPLAIN THAT. >> IN 1996 I HAPPENED TO HAVE A CONVERSATION
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| 01:50:34 |
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WITH DEMOCRATIC LEADER TOM DASCHLE AND I TALKED ABOUT THE HISTORY. COULD YOU COME BEFORE THE DEMOCRAT CAUCUS AND GIVE BRIEF VIGNETTES. I BEGAN AND HE...
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| 01:50:53 |
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ABOUT 250 OF THEM. AND WE PUT THEM -- MOST OF THEM ARE UP ON THE SENATE WEBSITE UNDER HISTORICAL MINUTE ESSAYS UNDER THE ART AND HISTORY SEGMENT. >>...
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| 01:51:11 |
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THEIR LEADERSHIP I THINK WE ARE GOING TO GET A
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| 01:51:13 |
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BOOK. >> AGAIN, IF YOU HAVE JUST JOINED US, WE HAVE A WEBSITE SET UP SPECIAL FOR THIS PROGRAM.
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| 01:51:25 |
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THE-CAPITOL.ORG. YOU CAN ALSO FIND THIS
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| 01:51:28 |
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THROUGH C-SPAN.ORG AND THAT'S CONNECTED THROUGH THESE WEB SITES SIGHT TO THE HISTORIAN'S WEBSITE IN THE HOUSE AND
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| 01:51:34 |
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LOTS MORE. PLENTY OF INFORMATION. ALL THESE INTERVIEWS THAT YOU ARE SEEING YOU ARE SEEING EXCERPTS OF THEM OF THE PRODUCED PROGRAM BY MARK AND HIS CREW...
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| 01:52:20 |
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SENATE CHAMBER? HERE IS WHERE THE MINORITY HAS A VOICE IN THE GOVERNMENT
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| 01:52:23 |
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OF THE UNITED STATES. THIS IS THE ONE PLACE WHERE A DETERMINED MINORITY CAN SAY
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| 01:52:28 |
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STOP, TAKE ANOTHER LOOK, LET'S THINK ABOUT THIS, OTHERWISE, IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, THE SPEAKER -- THE GENTLEMAN'S MINUTE HAS EXPIRED HE HAS...
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| 01:53:05 |
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I'M ALWAYS ENTHRAWLD BY THE SENATE CHAMBER ITSELF. THE WALLS THEMSELVES. IF THEY COULD SPEAK, WHAT WOULD THEY TELL US? WHAT WOULD THEY TELL US? I THINK...
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| 01:53:41 |
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SENSE. IT'S -- THERE IS A CERTAIN FEEL YOU STOP, LUKE AROUND, YOU LOOK AT THE BUSTS OF THE VNTS. VICE PRESIDENTS, YOU LOOK AT THE DESK AND IMAGINE THE...
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| 01:53:56 |
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GOLD WATERS, THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE HAD A HUGE IMPACT ON THIS INSTITUTION AND ON AMERICAN POLITICAL HISTORY. THIS WAS THE CHAMBER IN WHICH THEY FOUGHT...
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| 01:54:32 |
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WELL. WHEN YOU ARE TRYING TO MAKE IT DO SOMETHING IT DIDN'T WANT TO DO. >> THE REAL ROLE OF THE SENATE IS TO BE A FORUM OF THE STATES. EACH STATE IS...
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| 01:54:56 |
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OF SPEECH. FREEDOM OF SPEECH RUNS DEEP IN ENGLISH HISTORY. ROMAN HISTORY EVEN. AND COLONIAL HISTORY AND AMERICAN HISTORY. SINCE THE CONSTITUTION CAME...
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| 01:55:40 |
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CHAMBER TODAY, IT'S A LITTLE BIT HARD TO REALLY EVOKE THE WAY THAT CHAMBER WOULD HAVE LOOKED IN THE 19TH CENTURY. IT HAS CHANGED SO DRAMATICALLY. IN...
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| 01:55:59 |
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FLORAL PATTERNED CARPET. FILL GRI AND GILDING ON THE WALLS AND WONDERFUL STAIN GLASS CEILING. THE CHAMBER WAS EXPANDED AND AS NEW STATES JOINED THE...
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| 01:58:13 |
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BEEN OVER 1880 MEMBERS OF THE SENATE. AND THEY REALLY DO HAVE REFLECTED ALL DIFFERENT KINDS OF SHADES OF OPINION AND WALKS OF AMERICAN LIFE. >> THE...
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| 01:58:44 |
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OF $34 BY NEW YORK CABINET MAKER THOMAS CONSTANTINE. THERE HAD BEEN DESKS PRIOR TO THAT TIME BUT THE BRITISH MARCHED ON WASHINGTON PART OF THE WAR...
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| 02:01:09 |
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OF BUSTS, MARBLE BUSTS AND THEY'LL RECOGNIZE A LOT OF THEM AS PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, RICHARD NIXON, GERALD FORD, GEORGE BUSH SR., BUT THEY'RE...
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| 02:01:25 |
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STATES. AND THE CONSTITUTION PROVIDES THAT THE VICE PRESIDENT BE THE PRESIDING OFFICER OF THE SENATE AND ALSO BREAK THE TIE VOTES OF THE SENATE. AND...
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| 02:03:12 |
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EARLY 1950'S. THE IMAGERY THAT YOU SEE IS PATRIOTTISM, COURAGE AND WISDOM. WE DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHY THE ARTIST SELECTED THOSE THREE IMAGES, BUT...
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| 02:04:24 |
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IF YOU KIND OF LIVE AN OPEN BOOK. I THOUGHT IT WAS PART OF THE MODERN ERA,
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| 02:04:32 |
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YOU KNOW? WE WEREN'T, YOU KNOW, COVERED BY MEDIA, IT WAS ONLY PEN AND PENCIL. IT WAS THE ELECTRONIC AGE. AUDIO, RADIO, AND, OF COURSE, THAT POWERFUL...
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| 02:05:42 |
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BY READING THE RECORD, BUT ACTUALLY HEARING THE VOICES, WATCHING THE FACES THAT ARE THE ARCHITECTS OF POLICY. THE
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| 02:05:49 |
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DOWN SIDE OF IT IS IT'S ALMOST THEATER. IT'S NOT SOMETHING REAL. WE DON'T HAVE AS MANY REAL DEBATES ANY LONGER BECAUSE OF THE FACT PEOPLE ARE AWARE THAT...
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| 02:06:39 |
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HOUSE AND IN THE SENATE, CHAIRMAN OF THE
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| 02:06:42 |
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RULES COMMITTEE, I KEPT WATCHING THE
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| 02:06:45 |
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INSTITUTION AND I SAID THIS ISN'T MAKING ANY SENSE. THIS IS NOT THE HOUSE RULES OF ORDER, WHAT ARE THESE RULES? FINALLY I WENT TO THE PARLIAMENTARIAN...
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| 02:07:28 |
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PLACE WHERE ONE WITH CAN SPEAK AS LONG AS HE WISHES AND AS LONG AS ACE LUNGS WILL LAST, WE CAN BE SURE THAT PEOPLE'S LIBERTIES WILL ENDURE. >> IT WAS...
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| 02:08:06 |
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HAVE NOT BEEN BECAUSE THE RULES WERE BETTER OR WORSE BUT THE QUALITY OF THE PEOPLE SERVING AT THAT TIME AND UNDERSTANDING THE ROLE OF THE UNITED STATES...
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| 02:08:52 |
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ACTUALLY SEEN THAT? >> ON NATURAL TELEVISION? >> YES. >> AS FAR AS I KNOW, IT IS, IT IS. >> ARE THEY AVAILABLE ON STILL PHOTOS ANYWHERE? >> I DON'T...
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| 02:09:14 |
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OF THE 20TH
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| 02:09:15 |
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CENTURY. >> A COUPLE OF
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| 02:09:16 |
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OTHER THINGS. THE DAY THIS IS FIRST BEING
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| 02:09:18 |
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AIRED IS TODAY, JUNE 2, 2006.
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| 02:09:21 |
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AND IF MY MEMORY SERVES ME RIGHT, THIS IS YOUR 20TH ANNIVERSARY OF APPEARING ON THIS NETWORK. >> THAT'S RIGHT. >> BECAUSE IT'S THE 20TH ANNIVERSARY...
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| 02:09:29 |
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SENATE GOING TO TELEVISION. >> THAT'S RIGHT. >> WHAT DO YOU THINK THE TELEVISION
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| 02:09:33 |
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IMPACT HAS BEEN? >> IT CERTAINLY HAS BEEN A BOON
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| 02:09:36 |
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FOR PEOPLE WHO MAKE POSTERS, PUT INTO THE SENATE CHAMBER TO HELP ILLUSTRATE THE POINT THAT SENATORS MAKE. >> DID YOU EVER COUNT HOW MANY HAVE BEEN
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| 02:09:46 |
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USED? >>
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| 02:09:47 |
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THOUSANDS. LITERALLY THOUSANDS. AND THERE
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| 02:09:50 |
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ARE PEOPLE THAT HAVE
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| 02:09:51 |
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THAT JOB, JUST TO MOVE THEM BACK AND FORTH. I WOULD LOVE TO SIT DOWN
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| 02:09:55 |
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WITH SENATORS WHO WERE HERE BEFORE TELEVISION, BEFORE 1986, AND GET THEIR REACTIONS TO THE BEFORE AND THE AFTER. IT'S NOT A CLEAR STORY, I THINK,
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| 02:10:05 |
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EITHER WAY. >> SINCE -- 1859 IS THE FIRST
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| 02:10:08 |
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TIME THIS SENATE CHAMBER WAS OPEN? >> YES, THAT'S RIGHT. >> FAMOUS SPEECHES. >> WELL, RIGHT AT THE VERY BEGINNING, WITHIN A YEAR AND A HALF, JEFFERSON...
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| 02:10:27 |
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THAT STATE'S SENATORS TO WITHDRAW FROM THE SENATE, ALONG
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| 02:10:30 |
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WITH SENATORS FROM ALABAMA
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| 02:10:31 |
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AND FLORIDA. AND ON
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| 02:10:33 |
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THE 21ST OF JANUARY OF 1861, THEY SPOKE IN TURN, AN HE WAS THE LAST ONE TO SPEAK. HE HAD GIVEN A SPEECH A FEW DAYS EARLIER IN WHICH HE HAD SAID WE...
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| 02:11:14 |
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BRIAN. I HAVE A QUICK COMMENT AND THEN TWO QUESTIONS. THE COMMENT IS, YOU KNOW, BRIAN, EARLIER RICHARD BAKER WAS SAYING HOW AT SOME POINT IN THE SENATE'S...
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| 02:11:26 |
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THOSE SENATORS ON THE FLOOR AND BEGAN TALKING TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. AND
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| 02:11:30 |
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IT OCCURS TO ME, BRIAN, THAT C-SPAN SHASS BROUGHT THAT HOME TO US. AND I REALLY MEAN TO THANK YOU. I'M A GUY WHO USED TO WORK IN WASHINGTON, D.C....
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| 02:12:47 |
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THE NATIONAL CATHEDRAL. CONSIDERABLE. HOW FAR AWAY FROM WHERE WE ARE WOULD YOU SAY IT IS? >> THE NATIONAL CATHEDRAL? OH, ABOUT 2 1/2 MILES, PERHAPS....
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| 02:12:59 |
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CONGRESS REALIZED WHAT THEIR STATE CAP TOLLS WERE BEGINNING TO LOOK LIKE AS TALL BUILDINGS BEGAN TO OBSCURE THEIR CAPITOL. SO THEY SAID THEY DIDN'T WANT...
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| 02:13:14 |
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HERE. THE QUESTION ABOUT STATESMEN AND WHETHER THEY RISE AND FALL WITH THE CHALLENGING TIMES IS A DIFFICULT QUESTION, PARTLY BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO DEFINE...
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| 02:14:22 |
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BUT IT WAS ABOUT A FILIBUSTER WHERE A SENATOR STOOD UP, ASKED THE PAGE TO GO GET A GLASS OF MILK, AND WHEN THE PAGE GOT BACK, THE SENATOR DRANK...
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| 02:15:00 |
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LONG TIME AND THERE WAS A THOUGHT THAT SOMEBODY WAS UP
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| 02:15:03 |
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TO NO GOOD IN POISONING THAT MILK. THEY ANALYZED IT AND SAID IT HAD BEEN SITTING OUT IN THE SUN. IT MADE HIM SICK. THAT WAS ALL. HE WAS OK AFTER THAT....
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| 02:15:32 |
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BEING A PAGE AND WHAT WAS THE EXPERIENCE LIKE? >> WE WENT ON A TOUR OF THE CAPITOL AND ONE OF THE TOUR GUIDES POINTED IT OUT TO ME AND I DECIDED THEN...
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| 02:15:44 |
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AND IT WAS AMAZING. YOU SAW HISTORY ON THE FRONT ROWS AND
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| 02:15:49 |
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YOU JUST EXPERIENCED THINGS THAT NO ONE ELSE CAN EVEN IMAGINE. >>
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| 02:15:52 |
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HOW DID YOU GET TO BE A PAGE FOR SENATOR
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| 02:15:55 |
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BENNETT OF UTAH? CALLER: I DID A LOT OF COMMUNITY SERVICE, PUT IN AN APPLICATION, HAD AN INTERVIEW AND WAS CHOSEN OUT OF ABOUT 10 PEOPLE. >> TELL US...
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| 02:16:13 |
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YOUR LIFE? >> CALLER: I AM HEADED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF UTAH WHERE I HOPE TO MAJOR IN PRELAW. >> AND AFTER THAT? CALLER: GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY. >>...
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| 02:16:29 |
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THANK YOU. >>
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| 02:16:32 |
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OLATHA, KANSAS,
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| 02:16:34 |
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YOU'RE NEXT, GO AHEAD, PLEASE. CALLER: GOOD EVENING. I WOULD LIKE TO RELAY A SHORT STORY ABOUT AN
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| 02:16:40 |
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OPPORTUNITY THAT I HAD WHEN I WAS ESCORTING A GROUP OF JUNIOR
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| 02:16:43 |
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HIGH STUDENTS TO THE CAPITOL BUILDING. ONE
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| 02:16:48 |
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OF MAJORITY LEADER DOLE'S AIDES WAS
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| 02:16:51 |
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ABLE TO ESCORT US ON TO THE SENATE FLOOR. AS WE PASSED THROUGH
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| 02:16:55 |
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THE CLOAKROOM I NOTICED ON THE COUNTER THERE WAS A STACK OF BLANK NCAA BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT BRACKETS FOR THAT YEAR AND A JAR NEXT TO IT FOR THE...
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| 02:17:41 |
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SENATOR GEORGE MURPHY, WHO WAS A FILM EXECUTIVE AND AN ACTOR AND CAME TO THE SENATE IN THE MID 1960'S, AND HE WAS THE ONE THAT STARTED THE TRADITION....
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| 02:18:24 |
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IT'S A WHOLE NEW BALLGAME AND THERE ARE DIFFERENT RULES. BEYOND THAT, I DON'T KNOW. >> EVERETT, WASHINGTON, YOU'RE ON WITH DICK BAKER. CALLER: THANK...
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| 02:18:40 |
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REMEMBER SOMEBODY
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| 02:18:41 |
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TELLING A STORY FROM, I BELIEVE IT WAS THE 1980'S, OF SOMEBODY
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| 02:18:45 |
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IN PROTEST DUMPING SOMEBODY'S REMAINS ON TO THE SENATE FLOOR. CAN YOU TALK MORE
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| 02:18:51 |
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ABOUT THAT, PLEASE? >> WELL, THAT WOULD EXPLAIN A RULE OF THE SENATE THAT'S VERY WELL ENFORCED BY THE SENATE DOOR KEEPERS, THAT IF YOU COME INTO THE...
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| 02:19:13 |
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INCIDENT. >> BLAKELY, PENNSYLVANIA, YOU'RE ON THE AIR. CALLER: YOU ARE BRINGING TEARS TO MY EYES. I LOVE THE CONGRESS. ONE OF THE REASONS I CALLED...
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| 02:19:35 |
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CONCERNS. BUT IT'S SOMEWHAT TROUBLING. AND THE OTHER THING MAYBE MR. BAKER MIGHT WANT TO ANSWER. IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE SENATORS DEBATE EACH OTHER ACROSS...
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| 02:20:23 |
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FOR MEMBERS TO WATCH FROM THEIR OFFICE AND TO KEEP TRACK OF THE DEBATES, AS OPPOSED TO HAVING TO TRUCK OVER TO THE FLOOR ALL THE TIME. >> AGAIN,...
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| 02:20:52 |
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TO, SOME 25 OF THEM, IN PREPARATION FOR THIS SPECIAL. AND BY THE WAY, THERE WILL BE IN THE FUTURE HIGH DEFINITION TELEVISION VERSION OF THIS THAT WE'LL...
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| 02:21:53 |
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QUARTERS. SO I THINK THAT PROBABLY DIDN'T
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| 02:21:55 |
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HAPPEN VERY MUCH. >> DO YOU HAVE A SPEECH THAT YOU'VE
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| 02:21:58 |
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HEARD ON THE FLOOR OF THE SENATE THAT
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| 02:22:00 |
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YOU'LL ALWAYS REMEMBER? >> THAT IS A TOUGH ONE. THERE CERTAINLY ARE MEMORABLE SPEECHES. CAN I SORT OF GO AROUND THAT BY SAYING I WOULD HAVE LOVED...
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| 02:22:17 |
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DIRKSEN STOOD UP AND MADE A SPEECH, SAYING THERE WAS NOTHING STRONGER THAN AN IDEA WHOSE TIME HAS COME, TO PARAPHRASE VICTOR HUGO, AND
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| 02:22:27 |
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HE SAID IT'S NOW TIME TO INVOKE CLOTURE ON A CIVIL RIGHTS BILL FOR THE FIRST TIME IN HISTORY. THAT'S WHEN THEY ROLLED IN CALIFORNIA SENATOR CLAIRE ENGLE...
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| 02:23:14 |
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QUESTIONS. I THINK YOU MIGHT HAVE
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| 02:23:15 |
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JUST ANSWERED ONE THAT I HAD. BUT IF THE CONSTITUTION SAYS THAT THE VICE PRESIDENT IS THE PRESIDING OFFICER IN THE SENATE, DOES THE VICE PRESIDENT,...
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| 02:23:29 |
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OVER THE SENATE AND CALL ON WHOMEVER HE WANTS OR WHATEVER WITHOUT REGARDS TO THE SENATE LEADERSHIP? AND SECONDLY, I WAS GOING TO ASK MR. BAKER ALSO...
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| 02:24:20 |
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THE PREROGATIVES OF LEADERSHIP. THE PRECEDENT
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| 02:24:22 |
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IS THAT IF THE MAJORITY LEADER SEEKS RECOGNITION, HE HAS TO BE RECOGNIZED. AND THEN THE MINORITY LEADER. AND THERE ARE SOME MAJORITY LEADERS WHO...
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| 02:25:10 |
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AS PART OF THAT TENSION, SENATORS DID NOT WANT THIS TO GO ON AND ON FOR ENDLESS
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| 02:25:18 |
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WEEKS. AND SO ALMOST SPONTANEOUSLY,
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| 02:25:20 |
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THE REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS WENT DOWN TO THAT OLD SENATE
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| 02:25:23 |
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CHAMBER, WENT IN THERE, LOCKED THE DOORS, AND FOR 2 1/2 HOURS SORT OF TALKED ABOUT WHAT WE SHOULD DO. I WOULD HAVE LOVED TO HAVE BEEN IN THAT PARTICULAR...
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| 02:25:58 |
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COLORS. IT'S THE FLORA AND THE FAUNA OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. THE BIRDS, THE FLOWERS, BUT ALSO INTERTWINED WITH CLASSICAL DESIGNS AND MOTIFS....
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| 02:26:17 |
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IT'S OVERWHELMING. AND YOU CAN FIND YOUR FAVORITE PATCHES AND JUST FOCUS ON THAT. THE CURATOR HAS DONE AN EXHIBIT JUST ON THE BIRDS ALONE. AND THE...
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| 02:26:31 |
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CAMARILLO, CALIFORNIA, GOOD
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| 02:26:33 |
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EVENING. CALLER: THANK YOU FOR TAKING MY CALL. I HAVE TWO QUESTIONS. HOW COME YOU HAVEN'T INTERVIEWED ANY WOMEN SENATORS OR WE HAVE NOT HEARD FROM...
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| 02:26:52 |
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PROGRAM FOR BOYS ONLY. WE'VE HAD A NUMBER OF DIANE SKVARLA, WHO IS A CURATOR IN THE SENATE. LAST NIGHT WE HAD DIANE ELLIOTT, WHO'S THE CURATOR OF THE...
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| 02:27:10 |
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THE END WE'VE STRUCTURED IT BECAUSE OF PEOPLE WHO ARE IN LEADERSHIP POSITIONS, TRENT LOTT, CHRIS DODD AND PEOPLE LIKE THAT IN THE PLOIRP. AND THERE...
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| 02:27:48 |
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SCHOOL, WHICH WAS ALWAYS VERY EXCITING. BUT THERE WAS ALWAYS A FEAR OF A FILIBUSTER. I WAS JUST CURIOUS WHAT THE LONGEST FILIBUSTER WAS IN HISTORY, AND...
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| 02:27:57 |
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LONG FILIBUSTERS, WHAT ACCOMMODATIONS DO THEY MAKE FOR SENATORS THAT HAVE TO BE NEAR THE FLOOR? >> WHO WERE YOU A PAGE FOR? CALLER: I'M ACTUALLY FOR...
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| 02:28:22 |
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BIT OF FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND NOW FOR A NONPROFIT. >> ARE YOU FROM MICHIGAN? CALLER: I AM, ACTUALLY. >> OK,
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| 02:28:28 |
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THANKS A LOT. >> THE LONGEST FILIBUSTER IN HISTORY TOOK PLACE IN AUGUST OF 1957, AND
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| 02:28:33 |
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IT LASTED FOR 24 HOURS AND 18 MINUTES, AND IT WAS CONDUCTED BY SENATOR STROM THURMOND FROM SOUTH CAROLINA. AND YOU ASKED ABOUT PROVISIONS FOR SENATORS...
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| 02:28:45 |
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DIDN'T LOOK AT ALL AS GRAND AS IT DOES TODAY. IT WAS
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| 02:28:49 |
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FILLED UP
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| 02:28:50 |
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WITH OLD METAL COTS AND WORN CARPET. IT WAS A DISGRACEFUL LOOKING PLACE BUT THAT'S WHERE THE SENATORS SLEPT IN THE 1950'S. NOWADAYS THEY SET UP...
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| 02:29:27 |
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THE CANOPY WERE FILTHY. AND OVER THE LAST 10, 20, 30 YEARS, THERE'S BEEN A MAJOR CLEANUP CAMPAIGN. >>
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| 02:29:33 |
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I WAS TALKING ABOUT BEFORE WHEN THE STREETS WERE MUDDY AND DIRTY AND ALL THAT STUFF. DID IT CHANGE WITH ASPHALT OR THE USE OF CONCRETE ON THE ROADS?...
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| 02:29:53 |
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OCEANSIDE, CALIFORNIA. GO AHEAD, PLEASE. CALLER: THANK YOU, BRIAN. THE QUESTION I HAVE IS WHY ISN'T THERE ANY ELECTRONIC VOTING, AS
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| 02:30:02 |
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THERE IS IN THE HOUSE? >> THANKS. >> GOOD QUESTION. I DON'T THINK THERE WILL EVER BE ELECTRONIC VOTE NOT GUILTY THE SENATE. THAT'S A HISTORIAN
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| 02:30:11 |
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PREDICTING THE FUTURE, WHICH ISN'T ALWAYS A GOOD IDEA. BUT THE SENATE IS SMALL ENOUGH WITH 100 MEMBERS THAT THEY CAN DO IT IN 15 MINUTES. ALSO, WHAT...
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| 02:30:24 |
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THAT TAKE PLACE OVER
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| 02:30:25 |
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IN THE CORNERS. ONE SENATOR WHOM YOU WOULD NEVER EXPECT TO TALK TO ANOTHER PARTICULAR SENATOR, THEY GO AND HAVE A SMALL CONVERSATION. AND WITH ELECTRONIC...
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| 02:30:58 |
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OUR OWN CAMERAS. WE MAKE OUR OWN SELECTION. WE DETERMINE WHAT HEARINGS WE WANT TO COVER. ANYWAY, DICK BAKER, LET'S GO TO THE BRIMIDI CORRIDORS, AND THIS...
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| 02:31:32 |
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THE CAPITOL, THE WINGS THAT WERE THE EXTENSIONS, THAT WERE ADDED IN THE 1850'S. AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THE MOTIF BRIGHTENS AND IT'S ALMOST AS IF YOU WERE...
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| 02:32:10 |
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OF BRUMIDI. HE'S FINALLY BEING RECOGNIZED AS AN IMPORTANT INDIVIDUAL. NOT JUST FOR THE HISTORY OF THIS BUILDING, BUT AS AN ARTIST IN HIS OWN RIGHT....
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| 02:32:27 |
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THOSE CLASSICAL DESIGNS IN NEW WAYS TO ENHANCE THIS BUILDING, BY INCORPORATING AMERICAN THEMES INTO HIS WORK. SO, YES, HE WAS EUROPEAN, HE BECAME...
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| 02:33:11 |
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THE POPE. DURING THE REVOLUTION OF 1848 IN ITALY. AND HE WAS ACTUALLY THROWN IN JAIL. BUT WORKED OUT A DEAL WITH THE POPE THAT IF HE LEFT THE COUNTRY...
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| 02:34:18 |
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BUT HE READ ABOUT THEM AND HE DIDN'T KNOW ANYBODY THAT COULD DO THEM. ALL OF A SUDDEN SOMEBODY INTRODUCED HIM TO THIS ARTIST. THEY WERE TRYING TO SPEAK...
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| 02:35:07 |
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WOULDN'T KNOW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN AMERICAN AND CHINESE HISTORY AND HOW COULD YOU TRUST HIM TO PAINT THESE SCENES ON THE WALL. MEGS IN HIS DIARY DESCRIBES...
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| 02:36:39 |
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PROMINENT AND VISIBLE WORK THAT BRUMIDI DID IN THE SENATE WING. THE CORRIDOR WAS CERTAINLY SOMETHING EVERYBODY HAD IMMEDIATE ACCESS TO, AND IT WAS...
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| 02:36:56 |
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THIS PART OF THE CAPITOL EXTENSION. YOU COULDN'T HELP BUT, A, TO SEE THIS INCREDIBLE CORRIDOR, IMPRESSED BY THE SIZE OF THE CORRIDOR. IT'S VERY,...
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| 02:38:31 |
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THAT THEY GET OF THE SENATE. BECAUSE THE ENTRANCE IS RIGHT THERE. YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE AN ART HISTORIAN TO REALIZE WHEN YOU WALK THROUGH HERE THAT...
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| 02:40:28 |
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ONE GUY WOULD BE PARTICULARLY GOOD AT FLOWERS. HE WOULD DO THE FLOWERS. ONE GUY WAS PARTICULARLY GOOD AT THE ANIMALS, HE WOULD DO THE ANIMALS. BRUMIDI...
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| 02:41:19 |
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PAINTINGS YOU O SEE WHAT THEY REFER TO AS GENIUSES, AND THE GENI ARE LITTLE SPIRITS, THEY'RE OF A HUMAN FORM, BUT THEY'RE KIND OF LIKE TINKERBELL,...
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| 02:42:31 |
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ARE GREAT AMERICAN INVENTORS, AND THAT ONE SHOWS ROBERT FULTON. THERE'S ANOTHER ONE THAT SHOWS FITCH. ANOTHER PERSON WHO WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN THE DEVELOPMENT...
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| 02:43:34 |
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IN 1969, WAS A COMPLETELY APPROPRIATE THEME TO PUT INTO THIS CORRIDOR. THIS CORRIDOR REPRESENTS AMERICAN INGENUITY, INVENTIVENESS, EXPLORATION. YOU...
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| 02:45:15 |
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LOSING THE WONDERFUL QUALITY OF BRUMIDI'S ORIGINAL WORK. >> THIS IS A GOOD VIEW OF THE ORIGINAL PAINTING AFTER WE'VE PRESERVED IT. WE'VE BEEN WORKING...
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| 02:45:42 |
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WE STARTED, BECAUSE THIS HALLWAY HASN'T BEEN RESTORED YET. AS A MATTER OF FACT, YOU CAN SEE RIGHT HERE WHERE THE NEW AND THE OLD MEET. THIS HAS BEEN...
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| 02:48:25 |
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AND THE FACT THAT IT WAS NOT BEING PRODUCED BY AMERICANS. THE POLITICAL ATMOSPHERE AT THE TIME WAS VERY MUCH INFLUENCED BY SOMETHING CALLED THE KNOW NOTHINGS,...
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| 02:49:22 |
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THE CLASSICAL MOTIF THROUGHOUT THIS BUILDING, HE WAS GOING TO EMBELLISH IT WITH AMERICAN IKE CONOGRAPHY. AND EVEN IN HIS WRITINGS HE TALKS ABOUT...
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| 02:50:10 |
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AN EMBELLISHMENT THAT REMIND ME THAT THE ADMINISTRATION OF FRANKLIN PIERCE AND JEFFERSON DAVIS AND MONTGOMERY MEGS WISHED TO SHOW AMERICANS AND EUROPEANS...
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| 02:51:23 |
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FINAL PIECE OF VIDEO FOR OUR NINE-PART SERIES. MORE TO COME, THOUGH, IN THE FUTURE. THE CREW SHOT SOME 250 HOURS OF VIDEO. THERE'S PLENTY MORE...
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| 02:52:02 |
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HOW DO YOU FIND OUT WHAT ALL THAT MEANS? I MEAN, IS THERE A BOOK THAT TELLS YOU WHAT'S ON THE WALL? >> I REMEMBER IN 1989, DURING THE BICENTENNIAL...
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| 02:52:29 |
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GUIDE BOOK CALLED "WE, THE PEOPLE," WHICH PROBABLY ANSWERS THOSE QUESTIONS, AND THEN THERE ARE THE WEBSITES OF THE ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL, THE HOUSE,...
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| 02:53:07 |
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C-SPAN VOICE THAT YOU HEAR ALL THE TIME, ESPECIALLY ON OUR RADIO STATION. SHE'S THE VOICE OF THIS SERIES, IF YOU'VE BEEN LISTENING FROM THE BEGINNING,...
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| 02:54:50 |
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| 02:55:03 |
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YOU CAN WATCH ADDITIONAL VIDEO OF THE CAPITOL, LEARN MORE ABOUT THE BUILDING'S HISTORY ART AND ARCHITECT AND BUY THE SERIES ON D.V.D. IT'S ALL ONLINE...
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| 02:58:31 |
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AS A COMPLEMENT ON C-SPAN'S EXTENSIVE COVERAGE OF THE HISTORY OF THE U.S. CAPITOL, C-SPAN RADIO BRINGS YOU THE AMERICAN POLITICAL ARCHIVE EVERY SATURDAY...
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| 02:58:56 |
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EASTERN ON C-SPAN'S AMERICAN POLITICAL ARCHIVE. LISTEN TO C-SPAN RADIO ON SIRIUS SATELLITE RADIO CHANNEL 139 RBLINGTS X.M. SATELLITE RADIO CHANNEL...
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