March 12, 2010
Congressional Chronicle Sports New Look
The Congressional Chronicle, the Video Library’s complete log of congressional proceedings, now has a new look. The same functionality is there. You can find every speaker on the House and Senate floor. You can now compare their words as printed in the Congressional Record with the words as transcribed in the closed captioning. The Congressional Chronicle is the only record of what actually happens on the House and Senate floor because it is based on the video records that C-SPAN creates, indexes, and archives. There is a timeline for every day. Each quorum call and roll call vote is timed. Every vote shows the outcome. There are summaries for every member.
The Congressional Chronicle is timely. Members are indexed and video can be watched about twenty minutes after the appear on the floor. The next day, when the Congressional Record appears, the Chronicle is finalized. Check it out. C-SPAN covers the Congress like no other.
March 2, 2010
Who Spoke the Most at Health Care Summit?
Did you know that for congressional hearings and programs such as the White House Health Care Summit that you can quickly tell how long the participants spoke? On the program page, look under the people tag. All the people who participated are arranged by the amount of time that they spoke. Next to each name is the total amount of time that they spoke during the event.
President Obama spoke the most, about an hour during the morning and also the afternoon sessions. He was followed by Sen. Alexander (R-TN) who spoke for fourteen minutes, and then by Majority Leader Reid (D-NV) and Speaker Pelosi (D-CA) who spoke for about eight minutes each. In the afternoon session, Vice President Biden was second with an eight minute speech.
You can use this feature on congressional hearings as well.
February 12, 2010
Visiting Presidential Gravesites
C-SPAN has published a new edition of Who is Buried in Grant’s Tomb? a book that looks at the gravesites of all U.S. presidents. Views can purchase can purchase the book at www.publicaffairs.com and enter GRANTSTOMB if they want a 25% discount or it can be found at their local bookstore.
C-SPAN has visited all the presidential gravesites. These visits can be found in our 1998 American Presidents series. Find these under the Browse tab and then select series and American Presidents.
Video of a few of these visits can be viewed here George Washington, Andrew Jackson, Abraham LincolnTheodore Roosevelt, Franklin RoseveltRonald Reagan
Use the Video Library to find the others.
February 3, 2010
“Do not Ask – Do not Tell” in Archive
Just type in Don’t Ask Don’t Tell in the search box. Then select – Least Recent – as the sort by order and you will find the original programs when President Bill Clinton proposed this policy in 1993.
Many issues continue on the policy agenda a long time from inception to enactment. The Video Library is a useful way to review what has changed in approach, actors, and rhetoric.
January 29, 2010
Congressional Commitee Search Enhancements
New tools have been added to the C-SPAN Video Library to search congressional committees. Each committee has its own page now that lists all video we have, all subcommittees, and all members of the committees. There are two easy ways to get to the committee pages.
One way is to simply enter the committee name into the search box. Try Senate Health Committee, for example. The other way is to go to the Browse feature from the top navigation bar. You will see a link to congressional committees on the left side. This method allows you to see all the committees and subcommittees we have covered and to jump to the video of those committees.
Try out these new features. We think they will let you quickly find the extensive coverage of congressional committees that C-SPAN provides.