In France, there was no Parliament or Congress; no one expected to be able to protect his rights by voting. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

“At this point,” recalled Ellsberg, “it was looking as though Congress was closed off.” Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

When tank battalions approached the Congress, democracy protesters threw up barricades. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Congress had moved gradual emancipation off its political agenda; its decision in the spring of 1790 became a precedent with the force of common law. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Every day my parents listened to audio recordings of questions and answers: How many senators are in Congress? How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

She had stopped throughout the rural South to teach Negroes folk songs she had learned at the Library of Congress. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Often, the ANC, the South African Indian Congress, and the Coloured People’s Congress would make a collective statement on an issue affecting only Africans. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Constitution of the United States, only recently ratified, specifically prohibited the Congress from passing any law that abolished or restricted the slave trade until 1808. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

In 1777 the Congress chose him to join Franklin in Paris to negotiate the alliance with France. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t need it when I was in Congress, and I didn’t need it to become president the first time, and I don’t need it now!” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Many people, Thomas Jefferson and future president James Madison included, felt that Washington could not legally convene Congress anywhere but within the city limits of Philadelphia. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

It’s the game face he’s seen her use to stare down Congress, to cow autocrats. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

He said every kind of bad word imaginable about officers, gentlemen, the war, the British, and the Congress, and he cursed himself for leaving his wife and farm in Maryland. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

So that the companies can wrap themselves in some sort of official cloak, the names are recorded in books which are registered in the Library of Congress. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

In a delicately worded letter, Randolph told Washington that no, the president could not move Congress, even in an emergency. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

Many of them already knew of Carey from his role as field secretary of the nation’s oldest and preeminent direct-action civil rights group: the Congress of Racial Equality, or CORE. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

At the time, Congress was about to pass a new immigration act that made it easy for so-called Nordic people to immigrate to the United States. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Both of us were there for the International Biochemical Congress. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

The American Congress had passed a sweeping sanctions bill. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

McNamara had told Congress the United States had “played absolutely no part in” these raids. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“Any American who knew what we did,” he said, “would consider it his official duty to get the Papers to Congress and the American people.” Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

He ran ahead of the Federalist candidates for Congress, who were swept from office in a Republican landslide. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Over a period of weeks, criticism mounted steadily in volume and color; in one interview, Harold Urey labeled the measure the “first totalitarian bill ever written by Congress.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

A staff member from the Congress was on the line: "Perevorot," she said, using the Russian word for "coup." Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

I am a member of the African National Congress. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

In his own memoirs he had selected May 15, 1776, as the most decisive moment, because that was the day the Continental Congress passed a resolution calling for new constitutions in each of the states. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

To make matters worse for Washington, the question about whether he could legally call Congress into session outside Philadelphia was still very much up in the air. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

“I believe,” concluded Scott, “if Congress should at any time be of the opinion that a state of slavery was a quality inadmissible in America, they would not be barred...of prohibiting this baneful quality.” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Snyder even testified before Congress about the magnitude of the problem. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

Essentially, the resolution was designed to grant the president the power to order further attacks in Vietnam without asking Congress for a formal declaration of war. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Few Alpharetta lawns sprouted campaign signs during the last election season because the area’s four contenders for the state legislature and a new candidate for Congress were all Republicans and ran unopposed. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

Another source was Elias Boudinot, a delegate from New Jersey to the Continental Congress who went into the army as a colonel and became superintendent of British prisoners of war. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

With Congress clamoring for approval, Truman’s decision seemed preordained. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

We were arranged in alphabetical order according to the docket and accused number one was Farid Adams, of the Transvaal Indian Youth Congress. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Many people had put off their visits in the expectation that the nation’s worsening economic crisis and pressure from Congress eventually would compel the railroads to reduce their Chicago fares. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Weeks later he proposed to Congress the Economic Opportunities Bill of 1964. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Catt called the picketing “an unwarranted discourtesy to the President and a futile annoyance” to Congress. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

“To the governor. To our representatives in the Congress.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I watched from the balcony as Republican members of Congress stayed seated through most of it, appearing obstinate and angry, their arms folded and their frowns deliberate, looking like children who hadn’t gotten their way. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

But I believed these stories were planted by the government to divide the Congress movement, and I regarded it as malicious mischief. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Congress’s rejection of funds to develop a supersonic transport in 1971, the world’s continued rejection of an efficiently designed typewriter keyboard, and Britain’s long reluctance to adopt electric lighting. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

The minority party in Congress was against the combat schools from the start, saying that Negroes shouldn't be the ones to fight the dead—either because were too stupid or because it's inhumane. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Meanwhile Lawrence, Teller, and Alvarez pitched in with appeals to the Pentagon and influential members of Congress. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Her work on language revitalization led Congress to pass the Native American Languages Preservation Act. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

Washington said nothing whatsoever about slavery in his Farewell Address, sustaining the silence that the Congress had adopted as its official posture early in his presidency. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

We addressed a joint session of Congress, a rare occasion in the Capitol, attended by members of the Senate, the House of Representatives, the Supreme Court, and the President’s Cabinet. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

My dad wants to look something up at the Library of Congress. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

At the time, there were just seven nonwhite Republicans in Congress—none of them African American and only one was a woman. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

In the wake of these incidents, Congress passed a series of New Deal reforms that gave the federal government its first comprehensive criminal code and the bureau a sweeping mission. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

If the federal government was to continue to operate, then Congress would have to meet in Philadelphia, whether or not the deadly fever was still present. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

They could talk about anything they wished, including the gradual abolition of slavery itself, though he felt that Congress was unlikely to take any dramatic action “tending to the emancipation of the slaves.” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Butler arranged for Woodhull to speak before the House Judiciary Committee, making her the first woman to ever address a committee of the United States Congress. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

It has a mandate from Congress to control human disease. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was still feeling it in September when Congress enacted a draft bill. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

“He has a childlike faith in the integrity of civil servants and he seems to think Congress corresponds to their aristocracy. No understanding of American politics a-tall.” Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Now Madison resolved to seize the opportunity created by their threats of secession to put Congress on record as rejecting any constitutional right by the federal government to end slavery. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

If you're lucky, Congress will let you die without first sending you to the labs to be examined for imperfections. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

The government was spending hundreds of millions of dollars—yet the project was so secret, President Roosevelt chose not to tell Congress where all the money was going. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

So they struck the Library of Congress off their list. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Governments across America at the time, including state legislatures and the US Congress, were too much under the influence of big business for the workers to gain the benefits they hoped the strikes would bring. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

Ten days after the British flooded the river with their ships, news that the Congress had declared independence arrived in New York. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

With the war over, neither Congress nor the Army was inclined to spend much money on code breakers, so it was hard to hire another assistant. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Congress, she argued, was the right body to decide whether the law was still needed. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

After journeying to Memphis and Boston, I went to Washington to address a joint session of Congress and attend a private meeting with President Bush. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The president was again in France for a peace conference, but he took time out to cable a message to the new Congress encouraging support of the suffrage amendment, among other measures. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Though the Congress of the People had been broken up, the charter itself became a great beacon for the liberation struggle. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The next day, he was elected to the Continental Congress. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Such cases were atypical but got the attention of Congress. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

“This is the first significant breakthrough for women in the history of Congress,” Eleanor Smeal, president of the Feminist Majority Foundation, said at the time. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

He’d been a young man in the 1940s when he first joined the African National Congress and began boldly challenging the all-white South African government and its entrenched racist policies. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Congress and the public were relieved by the relatively small size of the military commitment. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

The Continental Congress wrote the Northwest Ordinance in 1787, two years before the Constitution was ratified. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

Starting in 1846, the Chicago harbor was designated by an act of the United States Congress as an official port of entry. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

New structures had to be created for communication with unbanned Congress organizations. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Meanwhile, Lovelace was preparing to release the results of Jerrie's testing at the Space and Naval Congress, which was attended by world experts and aviation doctors. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z

Hidden by night, members of Congress, following separate routes, make their way in the dark to Carpenter’s Hall for secret meetings with a French intelligence agent. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

As a young man, when I joined the African National Congress, I saw the price my comrades paid for their beliefs, and it was high. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“How many senators and representatives serve in Congress?” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

In 2000, Congress passed the Civil Asset Forfeiture Reform Act, which was meant to address many of the egregious examples of abuse of civil forfeiture. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

It was, he suggested, the kind of proposal better made in the final message to Congress in the fall. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

They were representatives at the Provincial Congress at Concord. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

After 1808, Congress possessed the authority to do what it wished; then all constitutional restraints would lapse. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

The rooftop of the State House, where the Congress met, was visible, but the August haze and dust from the street made it impossible to see farther than that. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The American Congress, the country’s doctrine of separation of powers, as well as the independence of its judiciary, arouse in me similar sentiments. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Wisconsin won by voting for the amendment on June 10,1919, less than a week after Congress had passed it. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

I listened closely to their conversating, but they blew only hot air, complaining about the Congress and the weather and the effect of war on business. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

During the months Congress was in session they wrote each other two or three times every week. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

It urged the Congress to “take such measures in their wisdom, as the powers with which they are invested will authorize, for promoting the abolition of slavery, and discouraging every species of traffic in slaves.” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

They envisioned thousands of black brothers converging together upon Washington—to lie down in the streets, on airport runways, on government lawns— demanding of the Congress and the White House some concrete civil rights action. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sat in the front of his class entranced as he spoke about the Constitutional Congress and the Federalist Papers, and their relevance to our existence today. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

He knew that his troops—and Congress—needed a victory. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

In 1919, after years of struggle, women’s dream of getting the vote finally came within reach after the Nineteenth Amendment was passed by both houses of Congress. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

I am his junior in life, was his junior in Congress, his junior in the diplomatic line, his junior lately in our civil government.” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

In other words, if Anthony won at the Supreme Court, women across the United States would win the right to vote without waiting for Congress or the states to give them that right. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

The first black alderman had been elected in 1915, and he was later elected to Congress. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Now, our enemy had gathered us all together under one roof for what became the largest and longest unbanned meeting of the Congress Alliance in years. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The first instance of organized resistance to the suffragist movement took place in 1871 when Godey’s Lady’s Book published a petition to the US Congress opposing votes for women. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

Six months after the first Explorer satellite, the US Congress passed the National Aeronautics and Space Act to provide for research into problems of flight within and outside the earth's atmosphere and for other purposes. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z

Woodhull’s successful speech before Congress, coupled with her pledge of $10,000 to the organization, made Woodhull welcome among the suffrage leaders—most of them, anyway. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Not even Congress was aware that the president was considering another major escalation. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Lillian spoke of the Old South when Bull was in earshot as though it were a private garden deeded to her in a last heroic proclamation by the Confederate Congress. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

On January 9, 1918, President Woodrow Wilson gave a speech to Congress offering his support for women’s suffrage, describing it as a war measure. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

There ensued such a commotion of screeching brakes, horns, screams, and whistles that alarm spread within the halls of Congress. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Congress recognized that many children on applications were aging out, due to extremely long processing times for applications. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

It says that Congress shall have the power to “regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, and with the Indian tribes.” An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

The AEC, Congress, and the Pentagon all recognized that Livermore, at a stroke, answered every objection raised against the second lab. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

I proposed reshaping the Congress Alliance so that the ANC would clearly be seen as the leader, especially on issues directly affecting Africans. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The bead librarian of the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., is your uncle?” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

And in the late nineteenth century the Congress made its reading a mandatory ritual on Washington’s birthday. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

In the halls of Congress, lawmakers rose one after another to denounce Sunday’s attack and demand new voting rights legislation. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

In Congress, North Carolina senator Sam Ervin Jr. drafted a racist polemic, the “Southern Manifesto,” which vowed to fight to maintain Jim Crow by all legal means. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

“A he like that is treason against the Republic. Besides, why would Congress authorize such a thing?” Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Or when Henry Lee flooded him with apocalyptic premonitions if assumption somehow were to pass, he counseled patience and greater trust in the wisdom of Congress. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

I wore a sleeveless aubergine dress to Barack’s address to the joint session of Congress and a sleeveless black sheath dress for my official White House photo, and suddenly my arms were making headlines. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

As far as Jefferson and Madison were concerned, only Congress could relocate itself, and it could do this only after it officially convened in Philadelphia. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

By selecting the Potomac location, the Congress had implicitly decided to separate the political and financial capitals of the United States. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Thus the moving observer would say that if faster-than-light travel is possible, it should be possible to get from event B, the opening of the Congress, to event A, the 100-meter race. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Ares 3 was a failure, but we can salvage something from it. We're funded for five Ares missions. I think we can get Congress to fund a sixth." The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Alfons didn’t know it at the time, but the 1938 National Socialist Party Congress would mark the last peacetime rally for the Nazis. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

It was clear then that they didn’t have the slightest intention of reopening the doors of Congress, as we all expected. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

He studies every bill trickling through Congress and considers making rounds to sweet-talk senators, but can’t muster the enthusiasm. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

While he thought the Constitution was crystal clear that Congress could not restrict or terminate the slave trade before 1808, it did not prohibit the members of the House from talking about the issue. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

After the terms of the Allotment Act were agreed upon, in 1906, Palmer boasted to Congress, “I wrote that Osage agreement out in longhand.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Opinion polls showed that the Congress was far and away the most popular political organization among Africans even though it had been banned for a quarter of a century. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Invisible Empire eventually foundered, however, after an outraged public demanded that Congress crush the group. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

The tour, which drew enormous audiences, was a huge success and was, in the opinion of many political experts, one of the final determining factors in the passage by Congress of the Nineteenth Amendment. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

Besides, he added, the most important relevant law was the First Amendment: “Congress shall make no law...abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press.” Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

But as his health worsened, they lowered their sights, planning instead to leave it to the Library of Congress. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

How else could they explain the NSA not trusting them with their own correspondence, or with documents available at the Library of Congress? The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

To put down the Confederate rebellion, the president required votes in Congress from men who would back the needs of the military. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

But events of the past few weeks had changed Johnson’s mind, and he assured King that a voting rights bill would soon be introduced in Congress. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

His Reconstruction policies were bitterly divisive, to the point that he warred openly with Congress. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

In the ensuing national hysteria Congress funneled millions upon millions of dollars into the California- based aerospace industry, and the boom was on. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

They had worked side by side in the Continental Congress, first as staunch opponents of reconciliation with England, then as members of the committee to draft the Declaration of Independence. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Congress because it killed millions of birds, fish, and amphibians after World War II, the insecticide called DDT was still being used in South America. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

The Congress of the People took place at Kliptown, a multiracial village on a scrap of veld a few miles soudiwest of Johannesburg, on two clear, sunny days, June 25 and 26, 1955. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

We watch Net News covering a session of Congress. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

For the amendment to be sent to the states for ratification, however, both houses of Congress had to approve it by a two-thirds majority. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

The rest of the day he was busy with the Congress, the club, playing golf, his business, and his political meetings. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was asked to testify before Congress about veterans’ struggles. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

Shortly thereafter, Congress funded the Negro and Native Reeducation Act and dozens of schools like Miss Preston's were created in cities as large as Baltimore and as small as Trenton. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

I had read some stuff in Stars and Stripes about Congress expanding the GI Bill. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the Continental Congress, John Adams had described him as a staunch advocate of independence who never uttered more than two or three sentences, even in committees. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Congress effectively outlawed their communal property, passing vast acreages into the public domain, tracts which then suddenly wound up in the hands of large American ranching enterprises like the Devine Company. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

One thing was clear: Neither Congress nor the federal courts were ready to grant women the right to vote. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

It must be voted and approved by members of Congress. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Although it was not on the agenda, a heated debate erupted on women’s right to vote and whether a resolution demanding that right should be drafted and sent to the US Congress. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

Congress later expanded the law to include Hispanic, Asian, Native American and other minority citizens, and in so doing, transformed America’s political landscape. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then, Congress passed a law to stop humans from killing marine mammals. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

Hanging was the time-honored fate of convicted spies, but Church could not be executed by hanging or by any other means because Congress had not yet passed any laws about treason or espionage. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then, to top it off, he had drafted and ushered the Bill of Rights through the First Congress. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

The Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988, passed by Congress as part of the War on Drugs, called for strict lease enforcement and eviction of public housing tenants who engage in criminal activity. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Adams had actually led the debate in the Congress that produced its passage, as Jefferson sat silently and sullenly while the delegates revised his language. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

“The members of Congress always knew when Miss Anthony had arrived in Washington,” a fellow suffragist recalled. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

I told him he was mistaken; we were not rejecting nonracialism, we were simply saying the ANC must stand more on its own and make statements that were not part of the Congress Alliance. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Congress of the People was to create a set of principles for the foundation of a new South Africa. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

After the meeting, a network of two thousand women set off on a nationwide mission to collect signatures on a petition urging Congress to pass the Thirteenth Amendment, abolishing slavery. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

It was called the Congress of Human Oddities. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

I hate Congress—I hate the army—I hate the world—I hate myself. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“Congress is not in session, Jenny, and only Congress can declare war. Still, Mr. Lincoln has asked for seventy-five thousand volunteers—from the militia of all the states.” Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

Spates of violence broke out between the Inkatha Freedom Party and the ANC, the African National Congress, as they jockeyed for power. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

The committee report consisted of seven resolutions that addressed this salient question: What are the powers vested in Congress, under the present constitution, relating to the abolition of slavery”? Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

On August 13, 1776, in a letter to Edmund Pendleton, a delegate to the First Continental Congress, he wrote that he hoped “the Cherokees will now be driven beyond the Mississippi.” An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

In 1878, the Senate Committee on Privileges and Elections invited both the suffragists and the anti-suffragists to present their views on a national suffrage amendment before Congress. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

We went to see Dr. A. B. Xuma, an old friend of the regent’s who was the president-general of the African National Congress. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Winnie had been invited to open the annual conference of the Transvaal Indian Youth Congress, and at my instigation she repudiated these rumors in no uncertain terms. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had been on the New York Committee for Detecting and Defeating Conspiracies along with John Jay, president of the Continental Congress and Washington’s chief of counterintelligence. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

They did what the government, the Congress, and the president said had to be done. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

The American Congress, frightened by the marching British, fled Philadelphia and ran to Baltimore. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Prince said, “And he’s right! But when will he convince Congress?” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

The giving and the taking on the location of the permanent national capital had been positively fierce ever since the question had come before Congress in September of 1789. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

In 1784 Jefferson also proposed a bill in the federal Congress prohibiting slavery in all the western territories; it failed to pass by a single vote. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

The Housing Rights Act of 1968, making it illegal to discriminate in the housing industry based on race, had lingered in Congress for years, vehemently opposed by legislators both in the North and the South. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

Early on, little effort was made to disguise the racial motivations behind the law and order rhetoric and the harsh criminal justice legislation proposed in Congress. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

A native of Washington, DC, Hoover had started out as a messenger boy at the Library of Congress. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Congress admonished the brain busters not to waste taxpayer money on “science fiction” and dreams of manned spaceflight. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

For a voice in Congress, if not a representative then a strong alliance with liberal-minded whites. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

On the first floor, Charles was at long last video chatting with his uncle, James Willoughby III, the librarian of Congress, who had finally shown up for the Ask an Expert call. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

But then suddenly M. D. Naidoo, a member of the South African Indian Congress, burst forth and said to his Indian colleagues, “Ah, you are afraid of going to jail, that is all!” Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Though he himself was a Congress man, he did not intend to risk any run-ins with the Marxist government. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was after the catastrophe, when they shot the president and machine-gunned the Congress and the army declared a state of emergency. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

The committee, created by the Continental Congress, was really a spy agency, set up “for the sole purpose of Corresponding with our friends in Great Britain, Ireland and other parts of the world.” George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

After Congress failed to pass the amendment, Alice Paul turned up the heat on her campaign and changed her tactics yet again. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

He had also tried to get Congress to give him a patent on his idea for a steam wagon, too. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

The president had been reluctant to push for voting rights legislation so soon after Congress passed the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

This explains the initial reaction of several representatives from South Carolina, who objected to the suggestion that the petitions should be read aloud in the halls of Congress. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

In the thick of it one horrified lady manager had written to Mrs. Palmer, “I do hope that Congress will not become disgusted with our sex.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

For Africans, he asserted, the engine of change was the African National Congress; its policies were the best way to pursue power in South Africa. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

In 1878, she and Stanton arranged for Senator Aaron A. Sargent to present Congress with a constitutional amendment granting women the right to vote. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

Mom licks her lips and says, “Between the 1940s and 1970s, about one-third of Native children were separated from their families. Until Congress passed the Indian Child Welfare Act in 1978.” I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Only two months later, Congress’s Joint Atomic Energy Committee convened yet another in its seemingly endless string of hearings on the topic. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

As for the western territories, Wilson was certain that Congress “would never allow slaves in any of the new states.” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Consider the fact that Canada has taken in twenty-five thousand Syrian refugees, while Obama’s plan to bring in ten thousand refugees was met with outrage in Congress. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

To keep the Cambodia operation secret, the military prepared phony reports for Congress, stating that the bombs were actually falling on Vietnam. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

The Osage, meanwhile, had taken their own steps to protect themselves against future plots, persuading Congress to pass a new law. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

The history of the proposed amendment in Congress would be indicative of how difficult it would be to get it passed into law. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

They wrote letters to Congress and the mayor’s office demanding recognition of Henrietta’s contribution to science. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

He’s part of it all now, headlines and oil paintings and pages in the Library of Congress, etched right alongside. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Dr. Dadoo, president of the Transvaal Indian Congress, castigated the restrictions and dismissed the offer of parliamentary representation as “a spurious offer of a sham franchise.” Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Franklin and Robert Morris, a member of Congress and a money-raiser for the Revolution, arranged for a ship to land some men in Bermuda, grab a ton of gunpowder, and sail to Philadelphia. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

At first Congress didn’t know what to do with the crazy viruses that kept developing down there and killing off entire factories of animals. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

The same logic didn’t apply in the United States, where the president is independently elected and often does not represent the party that has a majority in the Congress. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Both Congress and Watergate prosecutors asked Nixon for the tapes. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Their principal concern was whether or not the Congress Alliance was strong enough to halt the government’s plans. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The first enigmatic bargain concerned the expansion of slavery into the West and actually occurred in the Confederation Congress that was also meeting in Philadelphia. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

But the immediate cause for their breakaway was their objection to the Freedom Charter and the presence of whites and Indians in the Congress Alliance leadership. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Continental Congress could be driven from one location to another like a covey of pigeons, and it was. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Philadelphia, where the Continental Congress had created a new nation by drafting and signing the Declaration of Independence in July 1776, was doomed. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

I very much wanted to see Adelaide, his wife, and their children, as well as Yusuf Dadoo, who was now living there and representing the Congress movement. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

After all,with Washington as president, Jefferson as secretary of state, Edmund Randolph as attorney general—he might have added Madison as dominant presence in the Congress—Virginia's interests were hardly unrepresented in the capital. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Congress, which during Reconstruction had been quick to enact measures of legal, social, and economic freedom for blacks, just as quickly began to roll them back. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

Adams went to his grave claiming that these laws never enjoyed his support, that their chief sponsors were Federalist extremists in the Congress, and that he had signed them grudgingly and reluctantly. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Then Congress hires you and you make lots of money. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Arthur was an artist and designer by profession, a member of the Congress of Democrats and one of the first members of MK. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

A couple of months earlier, all the national parks, along with all other nonessential government departments, had been closed for a couple of weeks during a budget impasse between President Clinton and Congress. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

The Republican Congress was devoted to Barack’s failure above all else. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Modern drug forfeiture laws date back to 1970, when Congress passed the Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Ismail and Monty, however, were disturbed by my belief that the ANC needed to take the lead among the Congress Alliance and make statements on its own concerning affairs that affected Africans. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Congress, the courts concluded, is free to amend the law if circumstances have changed. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Secretary of State John Kerry, who more than forty years before had been the first Vietnam War veteran to testify before Congress against the war, put it more bluntly. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Congress had signaled its enthusiasm for an expanded AEC program by allocating the agency a healthy budget for research, he explained. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Congress and the Council of Ministers of the U.S.S.R. to fund a search for extraterrestrial intelligence is the hard part.' Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

She and the Congressional Union obtained ten tickets to the president’s first speech to Congress since his reelection. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

My next stop was a meeting in Durban with Dr. Naicker and the Executive Committee of the Natal Indian Congress, where I raised the sensitive issue that the Nations! Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I told the court how I had joined the African National Congress and how its policy of democracy and nonracialism reflected my own deepest convictions. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She would chain herself with other ladies to the gates of Congress and the Supreme Court, setting off a degrading spectacle that made all their husbands look ridiculous. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Express riders carried the news of the Massachusetts battles to the Second Continental Congress, which was meeting in Philadelphia. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Congress for its antiapartheid legislation and said the new South Africa hoped to live up to the values that created the two chambers before which I spoke. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Congress had prohibited him from any more bombing in Cambodia and limited his right to wage war. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

The Congress of the People would be a public display of strength. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Congress Avenue was called that because at its north end stood the majestic state capitol building, with its dome and white columns. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

I have always been a member of the African National Congress and 1 will remain a member of the African National Congress until the day I die. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Consulting contracts were tendered by Eastman Kodak, General Electric, and the American Cyanamid Company, and invitations flowed in to serve on government committees, to lecture, to testify before Congress. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Best of all, he informed them, the nation’s capital was healthy enough for Congress to meet there in December, as planned. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

Overall, four out of five members of Congress were male. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“The world must be made safe for democracy,” Wilson said in his declaration of war to Congress. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

The doctor, nearly half his age, had an affinity for bell-bottom trousers and made humorless jokes about the Congress party. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

He asks Congress for pardon; it is never given. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

That is when I joined the African National Congress, and that is when the hunger for my own freedom became the greater hunger for the freedom of my people. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’d watched with dismay as Republicans in Congress followed suit, fighting Barack’s every effort to stanch the economic crisis, refusing to support measures that would cut taxes and save or create millions of jobs. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

The issue concerned a minor matter of etiquette: How should the president be addressed by members of Congress? Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

The presidential election of 1932 sparked a major turning point for American labor unions, bringing pro-labor president Franklin D. Roosevelt into office in 1933, along with a Congress sympathetic to labor. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z

On June 12, 1963, President Kennedy announced that he would deliver to Congress a strong civil rights bill, a declaration that transformed him into a widely recognized ally of the Civil Rights Movement. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

But when the tide of war turned against the British, the Continental Congress was able to focus on an offensive to annihilate the Shawnee Nation in the Ohio Country. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

The party badly needed people and Severo was anxious for a seat in Congress, so they had no trouble convincing the downtrodden voters of the South to choose him as their candidate. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Another time, in a misprint he hadn’t caught, Roberto’s article had stated that Senator Smathers had delivered an elegy, instead of a eulogy, of Trujillo before the joint members of the United States Congress. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The ten directors and screenwriters were thrown in prison for contempt of Congress. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

According to the time of an observer who is at rest with respect to the earth, it may be that the Congress opened after the race. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had applied to Congress for a patent on a steam engine he’d made to run a boat. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

He explains that the moment he decided was this summer, when he saw Richards on TV talking about the Youth Congress program. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“We were preparing for a Morphological Congress. That’s when all the cities share data on the operation.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

The problem was that the Rosenwald overlapped with the great Hastings Christmas Congress in England, the annual international tournament that, over the years, had seen some of the greatest chess legends capture first prize. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

He wished to establish a precedent that clarified the constitutional ambiguities concerning the power of Congress over slavery. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

The precipitant was Hamilton’s Report on the Public Credit, forwarded to Congress in January of 1790. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Washington opposed the scheme on several grounds, but confided his deepest reasons to Henry Laurens, president of the Continental Congress. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

In fact, copies of some of them were available at the Library of Congress—and to William, that was just how it should be. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

The charter would be presented at the 'Congress of the People and each of its elements submitted to the delegates for approval. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

That said, even though no formal proposal for a gradual emancipation program came before the Congress in 1790, all the elements for such a program were present in the debates. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

While other delegates in the Congress kept searching for ways to avoid a break with England, Adams insisted the Revolution had already begun. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

He told Congress her story, saying, “Ms. Lacks was not acknowledged as the donor of the cells.” The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

He was scheduled to speak before a Congress of African Students. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

They had always voted for the Congress Party. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Congress passed the Fifteenth Amendment in February 1869, and it went to the states for ratification. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

In a curiously rambling farewell address, he accused cabinet members of a breach of trust, of ignoring him and of playing into the hands of the African National Congress. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Congress had the final say, however, and now the time for the big vote had come. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Learning that they attempted to negotiate with the settlers, wearing European-style suits and addressing Congress in the assumption of good faith—and were repeatedly lied to and betrayed—enrages her. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

“The news from Philadelphia is that Congress is close to declaring independence,” Goldbuttons continued. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

When President James Madison went before Congress seeking a formal declaration of war, he specifically referred to British support for Indigenous fighters on the frontier. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

Knowing Americans felt threatened, he’d been confident Congress would pass his bill. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

With passage of the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, Johnson now had the right to act in Southeast Asia without first getting an official declaration of war from Congress. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

He was an irritant to the state because of his sharp questions and attempts to show that the state was the violator of laws, not the Congress. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Did I think it was a good idea for him to run for Congress? Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

On the night of Monday, March 15, as seventy million Americans watched on television, the president made his case before a joint session of Congress. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The head librarian for the Library of Congress? James F. Willoughby the third?” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

A month later, Congress had another chance to take up the bill. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

In December, 184.9, most of the speeches made in Congress dealt 'with the need for a more stringent fugitive slave law. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

The key strategic insight was that the residency question must never again be allowed to come before Congress, where it was certain to fall victim to the political version of death by a thousand cuts. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

I saw my role as am elder statesman who might help them move on to the more inclusive ideas of the Congress Movement. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Among the legislators who took the oath of office was Jeannette Rankin of Montana, the first female member of Congress. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

However powerful Stanton’s words, they were still not strong enough for Congress to follow up with concrete steps to grant women the right to vote. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

What will happen, they had said, if the president is still seriously ill when Congress re-adjourns in the fall or if a national emergency occurs? Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

The directors of the Exposition Company did decide to seek a direct appropriation from Congress, but their request triggered a congressional investigation of the fair’s expenditures. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

I am standing outside the library debating the Republican takeover of Congress or the place of Wu-Tang Clan in the canon. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

As a result, the notion that he was supposed to manage the political factions in the Congress or in his cabinet never even occurred to him. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

June 4: The US Congress approves the Nineteenth Amendment to the US Constitution, which would guarantee suffrage to women, and sends it to all the states for ratification. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

He had been deeply involved in the planning of the Congress of the People and was destined for the highest levels of leadership in the organization. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Congress had recently passed a law that prohibited mailing obscene material. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Congress, like the American public, wanted nothing more to do with the war. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

Victoria Woodhull arguing before the House Judiciary Committee that Congress should pass a declaratory act confirming women’s right to vote as a provision of the Fourteenth Amendment. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

In an all-out campaign to push the Susan B. Anthony Amendment through Congress, a “Prison Special” tour began with former prisoners traveling throughout the country on a train named the Democracy Limited. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

Alexander Hamilton felt the president could indeed move Congress. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

Like a lightning flash in the night, the initial exchange on the floor of Congress in February of 1790 had exposed these divisions of opinion before a national audience for the first time. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

McNamara was blatantly misleading Congress, but aside from Morse, no other senators knew it. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Congress did not assign presidential safety to the Secret Service until 1901. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

He overhauled ethics rules governing White House employees’ interactions with lobbyists and, most important, managed to push a major economic stimulus bill through Congress, even though not a single House Republican voted in its favor. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Such pleas, inevitably, were ignored, and members of Congress would gather in wood-paneled committee rooms and spend hours examining in minute detail the Osage’s expenditures, as if the country’s security were at stake. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

The US Congress was close to enacting a law that would prohibit the manufacture, sale, and distribution of alcoholic beverages. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

The first Carl’s Jr. restaurant opened in 1956 — the same year that America got its first shop ping mall and that Congress passed the Interstate Highway Act. Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal 2001-01-17T00:00:00Z

In the spring of 1958, Congress and the Eisenhower Administration set up the National Aeronautics and Space Administration in an attempt to put some order into the space program. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

She supported the Equal Rights Amendment, proposed in 1923; Congress passed the bill in 1912, but it was never ratified by three-fourths of the states. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

When Congress began looking into the Justice Department, Burns and the attorney general used all their power, all the tools of law enforcement, to thwart the inquiry and obstruct justice. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

A frequent visitor to the Library of Congress, Garfield asked the librarians for book recommendations, which he borrowed or purchased to expand his knowledge of history, philosophy, and other subjects. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

This ruling was remarkable given that, prior to the Drug Reform Act of 1986, the longest sentence Congress had ever imposed for possession of any drug in any amount was one year. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Roosevelt asked Congress for an immediate declaration of war on Japan, and got it. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

A fellow student whispered to me that Nyathi was a member of the African National Congress, an organization that I had vaguely heard of but knew very little about. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just two years later that brown-haired young man was elected to Congress and eventually became president of the United States. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a monumental irony: The man famous as the indefatigable orator of independence in the Continental Congress was obliged to remain silent in the legislative councils of the new government. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Much more rarely am I asked, “Have you heard that gold is made in supernova explosions?” or “When do you think Congress will approve a Mars Rover?” Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Within months, he had been elected to the Congress of People's Deputies as a leading figure of the movement for democracy in Russia. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

He would later give an interview to a local paper, estimating that during the six or so months he campaigned for Congress, he spent less than four full days at home with me and Malia. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

He added that Congress remained free to impose federal oversight on states where voting rights were at risk, but must do so on the basis of current conditions. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Quaker petitioners were now asking the Congress to break that compact and thereby violate the understanding on which the states of the Deep South had entered the union. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

The newspaper is splashed with headlines about the surprise attack and the announcement that President Roosevelt has asked Congress to declare war on Japan. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was well known for his years in Congress and his dedication to the Republican Party. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

This would allow news of the 100-meter race to reach the opening of the Congress. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Yes, Johnson and McNamara were telling Congress and the public only part of the story of recent events in Vietnam. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

There was talk now among the directors of seeking a $10 million appropriation from Congress, but the only immediate solution was to reduce expenditures. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Congress didn't meet during the summer, and the pace of government slowed down. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

First, experts in mosquito control complained that Congress had not budgeted enough money for the campaign to succeed. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

Closer to home, the tobacco industry—and so the Piedmont region—would benefit from a bill wending its way through Congress, legislation designed to keep tobacco support payments steady and high. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

The Congress of the People represented one of the two main currents of thought operating within the organization. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“My mom canvassed for your mom when she ran for Congress back in the day, so like, we go way back. She’s the first president I ever voted for.” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

He was now officially running for Congress, which meant that he rarely switched off. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“Shot down in cold blood, they were! What’s Congress going to do to protect our shipping? Just sit there in Philadelphia and talk about it?” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

The outrage about Guiteau boosted support for activists who had been working for years to reform the system, and the reformers gained enough votes in Congress to pass a bill. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Economic stimulus packages could have sailed through Congress to bail out those trapped in jobless ghettos through no fault of their own. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

But in September word came to Washington from the excitable general who, months before, had annoyed Congress with his predictions of a long and difficult war. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

The American president, J « Harry Truman, had petitioned Congress to allow tens of thousands of concentration camp survivors to immigrate to the United States. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

Unlike previous treaties, these would be ratified by the new Congress of the United States. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

The petition submitted to the First Congress under his signature, then, was essentially the same proposal he had wanted to introduce at the Convention. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

He could bomb, put US forces in Vietnam, and initiate large-scale combat operations, all without consulting Congress. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

At last, Congress was at least considering the suffrage question. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Woodhull asked Congress to issue a declaratory act to clarify the right of all women to vote under the authority of the Fourteenth Amendment. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Bright and serious, Ismail Meer was born in Natal, and while at law school at Wits he became a key member of the Transvaal Indian Congress. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was a key member of the Transvaal Indian Youth Congress and had heard I was opposed to the May Day strike. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I affirmed that I was “a loyal and disciplined member of the African National Congress.” Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The fourth was a gesture toward the northern interests, authorizing Congress to levy a tax on slave imports designed to discourage the practice without prohibiting it. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Congress did not pass Senator Herring’s bill or any others that would censor radio programs. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

“I was thinking about that, though,” Henry says, “the chance being with me is going to keep ruining your career. Congress by thirty, wasn’t it?” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

As the swelling throng marched singing into Montgomery, the Voting Rights Act was beginning its own contested journey through the political thickets of Congress. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was at that meeting that Oliver uttered prophetic words: “Today it is the Communist Party. Tomorrow it will be our trade unions, our Indian Congress, our APO, our African National Congress.” Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s war—Congress or no,” Matt said slowly, ignoring his nephew’s remark. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lord Dunmore’s letters to General Howe, which very fortunately fell into my hands, and were enclosed by me to Congress, will let you pretty fully into his diabolical schemes. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

The Declaration was still regarded as a product of the whole Continental Congress, not the work of one man, and had yet to achieve the symbolic significance it would in the nineteenth century. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Stanton and Anthony wrote articles and letters, held meetings, and circulated petitions demanding that Congress “extend the right of suffrage to woman.” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

A certificate would be sent to subscribers and a book with their names and cosmic numbers would be registered in the Library of Congress. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

But he was not a mover-and-shaker, only a draftsman; the words he wrote were merely the lyrical expression of ideas that had been bandied about in the Congress and the various colonial legislatures for years. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

When Adams received word of this outrageous ultimatum, he ordered the delegation to return home, but he also withheld the official dispatches describing the bribery scheme from the Congress and the public. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

“We need your lead, friend. For ammunition. Good people throughout the city are donating all the lead they own. The Provincial Congress will compensate you, of course. In due time. I’ve invoices prepared.” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Inspired by Harriot Stanton Blatch, Paul wanted to use pageants and parades to rekindle interest in a federal amendment for women’s suffrage, as well as to influence members of Congress. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

On April 2, 1917, members of the Sixty-Fifth Congress were sworn in to a special session. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

In 2015, after American women soldiers stationed in Afghanistan complained that the army still did not provide boots in women’s sizes, the United States Congress suggested it might be time for a more up-to-date policy. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

Suppose, however, that the spaceship would have to travel faster than light to carry the news of the race to the Congress. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

One of the last and most consequential acts of the Congress was to pass the Northwest Ordinance in July of 1787. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

South Congress Avenue hardly resembled the street north of the river. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

Congress to pass the landmark Civil Rights Act of 1964, which outlawed discrimination in public accommodations such as restaurants, theaters and hotels, in government, and in employment. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

Indeed, that very same year Congress passed a law forbidding Americans from being involved in importing slaves. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

“The Congress would give you a medal for that,” he said with a grin. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

During her first term in Congress, the Montana legislature changed the boundaries of its voting districts, and Rankin found herself in a politically unfavorable area. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

In Durban, we paid a call on our colleagues at the Natal Indian Congress in an effort to boost activism in the area. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

As much as he wanted to tackle the country's problems, he found himself coping daily with bickering in his cabinet, skirmishes with Congress, and endless political appointments. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Therefore the Supernatural World Congress forbids the Bureau from ever seeking out the key. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

In 1996, Congress passed welfare reform legislation that gratuitously included a provision that authorized states to ban people with drug convictions from public benefits and welfare. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“We thought it would be a tragedy for the first woman ever in Congress to vote for war,” Paul said. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Specifically, how far did the authority of Congress extend? Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

With this in mind, we spent weeks and weeks quietly holding meetings with business and advocacy groups as well as members of Congress. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

We had long suspected a clamp-down was coming, and the Congress decided that certain members needed to leave the country to strengthen the organization abroad in anticipation of the time it would be banned entirely. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Congress began the debates over the Sedition Act in the spring of 1798, Jefferson’s first fear was that it was aimed pointedly at him. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Who were these South Carolinians to instruct us on what Congress could and could not do? Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Without Congress to pass laws and appropriate money, the workings of the federal government would eventually come to a grinding halt. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

Few laws or acts of Congress have ever been so unpopular with so many people as the Eighteenth Amendment. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

Throughout Garfield's early years in Congress, the family lived in rented rooms in Washington, returning to their house in Hiram, Ohio, during Congressional holidays. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

The newspaper called on Congress to build a federal auditorium in Washington that would be free of racial discrimination. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z

In the subway, on his way to his office at the Congress, a voice barked at him from behind. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Everyone was ready to give them advice on whom to see, what to say, or to prophesy the outcome of this Congress. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Despite considerable pressure from the Federalists in Congress and mounting war fever in the wake of the XYZ revelations, Adams held out hope for reconciliation based primarily on these reports. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

As Adams remembered it, Jefferson had played a decidedly minor role in the Continental Congress. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

“Yes. They do. Entire acts passed by Congress. Scientists can’t burp without someone forming a committee to investigate them. Some even go to prison. That in your head, too?” The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

“You are summoned to the New York Provincial Congress for suspicion of aiding the enemy, Elihu. I am placing you under arrest. These soldiers will escort you.” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

The master and his friends could complain about the Continental Congress at such length I feared my ears might drop off. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ford made a last-ditch appeal to Congress for economic aid to South Vietnam, but his request was refused. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

Then, Congress assigned the duty of guarding the president to the U.S. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Just south of the capitol was the financial and theater district, and then the Congress Street Bridge, which crossed over Town Lake. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

In April, May and June, most of the speeches made in Congress concerned Kansas. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

When a conservative majority took power in Congress in 1994, legal aid to death row prisoners became a political target, and federal funding was quickly eliminated. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Our manifesto stated: “We believe that the national liberation of Africans will be achieved by Africans themselves. . . . The Congress Youth League must be the brains-trust and power-station of the spirit of African nationalism.” Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Church was a trusted Patriot, a tea tosser at the Boston Tea Party, a Son of Liberty, and an adviser to the Second Continental Congress. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Because of the Korean War, Congress had just lowered the minimum age for military service to eighteen and a half, so Lawrence was drafted at sixteen. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Over the next two years the political discord, fueled by the Congress Party and the Church, slid into anarchy. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The president cannot force the passage of constitutional amendments, which must be passed by two-thirds of both houses of Congress and ratified by three-quarters of the state legislatures. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

He went before Congress to ask for the right to “take all necessary measures” to “prevent further aggression.” Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

At the end of 1952, they bought a run-down house on Capitol Hill, chiefly because it was a short walk to the Library of Congress and the Folger Shakespeare Library. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

X-Ray picked up Armpit at school; then they drove to South Congress Avenue in search of a barbecue joint called Smokestack Lightnin’. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

A few others are tapped for politics and Congress, and some are chosen to stay behind and teach. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Its emissaries had boasted to Congress that the city could deliver a grander and more appropriate setting than anything New York, Washington, or any other city could propose. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Which cause do you think the members of Congress.will open up the coffers for? Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

With the approval of the Continental Congress, three armies were mustered to launch an offensive against the Seneca and any other Indigenous nation that opposed the separatists. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

Even more alarming was what the Lawrence brothers witnessed that September at the Fifth International Congress of Radiology in Chicago. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

I tagged along while Phil and Gay interviewed some members of Congress. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Congress ordered Church put in a Connecticut prison. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If Congress does not give us money we will have riots that will shake this country,” he said. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Dressed in white, the marchers delivered petitions to each member of Congress. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

A new funding source had entered the field: the National Cancer Institute, established by Congress in August and seeded with $400,000 in annual grant-making authority. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

“Here’s what he said in his Eighth Annual Message to Congress, last December.” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

For if Congress has a power to regulate the conditions of the inhabitants of states, within the states, it will be but another exercise of that power to declare that all shall be free. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

They knew of the ANC’s antipass campaign and had been invited to join, but instead of linking arms with the Congress movement, they sought to sabotage us. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jesse could hardly comprehend a Congress that would care about a presidents sex life. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Constitution had provided for Congress to identify a “seat of government” not to exceed one hundred square miles in size to be purchased from the proximate states. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Executive Committee believed that the Indian Congress had become inactive of late. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gearing up for what is going to be another fascinating mid-term election — where control of the House and the Senate is on the line, where members of Congress are facing record-low approval ratings. MSNBC's Norah O'Donnell on Motherhood and the Midterms 2010-09-01T13:20:00Z

The Smithsonian's Portrait Gallery removed the piece Tuesday after the Catholic League and members of Congress complained the video was sacrilegious and anti-Christian. Gallery protests Smithsonian's removal of video 2010-12-01T23:23:00Z

He is revered in the Philippines, where he sits in Congress. Manny Pacquiao, the Boxer, Is the Focus of a Documentary 2015-01-22T05:00:00Z

Congress identified several sites in its charge to the Smithsonian, including the institution’s Arts and Industries Building; Jefferson Drive between 12th and 14th streets; and Pennsylvania Ave. and Third St. near the Capitol. Latino Museum backers are pushing for a prime spot on the National Mall. But a turf war is looming. 2021-07-28T04:00:00Z

Congress doled out money to virtually every state for “the largest civilian project ever undertaken,” Charles Fishman wrote in “One Giant Leap.” The hard-charging space program: Breakthroughs, breakups and breakneck 2019-06-18T04:00:00Z

Crowds of rioters — which included members of the Proud Boys, a far-right group — quickly breached the Capitol's outdoor barricades before storming inside and disrupting a joint session of Congress. "The View" calls Jan. 6 Capitol attack deniers "people who live in this fantasyland" 2022-01-05T05:00:00Z

We’re 62 days until the next “most-important election” of our lifetime and Congress has returned from summer break to preside over its own demise as a meaningful institution. Summer’s over, and things are back to bonkers. Here’s the view from Crazytown, D.C. 2018-09-05T04:00:00Z

It’s true that many people say they mistrust “the media” and hold us in roughly the same contempt as Congress, telemarketers and Zika. Dear readers: Please stop calling us ‘the media.’ There is no such thing. 2016-09-23T04:00:00Z

It has also failed to work with Congress to make a museum a reality. ‘The Smithsonian can do more and should do more,’ says advocate for a Latino museum 2018-09-24T04:00:00Z

Relations He once went to Tip O’Neill, Tip told him about the fights between White House and Congress. ArtsBeat Blog: Revisiting Deng Xiaoping: A Word With Ezra F. Vogel 2011-10-21T10:00:12Z

Hill reporters track his movements on the Senate floor, staking out his office, sometimes for hours, and then orbiting around him like electrons as he walks the halls of Congress. One year of ‘President Manchin’: For the Democratic agenda, all roads go through West Virginia 2021-12-14T05:00:00Z

Capitol, which resulted in the wounding of several members of Congress. Asked to Adapt a Classic Play, This Writer Rethought Her Life 2022-06-03T04:00:00Z

Then the event moved to the Capitol grounds, but it was so destructive to the grass that Congress passed a law — the “Turf Protection Act” — kicking them out, signed by President Ulysses S. Grant. White House Easter Egg Roll to return for first time in two years 2022-03-24T04:00:00Z

Griffin's latest reply to Musk mocked a series of tweets in which Musk urged "independent-minded voters" to vote for a Republican Congress. Kathy Griffin's ingenious trolling of Elon Musk and his Chief Twit verification policy 2022-11-07T05:00:00Z

Congress, the UN and the cia to the White House, Bush never slowed down. George H. W. Bush's Sporting Life 2010-03-25T21:40:00Z

Blackmail Boutique on South Congress is a perfect example of Austin style. Local's Guide to Austin 2010-04-28T22:24:00Z

Copy in Washington, at the Library of Congress — a complete version printed on vellum, a calfskin parchment. Walters Art Museum highlights the bumpy road of publishing, post-Gutenberg

Several others were recognized for their work on behalf of gender and racial equality, including Dingell, the longest-serving member of Congress. Obama awards Medal of Freedom to diverse group of activists, artists, scientists

“Congress should subpoena Dr. Doom Fauci’s phone records,” Mitchell tweeted Monday, “and see how many times he has called Hillary in the past 60 days.” Perspective | Dr. Fauci symbolizes everything about the Trump-era media climate 2020-03-31T04:00:00Z

But some of their reporting, especially on Congress and the inanity that goes on there in the name of lawmaking, is first-rate. Brian Williams and Seth Meyers Share Notes Over Lunch 2014-08-22T04:00:00Z

Colbert, too, testified before Congress in 2010 on behalf of migrant labor. Jon Stewart, defender of American values: How comedians are redefining patriotism now 2019-06-12T04:00:00Z

Among the three dozen or so instances since 1852 in which Congress has authorized this distinction, Lewis is only the fifth person of color to lie in state or in honor as an individual. Perspective | John Lewis’s death was loss for us all. But the powerful Capitol service for him was a blessing. 2020-07-27T04:00:00Z

Durbin said he favors a concept used for the closing and realignment of military bases in which Congress would have to accept or reject in whole the panel’s recommendations. Durbin: 'Gang of 6' plan not part of debt talks 2011-07-20T19:57:00Z

We soon learn that one of its main characters is running for Congress. Review: ‘Almost Christmas,’ a Home-for-the-Holidays Comedy 2016-11-10T05:00:00Z

Nixon is despised by his colleagues in Congress and the White House, and his closest and most enduring ties are to a pair of KGB operatives, Arkady and Tatiana. In Austin Grossman's supernatural novel, 'Crooked,' Richard Nixon meets H.P. Lovecraft 2015-07-23T04:00:00Z

In 1850, responding to slaveholders’ outcries, Congress passed a Fugitive Slave Act that strengthened the federal mandate for arresting and returning escapees. How the Dispute Over Runaway Slaves Helped Fuel the Civil War 2019-01-02T05:00:00Z

Tainted by the maelstrom of her congressional début, Rankin has a credibility issue, as critics ask voters whether they really want to “keep a woman in Congress.” A Century Before Hillary 2016-08-16T04:00:00Z

By contrast the Library of Congress does not hold copyright to the items it is exchanging; researchers seeking copies of restricted American content must secure permission from the rights holder. France and the Library of Congress Start a Media Project 2012-06-29T22:03:01Z

Gandhi took over the reins of a floundering Congress party in 1998 and was the architect of its unexpected triumph in national elections six years later. Attempts to block book on India's Sonia Gandhi only fueled interest: author 2015-01-21T05:00:00Z

If Congress fails to act, individuals would lose federal tax breaks for paying local sales taxes, buying energy efficient appliances and using mass transit, among others. FDA approves diet pill 2012-06-27T17:50:00Z

Critics grumbled that Daley failed to court key congressional players or understand the hardball played by leaders of both parties in Congress. Daley resigns as White House chief of staff 2012-01-10T02:47:00Z

Apparently deadened by the constant barrage of outrages and scandals surrounding him, Congress and many Americans don’t seem to care about any of it. Perspective | Trump joking with Putin over eliminating journalists is a betrayal of America. So is ignoring it. 2019-06-28T04:00:00Z

He chastised Trump for bypassing Congress in his decision to launch a strike on Syria. Tim Kaine is back at his old Senate job. It’s never seemed more important. 2017-04-12T04:00:00Z

That August, Congress appropriated $1 billion to support the Economic Opportunity Act, which promised to wage a “War against Poverty.” Everything you know about the 1960s is wrong 2012-11-24T14:00:00Z

The film quickly moves from the ravages of the earth to conference halls and the chambers of Congress‌. ‘To the End’ Review: Seeing Red While Left on Read 2022-12-08T05:00:00Z

So they’re trying another route, asking Congress to do what the Obama administration and the courts refused to do: roll back the law. Airlines ask Congress to rescind airfare rule 2014-05-09T04:00:00Z

One term, it’s the blink of an eye, And Ruth Ginsburg is still peppy and spry And the Congress can stay gridlocked and slow| With Chuck Schumer there to say no.... Style Invitational: Do over the do-over — enter any of the year’s contests 2016-12-15T05:00:00Z

He was a Marine, a social worker, an ordained Presbyterian minister who served two congregations, a book editor and a three-time Democratic candidate for Congress from California. Ralph Waite, Patriarch in TV Series ‘The Waltons,’ Dies at 85 2014-02-14T06:00:50Z

Last year, Congress provided $1.1 billion to the CDC for Zika response and preparedness that was mostly passed on to local and state public health departments. Federal money for state-level Zika tracking, prevention may end this summer 2017-05-02T04:00:00Z

Perhaps the thinking here is that the strike will somehow work its way up to anti-abortion Texan state legislators or Congress members. Withholding sex is not the answer to abortion bans: The spectacle of celebrity "pro-choice" activism 2021-09-08T04:00:00Z

During the McCarthy era Mr. Seeger’s political affiliations, including membership in the Communist Party in the 1940s, led to his being blacklisted and later indicted for contempt of Congress. Pete Seeger, Songwriter and Champion of Folk Music, Dies at 94 2014-01-28T06:32:10Z

Here in America, a bill that would allow employees to merely request flex-time arrangements without fearing negative job consequences is malingering in the back offices of Congress. Motherlode Blog: The Toll of Stress on Parents ? and Kids 2011-10-19T15:44:14Z

“Ad agencies are like the U.S. Congress,” he said — resistant to change and less than nimble. Cats here, politics there — how a split-up BuzzFeed sees its video-heavy future 2016-09-18T04:00:00Z

In 1972, his opposition to the Vietnam War led him to take on the quixotic mission of running for Congress as the Democratic nominee in a heavily Republican district in Kansas. Charles Barsotti, New Yorker cartoonist known for his simplicity, dies at 80

“They both wore the same transparent ploy to Congress.” Must-see morning clip: Jon Stewart shames Mary Landrieu and Dems for Keystone XL ploy 2014-11-21T05:00:00Z

Capitol Food Bank: Providing healthy meals to undeserved members of Congress. Style Invitational Week 1412: Jumble bells 2020-11-25T05:00:00Z

With Congress on the brink of attempting to defund Planned Parenthood because of its role as an abortion provider, those services could easily be caught in the crossfire. How defunding Planned Parenthood could wipe out transgender healthcare 2017-03-02T05:00:00Z

In April, Vox won 24 seats in Congress, but soon after, many predicted that its star was dimming. For 115 years, one restaurant has fed the elite in Berlin and now Madrid. Nazis included. 2019-12-16T05:00:00Z

We should observe that she isn’t storming Congress for action on cap and trade; nor is she abandoning environmental activism for expediency’s sake. Millennials will save us! 2013-02-16T19:00:00Z

Gutierrez and other members of Congress were briefed on the procedure last week. Immigrants hope for deportation reprieves 2011-09-11T02:12:00Z

Not to be outdone, Lucy in Disguise with Diamonds, a few doors down on South Congress Avenue, was crowned with an outsize statue of its own: a 12-foot-tall zebra in full Carmen Miranda costume. ‘I could never live in Texas. This is Austin.’ — A four-day getaway to the capital city. 2017-03-23T04:00:00Z

In its eighth year, the festival will be held all three days at Humboldt Park, Sept. 13-15, after splitting time last year between the park and the Congress Theatre. Riot Fest lineup includes Fall Out Boy, Blink-182, Motorhead 2013-05-16T04:41:00Z

He acknowledged that if Congress doesn't act, the post office could reach a point next summer where it doesn't have the money to keep operating. If the post office closed, would anyone miss it? 2011-09-10T13:48:00Z

It’s in these circumstance that he is apparently traveling back to his native United States, toward a possible confrontation with Congress over the boundaries of freedom and hate. The fountain pen-obsessed entrepreneur behind 8chan, the Internet’s most notorious hate forum 2019-08-08T04:00:00Z

He slams Congress for gridlock and Obama for adopting an Afghanistan strategy the president himself expected to fail. 50 notable works of nonfiction

The team must tackle Congress in order to bring down a competitive cheerleading company that profits by putting teenage girls at risk. Sunday TV Picks: 'The Great Food Truck Race' on Food Network 2012-08-15T21:04:13Z

Oliver's series airs as Congress considers legislation to toughen the rules that regulate the nation's school lunches. Jamie Oliver: Taking the revolution to president 2010-03-25T21:35:00Z

Members of Congress will hear next week from hundreds of activists who were already planning to gather in Washington on Monday and Tuesday to lobby for the arts. Republicans Start Lining Up to Fight for the N.E.A. and N.E.H. 2017-03-17T04:00:00Z

While attending the University of Chicago, Sanders served as a chapter chairman for the Congress for Racial Equality. Hillary’s atrocious race record: Her stances over decades have been painful and wrong 2016-04-03T04:00:00Z

Other openly L.G.B.T. officials have served in Congress, but not many. Colorado’s Got a Gay Governor. Who Cares? 2019-01-09T05:00:00Z

Vajdich sensed the resistance beginning to fall away, and Congress came around. How a D.C. lobbyist tried to stop Putin’s pipeline before war started 2022-07-11T04:00:00Z

Pawlenty criticized what he called her "nonexistent" record of accomplishment in Congress and history "of misstating and making false statements." GOP candidates debate in Iowa 2011-08-12T05:43:00Z

In terms of what’s going on in our Congress and why this has been such an ongoing issue it is very frustrating.” Money at the heart of US gun control problem, says Amy Schumer 2015-08-10T04:00:00Z

“Great news for the Republican Party as one of the dumbest & most disloyal men in Congress is ‘quitting’ the Party,” Trump tweeted. Justin Amash was part of the conservative in-crowd. Now he’s trying to figure out who his real friends are. 2019-08-30T04:00:00Z

She joined the American Artists’ Congress, which aimed to combat the rise of fascism in Europe, and she made her opinions clear on inequality. Doris Lee, Unjustly Forgotten, Gets a Belated but Full Blown Tribute 2021-12-30T05:00:00Z

Congress doesn’t just want to help airline passengers. More legroom? Fewer surprise fees? Wave of consumer-friendly legislation gives travelers new hope. 2016-03-16T04:00:00Z

House rules dictate that when Congress is not in session, C-SPAN shuts off its cameras. What was truly historic about the congressional sit-in? The way we watched it. 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z

He said that Trump’s lawyers edited his statement to Congress to conform with that. Perspective | After Cohen’s hearing, the BuzzFeed bombshell that Mueller disputed looks better — and worse 2019-02-28T05:00:00Z

“My whole premise is for the old guard of Washington and members of Congress to welcome the new people coming into town with the new administration,” she said. Don’t gloat, don’t pout: The Golden Rule of elite Washington inaugural parties 2017-01-17T05:00:00Z

"Amend" is also right on time, arriving as legal scholars and others advocate Congress to enact legislation that would hold Donald Trump accountable under Section 3 of the 14th Amendment. In Netflix's stirring "Amend," stars anguish over the injustices that led to the 14th Amendment 2021-02-18T05:00:00Z

A committee of journalists who oversee news media access to Congress decided Tuesday to table indefinitely a Breitbart request for press accreditation. Committee rejects Breitbart application for congressional press credentials 2017-04-25T04:00:00Z

But given the issue’s legislative history any amendment process in Congress is likely to be long and complicated. Representative John Conyers Wants Copyright Law Revision 2011-08-28T19:21:42Z

In 2010, Congress passed tougher federal nutrition guidelines governing school meals, and food-service directors have been scrambling to find ways to cut back on calories and fat and to add more vegetables. The meat-mushroom blend makes sense

This book about card catalogues, written and published in cooperation with the Library of Congress, is beautifully produced, intelligently written and lavishly illustrated. What libraries lost when they threw out the card catalog 2017-07-07T04:00:00Z

With each new Congress, for 15 years, Lewis proposed his bill. For Rep. John Lewis, African American Museum was a recurring dream 2016-06-28T04:00:00Z

Consequently, the Hollywood Ten were sentenced to six months to a year in prison for contempt of Congress. ‘Trumbo,’ soon to be a film, tells the tale of one of the Hollywood Ten 2015-09-30T04:00:00Z

"Neither states nor the executive branch can nullify a statute passed by Congress," U.S. Obama won't go after marijuana use in 2 states 2012-12-14T18:53:08Z

The Library of Congress also has many online documents, including the original rough draft of the Declaration of Independence. ArtsBeat: A Digital Future for the Founding Fathers 2011-01-30T20:02:25Z

“One way or another, Congress will have to revisit it in toto,” Scalia pronounced Wednesday morning. Justices suggest Medicaid expansion is unconstitutional 2012-03-28T19:01:00Z

Not our obstetricians, according to a committee opinion by the American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists: Depression is very common during pregnancy and the postpartum period. Motherlode Blog: Who Will Screen for Postpartum Depression? 2013-07-17T20:30:48Z

The commission will submit its report to Congress and the White House on Thursday. US panel calls for Smithsonian Latino museum 2011-05-04T22:31:12Z

Beyond private fund-raising and securing money from Congress, the plan will require review by the National Capital Planning Commission, and the Smithsonian said it would hold a public meeting on the plan in December. Smithsonian Unveils $2 Billion Plan to Renovate Its Museums and Public Spaces 2014-11-14T05:00:00Z

"No committee of Congress that has studied Benghazi," he declares, "has come to this conclusion." 'The Great War of Our Time' goes inside the CIA, to a point 2015-06-05T04:00:00Z

A scant 20 years following the Civil War’s end, constitutional conventions throughout the Southern states would deprive black people of those same rights granted to them by Congress. Henry Louis Gates Jr. on why Jay-Z is wrong about racism dying off 2019-04-09T04:00:00Z

Congress then passed the Commodity Futures Modernization Act of 2000, which specifically excluded OTC derivatives from regulation. Six reasons we may have another bank crisis 2012-08-20T17:53:00Z

The National Medal of Arts was established by Congress in 1984 as the nation’s highest award given to artists and their patrons. Ronstadt, Katzenberg among those honored by Obama 2014-07-28T04:00:00Z

In his office the day before the election, Koskinen insisted the IRS had done everything in its power to cooperate with Congress. How the IRS chief went from respected public servant to political punching bag 2017-02-28T05:00:00Z

Not one Democrat in Congress voted for the Fifteenth Amendment. What gets declassified? 2012-05-31T21:09:00Z

In addition, the “Live at Yankee Stadium” album from that show and another in San Juan is now on the Library of Congress’s National Recording Registry of “culturally, historically and aesthetically significant” recordings. Celebrating a Salsa Legacy 2014-06-12T04:00:00Z

In 2008, the Library of Congress announced that Wells' record had been added to its National Recording Registry of works of unusual historic merit. 1st female country superstar Kitty Wells dies 2012-07-16T20:32:24Z

After losing his first campaign for Congress, a penitent Mike Pence swore off the dark side of politics. The Inscrutable Mike Pence 2019-09-27T04:00:00Z

Peltola is the first woman to represent Alaska in the House and the first Alaska Native to represent the state in either chamber of Congress. What good is 16 weeks in Congress? Mary Peltola is about to show us. 2022-09-16T04:00:00Z

The Gregory Brothers insert themselves into news footage to duet with political leaders Early videos saw Hilary Clinton singing about Somalian pirates, while the US Congress debated climate change as a call-and-response gospel song. Youtube if you want to... 2011-02-16T02:52:54Z

This dovetails with new research presented at the European Society of Cardiology Congress in August. Perspective | Cutting carbs could lead to premature death, if you replace them with the wrong things 2018-09-13T04:00:00Z

“When you guys suck, it is not failure. It is just you living up to our extremely low expectations. Congress is the Sharknado 2 of government. Of course it sucked. It was supposed to suck.” Must-see morning clip: Jon Stewart chides Congress for taking unearned vacation 2014-08-01T04:00:00Z

He’d come to Congress hoping he could help build bridges between the parties. Freshman blues: Inside the new House Democrats’ unsettling first year 2022-01-28T05:00:00Z

Congress funded military chaplains and opened its sessions with supplications to the Almighty. They’ll always lose the culture wars: The right loves fighting lost causes– but liberals keep winning 2016-01-31T05:00:00Z

“Donna was discussing whether a very senior member of Congress ... was going to get slapped or not,” Dean said. The legend of Donna Brazile: Why the DNC turned to an old pro in its time of need 2016-07-26T04:00:00Z

The once-in-five-years Congress opens on Wednesday with a major speech by Xi. Fruit, prawns off the menu at China's austere party Congress 2017-10-15T04:00:00Z

When the baritone Thomas Hampson sings “The Star-Spangled Banner” at the Library of Congress in Washington on Thursday, it won’t sound quite like the familiar tune belted out at ball games and presidential inaugurations. ‘The Star-Spangled Banner’ Has Changed a Lot in 200 Years 2014-06-27T04:00:00Z

Congress would also require airlines to “proactively” offer compensation to a passenger who is either voluntarily or involuntarily denied boarding from a flight, rather than waiting for the passenger to ask. This bill makes it unlawful to remove passengers from planes. But that’s not enough. 2017-06-29T04:00:00Z

If we wait for an act of Congress, a switch to metric will never happen. The Simple Lemon Cake That Helped Create a Legend 2018-03-30T04:00:00Z

“It definitely resonates with Congress, as it should,” said Robert L. Lynch, president of Americans for the Arts, an advocacy group. Can Programs That Help the Military Save the Federal Arts Agencies? 2017-03-27T04:00:00Z

Imagine in the United States ... if every Smithsonian museum collapsed, the Nat Archives, the Library of Congress, the White House, the U.S. Smithsonian leads recovery of Haiti's art, culture 2010-06-17T19:39:00Z

Talks and discussions with Lewis’s son, Chris Lewis, and Rob Stone, the moving image curator at the Library of Congress, will precede a selection of the screenings. 5 Comedy Shows to Catch in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2018-09-27T04:00:00Z

The president addressed members of Congress for the second time, in what is the third- longest speech in State of the Union history. Special guest steals the spotlight at State of the Union 2019-02-06T05:00:00Z

Keller wrote to state Legislatures, Congress and presidents. NYC exhibit tells story of activist Helen Keller 2010-04-13T11:46:00Z

Johnson was determined to make sure that never happened, and when Congress convened in 1867, impeachment became a possible course of action. The First Presidential Impeachment 2019-05-18T04:00:00Z

Congress eventually voted to grant them use of federal land for the museum, but required them to build most of the museum underground, because of the historic nature of Judiciary Square. National Law Enforcement Museum honors the 'very dangerous job' brave officers perform every day 2018-10-12T04:00:00Z

In 2001, the Library of Congress reached an agreement to acquire the only known copy of the map, deemed “America’s birth certificate,” for $10 million. Review | A look at the maps that shaped our world 2018-12-05T05:00:00Z

Authorization comes through an act of Congress, in the way the position of secretary of homeland security was created after 9/11 for the new federal department. Perspective | The culture is ailing. It’s time for a Dr. Fauci for the arts. 2020-12-01T05:00:00Z

His work has been displayed at the Library of Congress, the New York Public Library and the Norman Rockwell Museum among other locations. Jerry Pinkney, award-winning illustrator, dies at 81 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z

It was a tough spot for the administration in that if they told Congress about the trade, it was likely to be torpedoed either by members of Congress or by reports in the media. Serial recap – season two, episode 10: Thorny Politics 2016-03-18T04:00:00Z

One of our candidates was Antonio Delgado, who was a young Black lawyer who was running for Congress for our district, and now he's our lieutenant governor. Natalie Merchant on overcoming pain, roadblocks to produce the "best-sounding record I've ever made" 2023-04-16T04:00:00Z

Each positioned himself as the antidote to ineffective or dangerous movements in Congress. Trump waves goodbye to baby boomer presidents 2017-01-26T05:00:00Z

While he watches Claire’s hearing from the Oval Office, the Democratic leadership from Congress arrives at the White House for a scheduled meeting. 'House of Cards' Season 3 Episode 2 Recap: Balancing the Eggs 2015-02-27T05:00:00Z

It’s the summer of 2018, Republicans control the White House and Congress, and Wichita felt like a Democratic hotbed in the middle of a presidential election. Can a Bronx socialist help a campaign in Kansas? Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez will find out soon. 2018-07-23T04:00:00Z

There’s the catastrophic debt crisis, brought on largely by Congress’s elimination of manufacturing tax breaks, in 2006, and exacerbated by the 2008 recession. What “Hamilton” in San Juan Means to Puerto Rico 2019-01-17T05:00:00Z

The problem: Congress never funded these so-called centers. John Oliver slams GOP candidates using “mental health issues” to dodge talk of gun control after Oregon shooting: “It is a clusterf*ck, except that’s an insult to clusterf*cks” 2015-10-05T04:00:00Z

In a letter Smith would later write to members of Congress, he denied that the following events were motivated by racial prejudice. Slave descendants seek equal rights from Cherokee Nation 2013-05-21T22:15:00Z

He organised the 1964 International Congress of Entomology in London, which drew more than 1,800 participants from all over the world. Paul Freeman obituary 2010-08-25T17:24:00Z

The only problem is that common sense about copyright is the one thing that Congress doesn't do. Just for once, Google has been given a bloody nose 2011-03-27T00:10:00Z

In the wake of this disclosure, the newsletter recounts, some Democrats in Congress were using the words “obstruction of justice” and even “impeachment.” Homework? First I Need to Get to the Bottom of This Comey Story 2017-05-26T04:00:00Z

If Congress doesn't come to a compromise, the government will shut down on Tuesday, Oct. AOC slams Speaker Kevin McCarthy's "boy math" with a government shutdown looming 2023-09-27T04:00:00Z

Number of states where casino gambling was legal before Congress passed the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act of 1988. A telling set of numbers for a $1.4 billion casino facility 2016-12-22T05:00:00Z

While Congress, the White House and the courts are stuck bickering over the same old details, young undocumented immigrants — known as “Dreamers” — are pulling themselves up into sometimes extraordinary lives. Young, accomplished, undocumented: ‘Risers’ features four local achievers 2015-05-27T04:00:00Z

The addition of a menu featuring dry-aged steak Florentine and an interior with 350 seats — many of them occupied without the help of an out-of-session Congress — suggests there’s room for another Italian in the mix. White server jackets and signs of promise at RPM Italian 2016-07-29T04:00:00Z

President Biden is set to deliver his State of the Union speech to Congress on Tuesday night. What’s on TV This Week: ‘After Yang’ and the State of the Union 2022-02-28T05:00:00Z

It’s hard to argue with his analysis, although his book often reads like a laundry list of problems — from an imperial presidency to a dysfunctional Congress to a polarized public — without a coherent narrative. How Endangered Is American Democracy? 2018-04-13T04:00:00Z

Created by Congress as an instructional garden, this is an oasis of roses; medicinal plants; native, exotic and endangered flowers; orchids; shoots and seeds; ferns and the occasional carnivorous plant and more. 36 Hours in Washington, D.C. 2014-05-15T04:00:00Z

Long before she enters Congress, she forges her commitment to issues affecting women and children, in the years following her graduation from the University of Montana. A Century Before Hillary 2016-08-16T04:00:00Z

An 1868 treaty set aside the Black Hills and other land for the Sioux, but Congress passed a law in 1877 seizing the land following the discovery of gold in western South Dakota. APNewsBreak: Tribes raise $9M for sacred SD land 2012-11-30T21:47:08Z

Every public tweet, ever, since Twitter's inception in March 2006, will be archived digitally at the Library of Congress. Twitter library 2010-04-14T20:25:00Z

"These films are selected because of their enduring significance to American culture," said Librarian of Congress James Billington in a statement. "Bambi", "Silence of the Lambs" among U.S. film treasures 2011-12-28T18:57:00Z

Jackson, bleary-eyed and wearing a hoodie, told his viewers that members of Congress had just met in an emergency Zoom session convened by the Treasury Department. The most-followed U.S. congressman on TikTok is doing a delicate dance 2023-04-11T04:00:00Z

The commerce clause has been interpreted to allow Congress to regulate virtually any economic activity, under the theory that it affects interstate commerce. Closing the Window, Opening the Barn Door 2012-06-29T20:35:15Z

Barrett previously served eight years in the state Legislature and 10 years in Congress. Milwaukee mayor to face Gov. Walker in recall 2012-05-09T02:56:00Z

That year, Congress passed the Oklahoma Enabling Act, allowing the Oklahoma Territory and Indian Territory to enter the Union under a single-state constitution, which it did the following year. Two Broadway Shows Dismantle the American Myth 2019-04-16T04:00:00Z

The FTAA, ATF, and other people who were responsible for regulating guns and protecting airports testified to Congress: “No Congressman, that’s just wrong.” America’s favorite handgun 2012-09-23T15:00:00Z

A 5-4 majority of the Court said “no” to this argument, but a different 5-4 said that Congress could obtain this same end by taxing inactivity. Closing the Window, Opening the Barn Door 2012-06-29T20:35:15Z

Conservatives aren’t likely to win at the immigration and border debates that are coursing through Congress and across the United States, talk show host Glenn Beck believes. Glenn Beck: Conservatives will lose on immigration 2014-07-29T04:00:00Z

But Freeman never loses sight of the fact that the fighting in Congress was far more than a sport. Congressional Bloodshed: The Run-Up to the Civil War 2018-09-24T04:00:00Z

He rolls his eyes at members of Congress, he carries on thoughtful conversations with random Internet commenters, and, unlike most of our public figures, he may never learn the arts of pandering and groveling. Everyone Hates Martin Shkreli. Everyone Is Missing the Point 2016-02-05T05:00:00Z

Bush and then keeps voting Democratic for Congress? How the Clinton-Gingrich years became ‘the good old days’: Republicans revisit 1994 2018-01-02T05:00:00Z

In a significant sense, the Library of Congress Prize is the culmination of their efforts and a tribute to their memory.” ArtsBeat: New Literary Prize Goes to Old Pro DeLillo 2013-04-25T15:00:32Z

“Democracy is an active state—you have to constantly be agitating,” said Andrew Aydin, Mr. Lewis’s digital director and policy adviser in Congress, who co-wrote both “March” and “Run” with him. ‘Run’ Follows Award-Winning Graphic Novel ‘March’ in Civil-Rights Chronicle 2018-04-11T04:00:00Z

President Biden will address a joint session of Congress on Wednesday night, in keeping with the tradition of presidents to give such addresses, rather than an official State of the Union, in their inauguration year. What’s on TV This Week: ‘United Shades of America’ and a Presidential Address 2021-04-26T04:00:00Z

Indeed, the president of Brazil’s Congress, who led the crusade against Dilma, was himself suspected of taking millions of dollars in bribes. The Fracturing of Brazil in “The Edge of Democracy” 2019-12-13T05:00:00Z

Now they know to listen to women senators and leaders in Congress. Table For Three: Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Nancy Pelosi: A Power Lunch, Times Two 2014-04-04T22:47:29Z

The Library of Congress exhibition tries to see the conflict from different perspectives. Exhibition Review: ‘The Civil War in America’ at Library of Congress 2013-01-10T20:02:01Z

“The Library is tackling these issues with an eye toward providing the best possible service to Congress and the American people.” America’s ‘national library’ is behind the digital curve, a new report finds 2015-03-31T04:00:00Z

That article from the Hollywood Reporter delves into the legal muck of this sticky situation, theorizing that Democrats in Congress will push new legislation requiring insurers to offer virus policies. Corona-sploitation: is it too soon for Hollywood to make Covid-19 movies? 2020-05-26T04:00:00Z

So, apparently, has the uprising of feminist outrage that followed her defeat, propelling a wave of women into Congress this year and a pack of female candidates into the 2020 presidential race. Hillary Clinton Lost. The Play Won. 2019-02-21T05:00:00Z

The prize, created by the Library of Congress in 2007, is named after songwriters George and Ira Gershwin. Joel's songwriting career honoured 2014-11-20T05:00:00Z

But America will be here, not because of Trump and his racist cronies but of the voices of strong women in our Congress like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Elizabeth Warren, Nancy Pelosi, and Maxine Waters. "We do have power": "Queens of Resistance" books profile the politicians who inspire us most – women 2020-07-09T04:00:00Z

The Academy Film Archive used Pickford’s personal 35-mm tinted nitrate print from the Mary Pickford Collection at the Library of Congress for its restoration.  'Little Annie Rooney': Mary Pickford's return to childhood, newly restored 2014-11-01T04:00:00Z

How do you pose for a Maxim "Woman of the Year" spread one minute, then appear before Congress arguing for stricter labor laws the next? Eva Longoria shows passion for acting, activism and philanthropy 2014-08-29T04:00:00Z

Boehner’s cohort fashioned themselves as reformers determined to make Congress a better place. The Divided Mind and Politics of John Boehner 2021-04-08T04:00:00Z

“I walk the halls of Congress because of his death.” Rep. Terri Sewell, a daughter of Selma, rues her city’s lost promise 2015-03-01T05:00:00Z

As in the past, the selections show the Library of Congress has a sense of humor. 'Empire Strikes Back' among 25 film registry picks 2010-12-28T11:31:04Z

So now that they control the White House and both houses of Congress, there can be no stopping them. Dave Barry’s Year in Review: Russia Mania, covfefe and the Category 5 weirdness of 2017 2017-12-28T05:00:00Z

A recent survey by The Washington Post of every Republican member of Congress found only 27 would affirmatively acknowledge Biden as the president-elect. Republicans have ‘concerns’ about Trump — but won’t let reporters quote them by name about it 2020-12-10T05:00:00Z

"The shelter installations in which displaced Haitians live are progressive deteriorating," the members of Congress wrote. Clinton gives US support for Haiti's new president 2011-04-20T20:58:12Z

Late-night hosts weighed in on the media reaction to Trump’s big speech to Congress, saying “just because you act presidential, doesn’t mean you are”. Late-night TV on Trump's tone: 'from unhinged narcissist to hinged narcissist' 2017-03-02T05:00:00Z

The cyclical nature of business on the Hill meant busy weekdays but crickets on weekends and whenever Congress was away. Johnny’s Half Shell review: In Adams Morgan, Ann Cashion is really cooking again 2016-11-09T05:00:00Z

A brief close-up showing ants crawling frantically over a small plastic crucifix offended Republicans in Congress, who made threatening noises about the Smithsonian’s financing. Art Review: ?Hide/Seek,? Portraits at the Brooklyn Museum - Review 2011-11-17T23:28:42Z

Those electors then gather in December and send an official vote to Congress. To win a presidential election, getting the most votes isn’t always enough 2016-11-07T05:00:00Z

To that end, do you really think guys are going to wear dresses in Congress or on Wall Street or even Facebook soon enough? The End of Gender 2021-10-11T04:00:00Z

Whether it can take on this additional oversight without Congress giving it more money for enforcement is an open question, says Spiegel. A new report shines a light on the seafood fraud rampant across the US 2022-09-22T04:00:00Z

But, paradoxically, his health care law only stands today because the high court considered the insurance mandate part of Congress’ broad powers of taxation, therefore constitutional. SPIN METER: health care tax 2012-07-03T06:46:00Z

With the financial markets in turmoil after Congress and Obama narrowly avoided federal default, pressure for results has grown. GOP announces 'super committee' selections 2011-08-11T03:10:00Z

The backlash to the comments was fierce, leading civil rights groups and even some Democratic members of Congress to call for her resignation. How will survivors of campus sexual assault fare under Trump's new order? 2017-08-01T04:00:00Z

For centuries Fabriano has been Italy’s most famous papermaking center and Albro, a conservator at the Library of Congress, relates its early history with unrivaled knowledge. A treasure trove for book lovers: Michael Dirda picks books about books 2017-03-29T04:00:00Z

But I doubt that we should ever see even one rationally discussed in Congress made of a mixture of all, from leftist radical Democrats to ultra-reactionary Republicans. The Simple Lemon Cake That Helped Create a Legend 2018-03-30T04:00:00Z

I met her, with about 1,000 other people, at the Library of Congress. On the Runway: Mugler Gets a Remake, With Help From Lady Gaga 2011-03-03T00:18:12Z

The commission’s administrative budget is expected to be included in the next funding request to Congress, but construction money will not be requested until next year. Eisenhower family and memorial commission agree on new design 2016-09-19T04:00:00Z

In 1971, Waters would go on to head the book conservation department of the Library of Congress. ‘Waters Rising’: A tale of the man who helped saved Florence’s cultural treasures 2016-11-02T04:00:00Z

Released in 1919, preserved by the Library of Congress and now beautifully restored, the film prompted other such stories. Bow and Cooper in ‘Children of Divorce’: Poor Little Silent Rich Kids 2017-02-24T05:00:00Z

Pressley’s journey to Congress, in many ways, had begun with her. For Ayanna Pressley, the beauty of unexpected wins led to Congress and a historic office 2019-01-15T05:00:00Z

The Equity Congress began calling on African Americans to enlist as a way of proving loyalty to a country that would surely respond with respect. His racist colleagues were as dangerous as the criminals: Meet New York’s first black police officer 2015-07-03T04:00:00Z

“The Library of Congress is obviously a critical research library for many scholars in this country,” said Thomas Teper, the associate dean of libraries at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Budget Cuts Hobble Library of Congress 2013-05-04T00:03:52Z

On Tuesday, the opposition Congress accused the government of keeping the ministries for human resources and information and broadcasting under the sway of Modi's pro-Hindu platform. Modi gets more sway in India's new-look movie censor panel 2015-01-20T05:00:00Z

With zero atheists or agnostics in Congress, millions of Americans have no one in the federal government speaking to their lack of piety and desire to protect it. One nation, under no god: Atheists, more than any religion, have been excluded from the election 2016-10-30T04:00:00Z

Still, Ms. Adams is not like most of the Republicans in Congress, who are busy helping the former president weave a pernicious mythology about what happened on Jan. 6. Cindy Adams, Gossip’s G.O.A.T. 2021-08-07T04:00:00Z

For a brief period members of Congress are so confused about who stands where that they are in real danger of accidentally working together and accomplishing something. Dave Barry’s Year in Review: Trump and the ‘hideous monstrosity’ that was 2016 2016-12-29T05:00:00Z

This week, Uruguayan President Jose Mujica sent a bill to Congress that would allow a chain of nationalized dispensaries to supply the soft drug in controlled amounts to registered adult users. Desperate for health care in Myanmar 2012-06-22T14:06:00Z

It's like one of those years when half the Congress is voted out to be replaced by ... more Congress. Fall TV: A day-by-day list of new shows 2011-09-13T22:09:08Z

You filmed your mother in the halls of Congress, and at home doing laundry while on a call with Mike Pence. Alexandra Pelosi on Filming Her Mother, Nancy Pelosi, During the Jan. 6 Attack 2022-12-12T05:00:00Z

Mr. Lesniewski, 34, is the senior Senate reporter at Roll Call, a newspaper and website in Washington that covers Congress and politics. Kaitlin Oujo, Niels Lesniewski 2019-10-13T04:00:00Z

But a representative said access to air travel is vital to Congress. Perspective | Critics question influence of airline travel perks on Congress 2018-06-14T04:00:00Z

On the other, it was a self-contained, single-episode narrative of Mr. Trump, desperate to stay in power, essentially trying to lead an armed private militia to Congress. The Jan. 6 Committee Produces a Very Special Episode 2022-06-28T04:00:00Z

Just as voters hate Congress yet re-elect their Congressmen, so do we think that everyone else’s Christmas is corrupt while our own is full of meaning. Generation X-Mas: The Rise of A Christmas Story 2011-12-24T14:59:14Z

But the Library of Congress digital collection carries with it the heft of the federal government and the official stamp of American history. Meet Your Meme Lords 2020-04-07T04:00:00Z

While the deadline passed decades ago, Congress could possibly change the deadline, and Nevada and Illinois have recently ratified the amendment. John Oliver: equal rights are 'so obvious, you assume we already have it' 2019-06-10T04:00:00Z

A quick stroll through its main site, the Congress Center, yielded a series of “Overheard in Davos” moments. At the World Economic Forum in Davos, ‘Sustainability,’ ‘Mindfulness’ and Cocktails 2014-01-24T22:19:50Z

The comprehensive agreement represents a victory for President Barack Obama and his fellow Democrats in Congress, and allows Republicans to put behind them a tax debate that threatened to hurt them in the November elections. Congress reaches payroll tax-cut deal 2012-02-16T07:22:03Z

Using the Library of Congress classification system, choose books with call letters which are part of your name. ArtsBeat: Calling All Artists 2012-03-29T15:55:48Z

He just says this flat out, and he actually lobbies Congress to pass legislation that would allow soldiers to not deploy if their children would not have a parent at home. New Mister Rogers film downplays his radical edge: “His work was deeply political” 2018-06-21T04:00:00Z

None of these writings said much about the most powerful basis for Congress’s authority: its broad power under the Necessary and Proper Clause, which has been well established since 1819. Our great healthcare denial 2012-06-17T12:00:00Z

She’s been one of the most outspoken members in Congress advocating for reforming the tax code and taxing the ultrawealthy to pay for social services such as child care and health care. The Met Gala is full of rich people. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez wore a dress with a message: “Tax the Rich.” 2021-09-14T04:00:00Z

When delegates to the second International Irrigation Congress convened in Los Angeles in October 1893, pessimism about their mission was not supposed to be on the agenda. California and Water: Half Environmental Nightmare, Half Remarkable Success Story 2019-06-12T04:00:00Z

Now, as Mr. Trump’s administration tries to eliminate taxpayer funding for Planned Parenthood, thrusting the debate over abortion rights back into the halls of Congress 45 years after the Supreme Court’s Roe v. Cecile Richards on Her Life After Planned Parenthood 2018-01-26T05:00:00Z

After the items are organized, the Library of Congress plans to make the archive available to researchers and the public. AIDS Memorial Quilt to Return Home to San Francisco 2019-11-20T05:00:00Z

After the vote, House Speaker , the top Republican in Congress, said the end result justified the often torturous months of negotiations. House approves debt deal; Senate on clock 2011-08-02T00:26:00Z

These were the grim, prescient ruminations that preceded Herzl’s writing of “The Jewish State” and the first Zionist Congress of 1897 in Basel. Millenniums of Tribulation 2017-12-18T05:00:00Z

For example, Congress wants to authorize an advisory committee on issues related to the air-travel needs of passengers with disabilities, which would recommend consumer protection improvements related to the air travel experience. This bill makes it unlawful to remove passengers from planes. But that’s not enough. 2017-06-29T04:00:00Z

She was named a Living Legend in 2000 by the Library of Congress. Beloved children’s author Beverly Cleary dies at 104 2021-03-26T04:00:00Z

Rosas said nearly a million signatures against the legislation were delivered to Congress days later. U.S. Evangelicals cheer on Latin American culture wars 2014-08-10T04:00:00Z

But on Wednesday, one prominent survivor spoke to Congress to deliver a message to the world: "You are not alone and you have nothing to be ashamed of." Mickey Rooney's heartbreaking elder abuse story 2011-03-03T21:04:00Z

After a Library of Congress recital alerted me to some of the charms of its score, I even finally listened to “A White House Cantata” all the way through. Perspective | Too much Bernstein leaves a critic fed up with his music 2018-07-20T04:00:00Z

But as Johnson vetoed bill after bill designed to protect black Southerners and white loyalists and strip former Confederates of power, tensions between Congress and the president mounted. The First Presidential Impeachment 2019-05-18T04:00:00Z

Congress Joint Economic Committee report titled “Abortion access is key to economic freedom.” Perspective | This is your regular reminder that abortion access is an economic issue 2022-10-20T04:00:00Z

Her role in Mexican culture was recognized after her death with a minute of silence in the Mexican Congress and a tribute on Twitter by the country’s president, Enrique Peña Nieto. Gloria Contreras, Choreographer Mentored by Balanchine, Dies at 81 2015-12-10T05:00:00Z

That was all before a 33-year career in Congress that ended with his death in July at age 80. Success of Ginsburg film inspires CNN look at John Lewis 2020-09-23T04:00:00Z

Because of Johnson’s unseemly actions, the opposition took over Congress later that year. We beat Donald Trump by mocking Donald Trump: What Bill Maher and Barack Obama understand about whipping a bully 2016-05-21T04:00:00Z

Congress on Friday approved a change in tax law sought by Broadway producers, who say it will encourage investment in commercial theater. Broadway Tax Benefit Approved by Congress 2015-12-18T05:00:00Z

Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden chose Johnson for the annual Prize for American Fiction in consultation with an international jury of authors and critics. Denis Johnson posthumously awarded Prize for American Fiction 2017-07-10T04:00:00Z

Although the position is largely ceremonial, laureates are free to use the pulpit at the Library of Congress to pursue whatever initiatives they like. Juan Felipe Herrera becomes first Mexican American U.S. poet laureate 2015-06-09T04:00:00Z

The Library of Congress, the Smithsonian Archives of American Art — I’m trying to shout out my sources! Kandis Williams Envisions Dancing Bodies Without Borders 2021-10-28T04:00:00Z

The turnout at the second World Youth Congress in Opatija, Croatia, last month was disappointing. Bridge: The World Youth Congress in Croatia - Bridge 2011-09-02T22:43:52Z

He stayed until his return to what would soon be Nelson Mandela’s South Africa, where he rapidly turned into a scourge of the ruling African National Congress. Romantic contrarian 2015-09-17T04:00:00Z

Future researchers can rest easy: Know Your Meme, Urban Dictionary, Creepypasta and Cute Overload have all been preserved by the Library of Congress. Meet Your Meme Lords 2020-04-07T04:00:00Z

Unless Congress intervenes, the higher fees will be imposed on tickets purchased on and after July 21, though current lower fees will apply to tickets purchased before that date regardless of the date of travel. T.S.A. Fees For Air Trips to Rise 2014-07-01T04:00:00Z

So it was a treat to hear it at the Library of Congress on Friday night. A ‘Mantra’ for our time at the Library of Congress 2015-04-26T04:00:00Z

About a month after it opened, and shortly after the 2010 election drew Republicans into power in Congress, the exhibit drew complaints from conservative groups over a video that depicted ants crawling on a crucifix. Experts debate Smithsonian's response to critics 2011-04-27T21:18:08Z

The Library of Congress has it catalogued under the following subjects: booksellers and bookselling, travelling sales personnel, single women, women farmers, brothers and sisters, women booksellers, and tramps. What We’re Reading This Fall 2015-10-07T04:00:00Z

He believed that failing to intervene would lead conservative agents to leak the story — and would result in his own impeachment by the Republican Congress after the election. Two Candidates, Two Investigations, One Deeply Flawed Agency 2019-10-07T04:00:00Z

Spare a thought for Robin Wright, the ageing Hollywood actor who appears in a new film called The Congress. Robin Wright: 'I'm in my 40s and I don't inject my face with Botox' 2014-08-07T04:00:00Z

Second, the power brokers and money men are so disorganised after years of civil warfare in Congress that they no longer have the influence to demand which establishment candidate emerges from the chaotic chasing pack. A guide to a hopeful 2016: a Guardian list of things to look forward to 2015-12-31T05:00:00Z

Giffords said in a news release that she would meet privately Monday with some constituents to finish the Congress on Your Corner event that was interrupted by gunfire. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords stepping down 2012-01-23T06:47:00Z

To start the interview, Colbert noted that the Minnesota senator was a successful comedian before he entered Congress. Al Franken tells Stephen Colbert which senators have a sense of humor 2017-08-02T04:00:00Z

Hearst also ran for office, representing New York State in Congress but losing bids for New York mayor, governor and the Democratic presidential nomination. Who’s Who in ‘Mank’: A Guide to the Real-Life Players 2020-12-04T05:00:00Z

He was also a senior vice president of the American Jewish Congress, a board member of Amnesty International and, from 1973 to 1982, president of Actors Equity. Theodore Bikel, singer, activist and Oscar-nominated actor, dies at 91 2015-07-21T04:00:00Z

The following Wednesday, back in the White House, Reagan met with his national-security advisers and 16 members of Congress to discuss forthcoming nuclear arms talks with the Russians. ‘WarGames’ and Cybersecurity’s Debt to a Hollywood Hack 2016-02-19T05:00:00Z

Jarecki offers agreement to all these answers, but is soon off talking about the military-industrial system, the pharmaceutical system, and the lack of democracy that enables corporate interests to dominate Congress. Eugene Jarecki and the campaign to end America's war on drugs 2013-03-31T00:02:00Z

Now seven members of Congress led by Rep. Tony Cárdenas are calling on the FCC to mediate an agreement between Time Warner Cable and distributors. FCC should help reach deal to end Dodgers TV standoff, lawmakers say 2014-07-27T04:00:00Z

The board said it must be prepared to handle museum disputes and guard freedom of curators in the face of political pressure from Congress or other groups. Edgy NYC museum to show film of ants on crucifix 2011-11-10T01:01:05Z

Three months later, the Florida Republican resigned from Congress. Political scandals aren’t what they used to be. Just ask Trey Radel. 2017-03-23T04:00:00Z

She said Mr. Trump’s advisers seemed to have lost control over him as soon as the Teleprompter powered off after his address to Congress last week. Samantha Bee to Trump’s Staff: Have Courage 2017-03-09T05:00:00Z

The panel, the National Museum of the American Latino Commission, was established by Congress in 2008. ArtsBeat: Commission Asks Congress to Support a Smithsonian American Latino Museum 2011-05-05T20:21:31Z

Despite all the talk, the House leadership had not managed to pass legislation that improved American lives in tangible ways — and his constituents decided that he was making Congress worse, not better. Two years ago, Eric Cantor lost his House seat. Was it just in the nick of time? 2016-06-14T04:00:00Z

"We Hold These Truths" was added in 2005 to the Library of Congress' National Recording Registry, formed to honor sound recordings of unusual historical merit. Radio giant Norman Corwin dies in Calif. at 101 2011-10-19T03:46:08Z

Lincoln must handle it on a variety of fronts: the military, the electorate, a Congress divided on this issue, and his own family. Lincoln – review 2013-01-27T00:06:12Z

Congress passed a bill on Tuesday instructing the bank to feature a depiction of "Gabo", as he was affectionately known, on the next bills it produces. Colombia to print Garcia Marquez banknotes in tribute to writer 2014-12-17T05:00:00Z

“Congress will increasingly use its oversight powers to scrutinize the institutionalized antitrust violations being committed in the name of E. S.G.,” the Nov. 3 letter said. When Does Collaboration Become Collusion? 2022-11-07T05:00:00Z

In 2005, "Foggy Mountain Breakdown" was selected for the Library of Congress' National Recording Registry of works of unusual merit. Bluegrass legend Earl Scruggs dies at age 88 2012-03-29T00:37:20Z

In his recent speech to Congress, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel made dire predictions. Review: ‘A Happy End,’ Iddo Netanyahu’s Play Set in 1930s Berlin 2015-03-11T04:00:00Z

“The Mediterranean diet for the children in these countries is gone,” he said at the European Congress on Obesity in Vienna. 'The Mediterranean diet is gone': region's children are fattest in Europe 2018-05-24T04:00:00Z

If “forced purchases” are permitted, “the question is whether there are any limits” on Congress’s power. Justices signal trouble for healthcare law 2012-03-27T17:10:00Z

Kimmel and others urged Congress to instead stabilize current insurance markets with a package spearheaded by the Senate health committee’s Republican chairman and ranking Democrat. Late-night TV show host Kimmel blasts senator over healthcare bill 2017-09-20T04:00:00Z

He doesn’t even seem soothed by the fact that his classics are in the National Library of Congress. Dustin Hoffman: ‘I was an outsider. I came to New York and I was cleaning toilets’ 2016-03-06T05:00:00Z

But it’s the interviews with the principals and even the bit players of history that bring home how intently the country followed the drama unfolding in the Oval Office and Congress. Television Review: Robert Redford Narrates ‘All the President’s Men Revisited’ 2013-04-18T23:13:31Z

The determined and deliberate Republican opposition to Obama feels astonishingly reckless in retrospect — members of Congress oppose bills they haven’t fully read, merely because they are Obama’s bills. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie on Barack Obama’s ‘A Promised Land’ 2020-11-12T05:00:00Z

"It's clear that the food industry will not hold itself accountable. It's time Congress do more to rein in corporate greed, one of the main factors currently driving up costs for families." Big food raking in huge profits from price hikes as US hunger persists 2023-05-15T04:00:00Z

During the Revolutionary War, Hopkins disobeyed the orders of Congress, plundered British weaponry and awarded it to his politician friends, and salaried himself while stiffing his crew. Whistleblowers walk among us. Now one has gotten in Trump’s head. 2019-10-25T04:00:00Z

Sullivan said he believes this is why Manchin brings people out on the water with him: to help wash away some of the toxicity of Congress. Washington’s hottest club is Joe Manchin’s houseboat 2021-08-05T04:00:00Z

Outside of the annual State of the Union address, aides said, only few joint sessions have been convened in recent years, including when addressed Congress after the terrorist attacks of Sept. Obama, Boehner clash over jobs speech 2011-09-01T06:23:00Z

The Library of Congress said in a statement that these additions bring the total number of titles on its preservation registry to 800. ‘The Dark Knight’ and ‘The Blues Brothers’ Join National Film Registry 2020-12-14T05:00:00Z

The next, more politically daunting, step is persuading Congress to remove hemp from Schedule 1 of the Controlled Substances Act, where it was added by Richard Nixon’s administration. Hemp: how one little plant could boost America's economy 2017-02-04T05:00:00Z

New York City passed its law after a similar provision in a federal law was struck down by the United States Supreme Court, which ruled that Congress did not have the authority to enact it. Ruling in Paul Haggis Case Gives Lift to #MeToo Lawsuits 2019-12-27T05:00:00Z

This year’s main COVID-related modification was shifting the annual Saturday ceremony, where honorees receive their medallions on rainbow-colored ribbons, to the Library of Congress instead of the State Department. Kennedy Center Honors and its traditions are back once more 2021-12-05T05:00:00Z

A memorial to the nation’s 34th president was authorized by Congress in 1999, when Bill Clinton was president. Review | The new Eisenhower Memorial is stunning, especially at night. But is this the last of the ‘great man’ memorials? 2020-08-05T04:00:00Z

The National Museum of American History announced Wednesday that Bell's voice was identified with help from technicians at the Library of Congress and the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in California. Inventor Bell's voice ID'd on early wax recording 2013-04-24T18:59:11Z

You can hear it in his fireside addresses and radio talks, read it in his formal speeches to Congress and the nation, watch it in the newsreel clips. Franklin Roosevelt’s Story Is Worth Telling Again and Again 2017-12-08T05:00:00Z

The nation was riveted when former White House official Fiona Hill went to Congress in November and dismantled a main line of the president’s defense in the impeachment inquiry. The Associated Press picks the top moments on TV from 2019 2019-12-10T05:00:00Z

In their letter, the lawmakers noted the Violence Against Women Act currently under debate in Congress and a resolution that the Legislature passed supporting the act's reauthorization. Calif. female lawmakers condemn Oscar host 2013-02-27T15:33:08Z

"I don't think she should be in Congress, but I don't think there is anything on the tapes that is going to hurt her." O'Reilly, Maher both have old O'Donnell footage 2010-09-21T18:19:00Z

She became an instant pariah, denounced on the floor of Congress and subjected to boycotts. The End of Brangelina and the Rise of Acteurism 2016-09-20T04:00:00Z

It was a center for slavery and the slave trade; it was also a hub for abolitionists, who argued that Congress should use its constitutionally mandated authority over the District to end slavery there. A Powerful New Framing of America’s First Civil Rights Movement 2021-03-17T04:00:00Z

Alert Congress, they brayed, and cut public television’s funding. Smart Watch: "Luther" and 5 more hot shows coming to TV in June 2019-06-01T04:00:00Z

Founded by the Library of Congress in 2007, the Gershwin prize has only been awarded on two previous occasions, to Stevie Wonder and Paul Simon. Paul McCartney to be honoured by Barack Obama at White House concert 2010-05-25T09:16:00Z

In the past two years, Congress has enacted major bills to provide economic relief from the COVID-19 pandemic, counter inflation, invest in infrastructure and boost domestic manufacturing. These four challenges will shape the next farm bill — and how the US eats 2023-05-08T04:00:00Z

Librarian of Congress James Billington said McCartney made an impact beyond music, "symbolizing and humanizing the global soundscape," and with his activism around the world. US library honors Paul McCartney for pop music 2010-06-02T01:31:00Z

Freeman notes that the violence in Congress was like a spectator sport. Congressional Bloodshed: The Run-Up to the Civil War 2018-09-24T04:00:00Z

The staffers — from the administration, from Congress, from outside groups — went around the table saying what they were excited about regarding the bill’s passage. The Washington gambler 2023-04-26T04:00:00Z

It was not immediately clear whether Congress had ever rebuffed a request from a president to address both chambers. Date debate: Boehner asks Obama to delay speech 2011-08-31T23:48:00Z

A 1975 album of that concert, “Live at Yankee Stadium,” was inducted into the Library of Congress’s national registry of recordings that are “culturally, historically or aesthetically important.” Cheo Feliciano, Debonair Salsa Singer, Dies at 78 2014-04-19T05:31:10Z

Aardvarks Clipping Extraneous Toenails, Having Extremely Orgasmic Relations, Yearly! resolution that sure, Congress definitely understands what critical race theory is, no problem. Style Invitational Week 1447: Give it to us straight 2021-07-29T04:00:00Z

It does not, however, control whether an exaction is within Congress’ power to tax. SPIN METER: health care tax 2012-07-03T06:46:00Z

But he resigned in 1966 on learning that the magazine, sponsored by the Congress of Cultural Freedom, had received money from the Central Intelligence Agency. Frank Kermode, Literary Critic, Dies at 90 2010-08-18T23:17:00Z

“We wouldn’t have this struggle if you were in Congress,” said Councilwoman Veronica Lurvey, who sees a “void” of constituent services in place of a functioning, responsive congressional office. He lost to George Santos. Now he’s trying to make up for it. 2023-02-01T05:00:00Z

I like to cut my own grass," said Boehner, the top Republican in Congress. "I do drink red wine. Boehner says he won't give up wine, cigarettes to be president 2014-01-24T03:12:07Z

It has often seemed as though the only thing keeping Congress tethered to a pebble of civility was attire — the suits and power dresses serving as reminders that governing should not be a boxing match. Perspective | Nancy Pelosi’s pin at the impeachment debate was a declaration: The republic will survive this 2019-12-18T05:00:00Z

And in Congress and in government, we want people who have other options. Nancy Pelosi: We need more women in politics 2013-03-12T15:57:00Z

"As communities across our country continue to face significant hunger and nutrition challenges, it's incumbent on Congress to invest in solutions we know work." Policing the grocery carts of poor Americans won't make for a healthier country 2023-06-26T04:00:00Z

But leading the 77-year-old national museum also will require building relationships with Congress, which provides three-quarters of the museum’s $190 million operating budget, and nurturing ties with Washington’s embassies and art leaders around the globe. Change is coming to the National Gallery of Art. But is it ready for Kaywin Feldman? 2019-01-09T05:00:00Z

Other civil rights material at the Library of Congress includes the papers of Thurgood Marshall, Bayard Rustin and Roy Wilkins, and the records of the National Urban League and the N.A.A.C.P. Rosa Parks Collection Going to Library of Congress 2014-09-10T04:00:00Z

New Literary Prize Goes to DeLillo The first Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction has been awarded to Don DeLillo, the author of “Underworld,” “White Noise,” “Libra” among numerous other works. ArtsBeat: New Literary Prize Goes to Old Pro DeLillo 2013-04-25T15:00:32Z

In 2007, partly due to the rising cost of commercial fine arts insurance, Congress expanded the program to include exhibitions with loans from American lenders as well. L.A. without the NEA: How one little-known program saves museums millions 2017-03-24T04:00:00Z

His studio was a must-stop for candidates for Congress, mayor and governor. Bob Grant, a Pioneer of Right-Wing Talk Radio, Dies at 84 2014-01-02T23:50:09Z

He has said that his first priority is to get tax reform passed this year, and is playing a key role in urging Congress to raise the debt ceiling. A Weekend Wedding for Steven Mnuchin 2017-06-22T04:00:00Z

Visit the Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts in Orlando and the ICE Kraków Congress Centre before making up your mind. The World's Coolest New Tourist Attractions 2015-01-09T05:00:00Z

A version of the E.R.A., which would have amended the United States Constitution to legally codify equality between women and men, was first introduced in Congress in 1923. ‘Mrs. America’ Depicts a Different Kind of Feminist: The Anti- Kind 2020-04-10T04:00:00Z

You may be relaxing at the pool this summer with a fun thriller, but the Herculean task of planning the Library of Congress National Book Festival this fall is already underway. Perspective | The National Book Festival needs hundreds of volunteers like you 2018-07-17T04:00:00Z

Second, it sought to influence Congress and thus shape foreign policy, helping fulfill the then just-emerging global imperialist strategy. Four ways your privacy is being invaded 2012-09-11T13:44:00Z

Copyright Act is unconstitutional and that Congress did not intend the law to impose liability or damages when the copyright infringements amount to "consumer copying." Supreme Court won't reduce student's $675K music download fine 2012-05-21T19:32:48Z

Most members of Congress didn’t find out about the trade until they saw it on the news. Serial recap – season two, episode 10: Thorny Politics 2016-03-18T04:00:00Z

The president needs to secure enough votes in Congress to pass the 13th amendment to the constitution, which would end slavery. Lincoln: more jaw-jaw than war-war. And no vampires 2013-01-23T14:26:46Z

Congress is expected to stay in session over the weekend, with the Senate planning to start its skirmishing with a possible 1 a.m. Debt crisis focus shifts to Senate 2011-07-30T03:46:00Z

He keeps gesturing vaguely at “voting irregularities,” and maintains that the Republican members of Congress who objected to the electoral count were doing the right thing. Loyal to God and Trump, Mike Pence Defends His Record 2022-11-14T05:00:00Z

Shifting gears from the all-modern programming he offered at the Library of Congress in 2016, this concert featured Gerhardt’s subtle side in baroque music and his most robust tone in sweeping romantic music. Review | Cellist Alban Gerhardt proves to be a musical omnivore at Phillips Collection 2019-02-18T05:00:00Z

Maryland's last governor was just a white Republican white whose dad had been in Congress. Wes Moore will be Maryland's first Black governor. Here's what scares me about his election 2022-11-11T05:00:00Z

In any case, the returns on being a sitting Democrat in Congress seem poised to diminish in a hurry; those who stay on may soon pine for screaming matches over what bills to pass. It’s been a tense year of infighting for Democrats. And this might be as good as it gets. 2021-11-11T05:00:00Z

I don’t expect, as Rachel Carson was, to be called to testify before Congress anytime soon. Q&A: Elizabeth Kolbert, author of ‘The Sixth Extinction’ 2014-02-14T22:07:21Z

There are brief chapters on how the CIA, Congress and the Justice Department responded to the committee’s report and how the media represented the program while it was classified. 'The Torture Report: A Graphic Adaptation' illustrates the grim reality of CIA interrogation techniques post 9/11 2017-11-04T04:00:00Z

The Constitution allowed Congress to ban the Atlantic slave trade. The Cotton Gin, Squirrel Hill and Other Letters to the Editor 2021-12-03T05:00:00Z

She wants to do everything she can to support that agenda in Congress. Trump has spurred hundreds of women to run for office. Guess what? Some are Republican. 2018-05-24T04:00:00Z

Saturday, Dec. 18, is National Wreaths Across America Day, a day designated as such by Congress. Wreaths Across America honors fallen military at holiday time: 'Deep appreciation for those who serve' 2021-12-18T05:00:00Z

Correction: An earlier version of this story misstated that Nikema Williams was the first Black woman to represent Georgia in Congress. On their third day at work, congressional freshmen went through disorientation 2021-01-12T05:00:00Z

In December he appeared before Congress to ask for additional funding. Sean Penn's "Superpower" renews Zelenskyy's relationship with Hollywood to sell the politics of war 2023-09-19T04:00:00Z

In 2016, Congress failed to renew a provision of immigration law and so significantly reduced the number of foreign temporary workers who are granted H-2B visas. Landscapers say guest worker limits are keeping them from sharing in economic growth 2018-01-16T05:00:00Z

Tutu, who retired from public life in 2010 but remains publicly outspoken, not least in criticising the governing African National Congress, will receive the prize at a ceremony at London's Guildhall on 21 May. Desmond Tutu wins Templeton prize for advancing 'spiritual progress' 2013-04-04T04:01:01Z

At just 29, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a Democrat from New York’s 14th District, is the youngest woman ever elected to Congress. Tired of Trump books? A new wave of politicians could bring a fresh crop of titles. 2018-11-07T05:00:00Z

Congress debates legislation that could affect 11 million illegal immigrants, Gray told reporters that the criticisms of Italians and Jews at the turn of the century were today being used against Mexicans. Period dramas premiere on day 10 of Cannes film festival 2013-05-24T16:28:01Z

The stench of hypocrisy and corruption permeates these pages, and the foul odor wafts through the halls of Congress, where Rep. Richie Langdon of Brooklyn is a feckless, weirdly likable, moral coward. ‘Golden Age’ review: Jane Smiley brings America into the age of terror 2015-10-12T04:00:00Z

What: Explore the Library of Congress on a guided tour and visit the Young Readers Center for books and arts and crafts. The world’s biggest library wants to place its treasures at your fingertips 2017-02-17T05:00:00Z

It’s an impressive collection of rare Shakespearean artifacts that connect the playwright to America from 14 institutions, including the Library of Congress, the Folger and the Hollywood Bowl Museum. L.A. exhibition probes Shakespeare-California connections, including a rare Edwin Booth recording 2016-11-18T05:00:00Z

The effort gained traction in 2011 when a congressional commission issued a report calling for Congress to fund half of its estimated $600 million cost. Latino Museum backers are pushing for a prime spot on the National Mall. But a turf war is looming. 2021-07-28T04:00:00Z

This week, Neruda's family members, politicians and fans paid homage to the beloved poet at Chile's Congress. The remains of Nobel Prize-winning poet Pablo Neruda have been reburied Tuesday at his favorite home in a Chilean town overlooking the Pacific Ocean 2016-04-26T04:00:00Z

It was banned and challenged, the subject of public debate and railed against in Congress. Once controversial, 'Heather Has Two Mommies' is now collectible 2017-05-11T04:00:00Z

James Billington, Librarian of Congress, says the gift provides an “intimate look into the lives of some of the great musicians.” Bono, Bob Dylan and Ella Fitzgerald Among Rare Interviews Soon Available to the Public 2012-06-19T10:45:32Z

The interruptions were a nuisance to some members of Congress, both on the committee and outside the room. Perspective | ‘Civility’ vs ‘hysteria’ at the Kavanaugh hearings, and what they truly mean 2018-09-07T04:00:00Z

Fast and efficient, it follows four women who were part of the wave of female candidates running for Congress in 2018 with little money or establishment support. Sundance Documentaries Expose Truths, Both Glorious and Bitter 2019-02-03T05:00:00Z

While she and other PBS executives try to be eloquent defenders of public TV, she said, it is ultimately the audience that can help protect it by making their support for PBS known to Congress. PBS chief decries efforts to cut federal funding 2012-07-21T23:18:08Z

And now that he’s running for Congress, he has to deal with the fact that for many people, a pop star is all they’ll ever see. ‘American Idol’ made Clay Aiken a star. But he knows it won’t make him a congressman.

Conveniently, for the next two weeks they’re on view just blocks from Congress at the Capitol Hill Arts Workshop. Review | Milligan’s health-care monologues give voice to patient and doctor 2017-05-23T04:00:00Z

Eventually, the march returned to Michigan Avenue for a least the second time today, and police succeeded in herding the crowd into a small park at Michigan and Congress. Police, protesters clash in Loop 2012-05-20T01:38:00Z

It was about the part of American government that I think is actually the most broken, the branch of government that is the most broken, which is Congress. "Democracy is never perfected": David Simon on his new HBO series and the 2020 "s**tshow" election 2020-03-16T04:00:00Z

“I bet George Washington was like, ‘In the first 100 days, I will mail this letter to Congress!'” “Turning an F to an A”: Here’s how late-night TV celebrated Trump’s first 100 days 2017-04-25T04:00:00Z

All the same, when the phone rang in early May and she saw the Library of Congress number on caller ID, she thought it might be a prank. Natasha Trethewey Is Named Poet Laureate 2012-06-07T02:03:39Z

Seven years later, it was the subject of a documentary feature and a year later, it was named to the Library of Congress’s National Film Registry. The Spy Movie That Upset the American Dream 2020-09-18T04:00:00Z

He brought it up repeatedly until he left Congress in 2017. The Reconciliation Must Be Televised 2020-07-30T04:00:00Z

“I speak tonight for the dignity of man and the destiny of democracy,” said Lyndon Johnson, in his nationally televised address to a joint session of Congress on March 15, 1965. REVIEW: 'Selma': The Film of the Year — But 1965 or 2014? 2015-01-01T05:00:00Z

He also stressed Granada's role in bringing politics closer to the public: making interviews with politicians less deferential; covering byelections; pioneering broadcasts from the Trades Union Congress. Denis Forman democratised television 2013-02-25T13:59:31Z

He was manic, eccentric, too smart — or too arrogant — to suffer the niceties of Congress. This Hill staffer (maybe) saved the free world. But all he wants is a career in theater. 2017-07-18T04:00:00Z

Mark Harris, a Republican nominee for Congress from North Carolina, is a pastor whose sermons have encouraged women to “submit” to their husbands. Perspective | Women are expected to swing this election — because, of course, we expect them to do everything 2018-11-02T04:00:00Z

Forced birth proponents are testifying to Congress that ending a risky pregnancy is not technically an "abortion," when there is no medical difference between the two. The white, conservative Southern women who asked me to keep their abortions secret 2022-09-24T04:00:00Z

What on earth is the latest on the Congress improvements????'' Relief ahead for drivers on Congress Parkway 2012-04-16T12:01:00Z

In 1952, a Catholic group called the Knights of Columbus urged Congress to add “under God” to the pledge. The short pledge we recite has a long story 2017-09-01T04:00:00Z

Lawmakers — particularly those in the party controlling the White House and both houses of Congress — have spent the majority of this administration in a state of being so achingly, tenderly troubled. A GOP senator’s guide to a Trump scandal: 1) Say you’re ‘troubled.’ 2) Keep walking. 2017-05-16T04:00:00Z

All of them managed to win reelection by greater majorities than their initial ascent to power, in part by running against Congress. Trump waves goodbye to baby boomer presidents 2017-01-26T05:00:00Z

“Another female in Congress — that’s what I’m talking about. Give it to the women!” Meet Kristin Beck, a transgender former Navy SEAL running for Congress 2015-06-22T04:00:00Z

In its report to Congress, the commission proposed a privately funded museum, rather than a 50-50 federal-private partnership, such as the one that created the African American Museum. Smithsonian leader vows to highlight women — but not with their own museum 2018-03-29T04:00:00Z

There were two warring factions of the African National Congress where we were, in the Vaal Triangle, south of Johannesburg, and we needed them to stop the tit for tat. In ‘Afropessimism,’ a Black Intellectual Mixes Memoir and Theory 2020-04-05T04:00:00Z

We just hope those in Congress — and throughout the nation — who are steadfast on rolling the clock back on reproductive health care access are taking note.” ABC Stokes Controversy with 'Scandal' Abortion Storyline 2015-11-20T05:00:00Z

I’m always reminded of Congresswoman Barbara Lee out in California who was the only member of Congress who voted against the war immediately after 9/11. How 9/11 chilled musicians: “They were trying to push back against the new status quo. … Some of them got smacked back” 2016-08-17T04:00:00Z

Congress designated $9.6 million for mechanical and structural renovations and the addition of a principal suite and garden room. Inside Blair House, where the president’s guests get the VIP treatment 2018-06-12T04:00:00Z

One of the unusual aspects of this case is that it pits Democrats against Democrats—namely, the Obama Administration against a Democratic governor, along with the entire Democratic leadership in Congress. Democrats v. Democrats on Medicaid at the Supreme Court 2011-10-06T19:12:02Z

Not enough to swing any elections, or boost Congress’s approval rating. What’s wrong with politicizing a tragedy? For Sen. Chris Murphy, nothing at all. 2016-09-27T04:00:00Z

Construction crews work on the Wacker entrance ramp to Congress Parkway along the Chicago River on Sept. Wacker reconstruction to close 2 intersections 2012-01-05T21:30:00Z

She counted J Edgar Hoover as a close friend from the time she became the youngest person ever to win an Oscar, right through her failed run for Congress. Shirley Temple's belongings set for auction in Kansas City 2015-07-11T04:00:00Z

Not one Democrat in Congress voted for the Fourteenth Amendment. What gets declassified? 2012-05-31T21:09:00Z

The smart furniture collection was introduced by the Scandinavian home furnishings colossal Sunday at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. Coming soon: Wireless-charging furniture from Ikea 2015-03-03T05:00:00Z

That is, the media have been chasing a will-o'-the-wisp for the better part of a year, whipping car buyers and Congress into a frenzy. Why Didn't the Media Do a Better Job on Toyota 2010-07-22T16:20:00Z

Such colossal sums are rarely debated in Congress; indeed, they enjoy wide bipartisan support. Killing me softly with militarism 2019-10-26T04:00:00Z

To celebrate the 200th anniversary of Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein,” the Keats-Shelley Association of America hosts a live reading at the Library of Congress and encourages similar marathon “Frankenreads” around the world. From ‘Fire and Fury’ to a ‘Crazy Rich’ resurgence: The biggest book news of 2018 2018-11-13T05:00:00Z

It’s just one of many, many players in this new discussion or debate that’s going on in Congress about federal spending, the proper federal role in culture and the arts, and so forth. Video Deemed Offensive Pulled by Portrait Gallery 2010-12-01T22:43:00Z

Mr. Belafonte with Lena Horne in 1970 at an event in support of the civil rights activist Andrew Young’s campaign for Congress. Harry Belafonte: A Life in Photos 2023-04-25T04:00:00Z

In Washington budget testimony is a big deal: a chance for department chiefs to lay out their agendas and beg Congress for cash. Rocco Landesman, N.E.A. Chief, Storms Washington 2010-04-07T20:20:00Z

Under the terms of the National Film Preservation Act, each year the Librarian of Congress names 25 films that are "culturally, historically or aesthetically" significant. 'Forrest Gump' to be preserved in US film registry 2011-12-28T07:46:03Z

After initially floundering in Congress, the scheme became a choice morsel to be seized in the chaos capitalism typical of the early railroading era. The Utopian Quest to Link the United States and Latin America 2019-01-25T05:00:00Z

A presidential commission called on Congress to establish a Smithsonian American Latino Museum at a news conference in the Capitol on Thursday morning attended by proponents of the project. ArtsBeat: Commission Asks Congress to Support a Smithsonian American Latino Museum 2011-05-05T20:21:31Z

A member of Congress introduced a motion to ban them from the U.S., and the Vatican condemned their "erotic vagrancy." Elizabeth Taylor, legendary actress, dies at 79 2011-03-23T13:57:00Z

Curiously, members of Congress who ultimately co-supported the bill were unaware that the Cherokee Nation’s business arm, then known as Cherokee Industries, was engaged in manufacturing contracts with the Department of Defense. Slave descendants seek equal rights from Cherokee Nation 2013-05-21T22:15:00Z

Ms. Waters was working for the left-wing journalist Robert Scheer’s failed campaign for Congress in 1966 when she walked into the print shop to order leaflets. David Lance Goines, Who Shaped the Counterculture Aesthetic, Dies at 77 2023-03-06T05:00:00Z

But in conjuring a fantastical slippery slope in which technology, pharmaceuticals and the entertainment industry co-star in a takeover of our lives, "The Congress" boasts a propulsive image-making pull. 'The Congress' envisions a future dystopian virtual reality 2014-08-28T04:00:00Z

It continues unabated in Colombia years after the peace agreement, which was rejected by voters after a divisive campaign full of lies and misinformation, then renegotiated and approved by Congress. The Intricacies of Colombia’s War, Stitched Together in a Novel 2020-10-06T04:00:00Z

That night, hours before her testimony in front of Congress, she was the marquee guest at a dinner organized by Climate Caretakers, a coalition of Christian environmentalists. One of America’s top climate scientists is an evangelical Christian. She’s on a mission to persuade skeptics. 2019-07-12T04:00:00Z

Leading Democrats in Congress, many of whom hail from California, were also aggrieved. Democrats v. Democrats on Medicaid at the Supreme Court 2011-10-06T19:12:02Z

The program will do much to damage the reputation of the broader law, and force Congress to curtail other spending priorities. CLASS-Gate: Internal Emails Reveal Administration Knew All Along That Obamacare's Long-Term Care Entitlement Was a "Fiscal Disaster" 2011-09-15T20:59:07Z

It was a May 1783 letter from Elias Boudinot, the president of the Continental Congress, to an American revolutionary financier, Oliver Pollock. A picture of persistence in honoring a Spanish hero of the Revolutionary War

Fox zipped past the Congress Heights Metro stop, where a few confused commuters were milling around outside the closed gates. On the road with an Uber driver: Can she cash in on the Metro shutdown? 2016-03-16T04:00:00Z

Its offending sections were excised and remained unseen by general audiences until 2004 when a curator at the Library of Congress found an uncensored copy, adding another gem to the “precode” DVD catalog. Just a Maid in Movies, but Not Forgotten 2011-04-22T23:23:02Z

That’s more than enough to pass for a hunk in the halls of Congress, where, most people would admit, there is not a lot of competition. Building Consensus Around a Congressman?s Abs 2010-07-07T20:40:00Z

So now the hostages are asking Congress to change the law. ‘Argo,’ as Seen by the Iran Hostage Crisis Survivors 2012-10-16T16:33:06Z

Legislation in Congress needed to address that possibility in order to be politically sustainable. US embassy cables: Americans reassure India over Afghanistan 2010-12-16T21:30:36Z

Neither did CBS, the Library of Congress, or Xerox, which sponsored the broadcast. A Lost “Glass Menagerie,” Rediscovered 2016-12-07T05:00:00Z

Still running — deadline Monday night: Our biennial “joint legislation” contest in which you combine the names of members of Congress. Style Invitational Week 1108: Hearts of dorkness — your funny valentine 2015-01-21T05:00:00Z

Scoff if you like, but several of these movies have already taken their place in the Library of Congress’s National Film Registry. Ferris Bueller saved my life 2017-01-05T05:00:00Z

Frequently, Mr. Ellis observes, decisions being made by the Continental Congress were shaped by military events on the ground — and vice versa. Books of The Times: Joseph J. Ellis Portrays the Pivotal Summer of 1776 2013-07-01T20:42:33Z

The reception honors those values and “the close U.K.-U.S. partnership with the new administration and Congress.” Don’t gloat, don’t pout: The Golden Rule of elite Washington inaugural parties 2017-01-17T05:00:00Z

Under the proposed rule, which would not require action by Congress, people would be allowed to file requests for hardship waivers in the United States, according to a person familiar with the administration's plans. Obama rule would let undocumented stay in U.S. during application 2012-01-06T06:12:00Z

In Congress, he received an “F” from the Americans for the Arts for, in part, supporting legislation designed to cut NEA funds. Forget about the art of the deal. How will Trump deal with the arts? 2016-11-23T05:00:00Z

It is even in part a political novel in that Tolliver is protected by a friend he helped win election as the local district attorney and another pal who winds up in Congress. Review | Ready for a psychopath on the level of Hannibal Lecter? Check out ‘Sunrise Highway’ 2018-08-28T04:00:00Z

The events at Salem led to the creation of the Magical Congress of the United State of Americas in 1693. J.K. Rowling Reveals the Connection Between Salem and American Wizardry 2016-03-09T05:00:00Z

They are pressing Congress for increased funding for the National Endowment for the Arts despite the rising federal deficit. 'Housewives' star calls on Congress for arts funds 2010-04-13T18:41:00Z

Brill describes efforts to bring more minority members to Congress as “another reform effort that boomeranged,” because minority Democrats allied with Republicans to rewrite congressional districts and eviscerate districts held by white Democrats. America Has Gone Off the Rails. Steven Brill Sees Ways to Get It Back on Track. 2018-07-02T04:00:00Z

But that comes nearly four decades after a deadline set by Congress, and the amendment seems likely to flounder in federal court. ‘Mrs. America’ Depicts a Different Kind of Feminist: The Anti- Kind 2020-04-10T04:00:00Z

Congress was wrestling with the first civil rights bill since Reconstruction, which President Dwight D. Eisenhower would sign in the fall. To shill a ‘Mockingbird’ 2015-02-16T05:00:00Z

On the Tonight Show, Jimmy Fallon talked about a report that claimed Trump’s speech to Congress would be lighter than his inauguration speech. Late-night TV roundup: Trump probably 'great at a game of Douchebag Charades' 2017-02-23T05:00:00Z

That was the scene Wednesday night at the Library of Congress where lovers of literature gathered for the final lecture by U.S. U.S. Poet Laureate Juan Felipe Herrera reappointed to second year 2016-04-13T04:00:00Z

The museum, which Congress designated as the national repository for 9/11 objects, also is seeking items that are still held as evidence in ongoing FBI cases relating to the Guantanamo Bay prison and others. TV's 'Rescue Me' donates 9/11 items to Smithsonian 2011-07-15T10:40:09Z

The House has voted to refer both men to the Justice Department to pursue criminal contempt of Congress charges. Photographer who shot Proud Boys photos files suit to block House Jan. 6 committee subpoena 2021-12-15T05:00:00Z

During an episode of "Washington Journal," a man identifying himself as a Republican named Jack Strickland dialed in to the morning program during a discussion of Congress' role in negotiations with Iran. C-SPAN prank caller recites 'Fresh Prince of Bel-Air' rap 2015-03-20T04:00:00Z

Last year’s midterm elections saw an unprecedented number of women win seats in Congress. Sunday Reading: A New Wave of Female Candidates 2019-02-03T05:00:00Z

These guys have taken very effective advantage of the way Congress works and the way congressional elections work to fund candidates, control the process and control and actually write legislation. Cannes: How the bankers fleeced the world 2010-05-19T15:20:00Z

Argument, debate, blathering–it may be annoying, but it’s also necessary, which is the very principle behind having Congress go on record with a vote. Crossfire Is Returning Early, Just in Time to Oversimplify Syria 2013-09-03T15:20:07Z

Guests are encouraged to keep private any scuttlebutt re: the boat, and that doesn’t just go for members of Congress. Washington’s hottest club is Joe Manchin’s houseboat 2021-08-05T04:00:00Z

When Kennedy made his plea to Congress, the United States had just launched its first manned spacecraft. A new era in spaceflight: Back to the moon on the way to Mars 2018-11-02T04:00:00Z

The Obama campaign provided a who's-who of 181 actors, musicians, authors, athletes, mayors, Congress members, and more that fit any and all demographic groups in the president's target zone. Obama enlisting A-list to act as surrogates 2012-11-05T03:31:06Z

In an open letter to the office of foreign assets control, two members of Congress called for an investigation into Beyoncé and Jay-Z's Cuban visit. Beyoncé and Jay-Z's Cuba trip licensed by US Treasury, say sources 2013-04-09T11:07:24Z

The new museum cost $540 million, with Congress footing half the bill. Who were the big donors to the African American Museum? You’ll know the minute you walk in. 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z

In a letter to Congress signed by 40 state and territory attorneys general, the association urged lawmakers to enact new consumer protections for airline passengers. Perspective | Is the government doing enough to protect air travelers? 2020-10-21T04:00:00Z

The “bureaucratic mission creep”, he argues, “badly needed to be brought under closer oversight by Congress”. How Edward Snowden changed history 2017-01-12T05:00:00Z

Representatives of the newspaper and magazine industry, both dependent on mail subscribers, told Congress to act carefully in eliminating Saturday delivery and post offices. Postmaster General calls for 'radical changes' 2011-09-06T22:50:00Z

Obama asked Congress on Wednesday for a prime-time slot on Sept. Boehner asks Obama to delay speech 2011-09-01T00:00:00Z

The Library of Congress declined to explain the difference. Librarian’s trips abroad, posh hotels all paid for by James Madison Council 2015-08-12T04:00:00Z

The scene in the video drew complaints from the Catholic League as well as incoming Republican leaders in Congress who said the Smithsonian was misusing its public funding, though its exhibits are privately funded. Group protests over video removed from Smithsonian 2011-01-31T20:29:12Z

There was a deadline in place of 1979, which Congress extended, but the states still had not ratified it. John Oliver: equal rights are 'so obvious, you assume we already have it' 2019-06-10T04:00:00Z

In the past several years, she has received a Kennedy Center Honor, the Recording Academy’s MusiCares Person of the Year award, and, most recently, the Library of Congress’s Gershwin Prize for Popular Song. Joni Mitchell Returns to the Stage, Golden, Glorious and in Control 2023-06-11T04:00:00Z

While former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen was testifying before Congress, Bell was busy feeding his comments into “The Swamp.” Review | In the galleries: Artists join forces to adorn a wall that will come tumbling down 2019-03-08T05:00:00Z

The Gridiron dinner — filled with administration officials, members of Congress, and media and business elite — welcomed 630 people. The elite D.C. social scene sees a rash of covid cases, but parties on 2022-04-09T04:00:00Z

The word ungovernable came to define an official strategy of the African National Congress in 1986, she added. Inside Art: ?The Ungovernables? at New Museum; a Manet to the Getty 2011-12-01T23:20:13Z

I don’t mind a far-fetched Homeland: as I said earlier this year, are we really arguing that a show about a POW brainwashed into becoming a terrorist and elected to Congress has gotten implausible? TV Weekend: Ask What Your Homeland Can Do for You 2012-12-14T15:45:36Z

During a stint in Chongqing, where he worked for the Office of Strategic Services, the forerunner of the CIA, he scooped up documents for his American spymasters and cultural pieces for the Library of Congress. To have and to hold 2015-04-23T04:00:00Z

Most are in China, in the Library of Congress or at institutions of higher learning like Harvard, Princeton and Cornell. Huntington archivist finds historic piece of China's largest book 2014-10-16T04:00:00Z

"For three months this Congress had had the fate of the Union in its hands," Cooper writes. 'We Have the War Upon Us': Trying, and failing, to prevent the Civil War 2012-09-19T21:10:06Z

From 9 to 11 a.m., it visits the Congress Heights Senior Wellness Center in Southeast. Arcadia Mobile Market, Washington’s farm stand on wheels

When you were in the Congress, you voted to impeach Bill Clinton. John Kasich: ‘I think members of the Republican Party are in a coma right now’ 2019-07-01T04:00:00Z

Sam waits in a giant room looks like a cross between the Library of Congress and the Death Star. “Game of Thrones” Season Finale: Women and Wildfire 2016-06-27T04:00:00Z

You’re not going to lost any popularity contests kicking Congress nowadays, of course, and Alpha House’s Republicans run a gamut from hypocritical to sleazy. TV–Or Streaming Video–Tonight: Alpha House on Amazon 2013-11-15T13:30:44Z

"They're drawn to brands who are rethinking the way things are done. They want to be heard," Maryleigh Bliss, trends editor at youth marketing firm Ypulse, told the World Retail Congress earlier this year. A selfie on your shoes? Personalized gifts for 'Millennials' 2014-12-11T05:00:00Z

So that was fun to read, partly because my day-to-day problems with Congress seem fairly petty — not something to worry about. Transcript: President Obama on What Books Mean to Him 2017-01-16T05:00:00Z

“Do you feel like you’re qualified to serve in this Congress right now?” George Santos had an awkward first day at the office 2023-01-03T05:00:00Z

Mr. Smith served from 1968 to 1970 as the consultant in poetry to the Library of Congress, as the poet laureate’s post was then known. William Jay Smith, Poet and Craftsman of Rhythm, Dies at 97 2015-08-19T04:00:00Z

It’s sold in courtrooms and the halls of Congress, he says, on television and, occasionally, in newspapers. ‘Food, Inc.’ director’s new project shines light on climate-change deniers 2015-03-16T04:00:00Z

In 1968, Congress signed the Uniform Monday Holiday Act, which noted that several federal holidays — including Veterans Day — will be celebrated only on Monday. 15 facts to know about Veterans Day, from the celebrations to the correct spelling 2022-11-11T05:00:00Z

Later, Congress passed the federal Oleomargarine Act, imposing a 2-cent-per-pound tax on the stuff. How meat producers are trying to avoid becoming like dairy farmers competing with nut ‘milks’ 2019-02-15T05:00:00Z

Nor does he reckon with the questionable practices of officials who leak secrets, misrepresent themselves to Congress and respond in kind to Trump’s outlandish rhetoric. Former C.I.A. Head Michael Hayden Warns of an ‘Assault on Intelligence’ 2018-05-03T04:00:00Z

Until this year, she was in the minority party in Congress, when Nancy Pelosi was speaker and controlled the House and the Senate. Bachmann on defense after Pawlenty barbs 2011-08-12T13:54:00Z

Another problem, Oliver continued, is that although Congress toughened regulations after the meningitis outbreak, it left “massive loopholes”, such as a voluntary regulation service for pharmacies wanting to produce larger batches. 'Wild west of the drug industry': John Oliver takes on compounding pharmacies 2019-09-30T04:00:00Z

Congress = “constantly” + “regress”: “Congress — on a steady course.” Style Invitational Week 1241: Less taste, more fill-in— our not-crossword 2017-08-17T04:00:00Z

The Atos Trio, which played at the Library of Congress on Friday night, was unusual in that it made everything sound new in the sense of being different and even odd. At a classical music concert, something actually new, and also its challenges 2015-10-18T04:00:00Z

According to the believers, Lizard People preside over the Supreme Court, run Congress and own Wall Street. The Humans of New York parodies that will save us: Talking cats, lizard people and the power of the subversive meme 2015-07-21T04:00:00Z

The Congress members say they represent a community that includes former political prisoners. Cuban-American politicians decry Beyonce Cuba trip 2013-04-08T17:18:09Z

A trailblazer, Ms. Chisholm was the first African-American woman to serve in the United States Congress. On Display at the People’s House: A Century of Persistence 2019-01-20T05:00:00Z

The movie's audacious shifts of tone, and its swirling, psychedelically tinged animation, have elicited diverse reactions at Cannes, where "The Congress" opened the Director's Fortnight competition. Ari Folman animates Robin Wright in 'The Congress' 2013-05-21T12:05:12Z

In previous books, he cast a sympathetic glow on Nixon’s years in Congress and reframed Nixon’s relationship with Dwight D. Eisenhower, whom he served loyally but awkwardly as vice president. Did John F. Kennedy and the Democrats Steal the 1960 Election? 2022-01-18T05:00:00Z

The courier, who delivers the dispatches from the battlefield to the Continental Congress, is literally nameless. Hitting the Right Notes When Setting History to Song 2022-05-27T04:00:00Z

Still, Congress seems to have the drive to complete at least one task before recess: suing President Obama for his selective implementation of the Affordable Care Act. Must-see morning clip: Jon Stewart chides Congress for taking unearned vacation 2014-08-01T04:00:00Z

In her remarks, Strong took aim at some of the same targets as Obama — the media, the candidates and Congress. At correspondents’ dinner, Obama jabs at media, candidates and himself 2015-04-25T04:00:00Z

Federal prosecutors and Congress investigated the pardon, and in 2002 a House of Representatives committee concluded Denise Rich had swayed the action through donations to the Clinton library and campaign. Socialite Denise Rich dumps U.S. passport 2012-07-09T13:47:41Z

The census determines the distribution of seats in Congress and the Electoral College. How the Census Changed America 2019-05-01T04:00:00Z

The library’s executive team testified before Congress in the spring about the dire need for more storage space for its ­ever-increasing collections. Copyright Office’s online registration hasn’t worked for almost a week 2015-09-03T04:00:00Z

The museum was founded in 2000 as the D-Day Museum and in 2004 was designated by Congress as the official World War II museum of the United States. National World War II Museum gets $20-million gift 2015-03-24T04:00:00Z

However, members of Congress intervened to identify funding for the Jazz Masters to continue awarding each recipient a $25,000 fellowship. NEA celebrates 30th anniversary of jazz awards 2012-01-11T21:07:12Z

To Congress’s growing horror, he acted on this belief by giving pardons to Confederates and appointing traitors to positions of power throughout the South. The First Presidential Impeachment 2019-05-18T04:00:00Z

The so-called Graham-Cassidy bill is likely to face a close vote in Congress, where several Republican senators remain undecided or as likely no votes. Republicans Defend Health Bill Against Another Adversary: Jimmy Kimmel 2017-09-20T04:00:00Z

Across the city, posters calling for statehood for the District have been a reminder that its lack of full representation in Congress remains an issue. A tour of a changing capital 2017-01-12T05:00:00Z

And yet the narrowness of the new Republican majority means that McCarthy can’t afford to alienate too many members if he wants to win the gavel when Congress convenes Jan. 3. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s new reality 2022-11-30T05:00:00Z

"The president's vision should be guided by what he thinks is best for the country, rather than limiting his initiatives to what he thinks might pass a Republican-controlled Congress," said Rep. Obama jobs plan may include hiring tax break 2011-08-18T00:41:00Z

Seeger was indicted in 1957 on 10 counts of contempt of Congress and sentenced to a year in prison in 1961, but an appeals court dismissed the indictment. Pete Seeger delivered the news for generations 2014-01-28T22:14:00Z

And, in March, Congress finally approved a bill — known as “the Emmett Till Antilynching Act’’ — making lynching a federal hate crime. ‘Till’ Review: He Was Someone’s Son, Too 2022-10-13T04:00:00Z

In a diner parking lot, she talked with David Jackson, a Vietnam vet, about the need for more veterans in Congress. Meet Kristin Beck, a transgender former Navy SEAL running for Congress 2015-06-22T04:00:00Z

Efforts by India's Congress party to block the publication of a "dramatized" biography of its president Sonia Gandhi only stoked interest in the book, said author Javier Moro. Attempts to block book on India's Sonia Gandhi only fueled interest: author 2015-01-21T05:00:00Z

Two older activists called in, including Cori Bush, who is running for Congress; another girl, part of a local arts troupe, read a poem about police brutality. These Teen Girls Are Fighting for a More Just Future 2020-06-26T04:00:00Z

The Smithsonian talked about how to notify regents who served in Congress in the event of controversy but not about how it would respond if the show came under attack. Wounded in Crossfire of a Capital Culture War 2011-03-30T11:57:54Z

A narrow plurality of voters, 39 percent, singled out Republicans in Congress for blame for inaction in Washington while 31 percent said the administration and congressional Republicans and Democrats were all to blame. Poll: Obama remains popular on home turf 2012-02-09T03:04:00Z

That effort later ran into significant opposition from the Sons of Confederate Veterans and others, and died in Congress. President Obama Designates National Monuments to Civil Rights History 2017-01-12T05:00:00Z

“Don’t Crush That Dwarf” was enshrined in the Library of Congress’s National Recording Registry in 2006. Phil Austin, Who Played Nick Danger on Firesign Theater, Dies at 74 2015-06-25T04:00:00Z

On July 4, alphorn players and singers perform in buildings around the Congress Center. Swiss Yodeling Festival Hits the High Notes 2014-06-19T04:00:00Z

We see how, in the post-9/11 era, a panic-stricken Congress threw cash at the Pentagon, the C.I.A. and the F.B.I., at a rate so fast they had trouble spending it. James Risen’s ‘Pay Any Price’ 2014-10-15T04:00:00Z

“Charles Wright is a master of the meditative, image-driven lyric,” Librarian of Congress James H. Billington said in a news release announcing the appointment. Charles Wright named new U.S. poet laureate 2014-06-12T04:00:00Z

Weeks later, James H. Billington, who was appointed librarian of Congress by Ronald Reagan in 1987, announced that he will retire at the end of the year. Copyright Office’s online registration hasn’t worked for almost a week 2015-09-03T04:00:00Z

At times, both seem to adopt an us-against-the-world mentality – he thinks Congress is full of self-interested dullards, she thinks voters just don't understand the magnitude of his accomplishments – that is simultaneously tin-eared and appealing. 'The Obamas' a portrait of their life in D.C. 2012-01-09T15:37:00Z

Michael Cohen testified before Congress that to keep the affair private, and with his boss’s approval, he had given Daniels $130,000. Perspective | Stormy Daniels and the bosom of chaos 2023-03-22T04:00:00Z

I contacted the congressional travel office and confirmed that the fare is strictly for members of Congress and staffers traveling on government business. Perspective | Critics question influence of airline travel perks on Congress 2018-06-14T04:00:00Z

Indeed, Congress is attempting to hammer down the specifics of a number of important bills right now, including immigration reform, a highway funding bill and student loan reform. Must-see morning clip: Jon Stewart chides Congress for taking unearned vacation 2014-08-01T04:00:00Z

He adds, “If you’re a member of Congress and can’t find the humor in yourself, then you need to find another job.” Rep. Steve Israel, finding the funny in Washington’s corridors of power 2015-01-06T05:00:00Z

The other name that came to mind was the California representative Barbara Lee, the only member of Congress to vote in 2001 against the authorization of use of force after the Sept. 11 attacks. Will This Guy Shut Off the Lights in the Sanders Campaign? 2016-06-11T04:00:00Z

Below are the names of the new members of the 114th Congress, along with many incumbent senators. Style Invitational Week 1107: Bill us now — our biennial ‘joint legislation’ contest 2015-01-15T05:00:00Z

Congress refused to spend any more money to aid South Vietnam, despite Ford’s appeal to “fundamental decency.” Gerald Ford, President Nice Guy 2018-06-26T04:00:00Z

In Congress, I made sure all the legislation I introduced was bipartisan. Gabrielle Giffords on standing up and speaking up for what’s right 2019-01-11T05:00:00Z

In fact, as Mr Brill writes, the administration and its allies in Congress reached secret agreements with the industry groups affected by the ACA. Good, bad and ugly 2015-01-15T05:00:00Z

At the start of The Congress, Wright's character is given an ultimatum. Robin Wright: 'I'm in my 40s and I don't inject my face with Botox' 2014-08-07T04:00:00Z

Holder added that he is currently dialed in to this fall's pivotal midterm elections, where control of Congress hangs in the balance. Former Attorney General Eric Holder reveals that he’s “thinking about” running for presiden... 2018-07-24T04:00:00Z

King was awarded the Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song for lifetime achievement earlier this year. Carole King to be honored for music career, charitable works 2013-09-19T16:17:53Z

The cache, five boxes of material, is available to scholars in the Library of Congress Performing Arts Reading Room. A New Focus on Eric Dolphy, in Washington and Montclair 2014-05-27T04:00:00Z

Then there's some white people in Congress and some white people in these red states that don't want the experiment to happen, that wish we never came. With basketball drama "Boogie," Eddie Huang is finally "free of the shadow" of "Fresh Off the Boat" 2021-03-06T05:00:00Z

Today, the evidence shows links to 12, says the report presented at the European Congress on Obesity in Vienna. Obesity now linked to 12 different cancers 2018-05-23T04:00:00Z

Kathy Tuchman, 59, is a visitor services coordinator at the Library of Congress and the designer of the “Touch History” tour for the blind. At the Library of Congress, blind visitors get to feel what others see 2017-09-06T04:00:00Z

She survives but three other members of Congress are fatally shot by Brigade members. Review | This political thriller imagines the unimaginable: a silent Trump 2018-07-18T04:00:00Z

Botanists at a leading university once developed an oak tree that would not shed its leaves, but production efforts were stymied through intense lobbying of Congress by the National Garden Rake Association. Style Invitational Week 1414: Divining comedy — the year in preview 2020-12-10T05:00:00Z

Last season, when the Roys and their associates testify before Congress about the allegations against their cruises, Shiv once again steps up. On “Succession,” Shiv weaponizes womanhood 2021-10-24T04:00:00Z

And the year before, Washington Capitol Police released a statement refuting tweets and an article claiming members of Congress had taken a group of schoolchildren hostage. The Onion apologizes for offensive actress tweet 2013-02-25T17:16:11Z

Women constitute nearly a third of the Democrats in Congress, while only about 10 percent of the Republicans are female. Trump has spurred hundreds of women to run for office. Guess what? Some are Republican. 2018-05-24T04:00:00Z

The performance was prefaced, arguably unnecessarily, with Elliott Carter’s Duo for Violin and Piano, a Library of Congress commission from 1973-1974. A ‘Mantra’ for our time at the Library of Congress 2015-04-26T04:00:00Z

That is when the eight-day Gold Coast Congress is held. Bridge: Gold Coast Congress Shows Upside of Being Down Under 2014-03-05T22:56:28Z

This location, just a few blocks from the Congress Heights Metro station, is a popular gathering spot for professionals, such as Payne, who work in the area. They came to IHOP for pancakes. They stayed for her song. 2015-07-30T04:00:00Z

Dutifully, after the Senate confirms Thomas, the movie offers a glimpse at some positive outcomes, especially the election of more women to Congress in the 1992 elections. The Anita Hill saga was so gripping in 1991. Why is HBO’s ‘Confirmation’ so flat? 2016-04-14T04:00:00Z

Another is held by the Library of Congress, an institution entwined with the history of the anthem, which has an exhibition about the song running through July 7. ‘The Star-Spangled Banner’ Has Changed a Lot in 200 Years 2014-06-27T04:00:00Z

A close friend in Congress who is also chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee, Rep. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords stepping down 2012-01-23T06:47:00Z

In all, at least 112 women will serve in Congress next term, a record high. Perspective | A lot of women just won their elections, and hopefully someday this will stop being remarkable 2018-11-07T05:00:00Z

The case will be decided by the Supreme Court this June, after which we will know if Congress has the power to force Americans to buy broccoli and even to regulate mental activity. A Look Back at Year One of The Apothecary at Forbes 2012-01-31T17:22:00Z

He owes his TikTok followers — he has 1.6 million, the most in all of Congress — an update on the aftermath of the Silicon Valley Bank collapse. The most-followed U.S. congressman on TikTok is doing a delicate dance 2023-04-11T04:00:00Z

And brewers of all sizes lobbied Congress for the passage of the Craft Beverage Modernization and Tax Reform Act of 2015. Amid deal with Anheuser-Busch, craft brewery gets kicked out of its own festival 2016-08-12T04:00:00Z

She dived into his archives at the Library of Congress, listening to hours of recordings and sifting through boxes of documents to reconstruct his catalog. Beyond ‘Rent’: 4 Glimpses of the Unheard Jonathan Larson 2018-10-05T04:00:00Z

Wilson's shouted retort to Obama's address before a joint session of Congress on Sept. 2009-12-16T08:01:00Z

Knowing that the Library of Congress was interested in acquiring my life’s work was one of the biggest thrills of my life.” Jerry Lewis Archive Goes to Library of Congress 2015-09-14T04:00:00Z

Occupy Chicago protesters return to Congress Plaza in Chicago on Sunday night. Protests give city trial run for summits 2011-10-17T03:33:00Z

Their research institutions varied in their levels of support, and there were many obstacles to obtaining funding, from fellow scientists and Congress alike. Review: ‘Black Hole Blues’ Recounts the Quest to Find the Cosmic Kazoo 2016-04-17T04:00:00Z

The White House request came on the same day Obama issued an appeal to Congress to renew legislation to fund highways and air travel that he said would protect a million jobs. Boehner asks Obama to delay speech 2011-09-01T00:00:00Z

The Washburne archive at the Library of Congress did not mention a diary, but an addendum referred to a diary at the Washburne homestead in Livermore, Maine. Spotlight on researcher for McCullough, Ken Burns 2012-11-19T15:11:31Z

“If we can’t satisfy the family and other naysayers, we should forget about Congress and raise the money privately,” he said. Bob Dole leads the fight for Ike 2015-07-23T04:00:00Z

Gingrich did not contest Michigan, though his name was on the ballot; he spent the day campaigning in Georgia, which the former House speaker once represented in Congress. AP: Romney wins Arizona; Michigan close 2012-02-29T01:31:00Z

I strolled past The Congress, a grand Italianate edifice, and the modern concrete Palace of Justice. Cultured Traveler: A Tourist Revival in the Heart of Bogotá 2012-09-14T16:39:05Z

He testified that the regulatory system led broadcasters to fear that Congress or the F.C.C. would discipline them for political reasons. Bill Monroe, ?Meet the Press? Host, Dies at 90 2011-02-17T21:40:07Z

In any case, you may just want to bookmark some of those news reports from the last month for the next time Congress is really totally defund public broadcasting. Shocker! NPR/PBS Funding Threat Fizzles Like All Other NPR/PBS Funding Threats 2011-04-13T20:20:00Z

The passage has recently caused outrage, and in 2018 Congress dropped a proposal to rename Santiago’s airport after Neruda. Move Over, Pablo Neruda. Young Chileans Have a New Favorite Poet. 2023-01-28T05:00:00Z

The 9/11 attacks led to the Aviation and Transportation Security Act, passed by Congress and signed on November 19, 2001, which birthed the TSA. The airport security shakedown: Air travel always costs me extra, one way or another 2022-10-21T04:00:00Z

Conservative leaders including Sarah Palin called on Congress to cut off NPR's federal funding - an idea that was also raised in the 1990s and didn't get very far. Gone from NPR, Williams begins bigger role on Fox 2010-10-23T13:31:00Z

A second piece about former FBI director James B. Comey’s testimony before Congress also bashed the reporting on Trump. Boris Epshteyn, a former Trump surrogate, now defends him as a Sinclair TV pundit 2017-06-19T04:00:00Z

Escobar comes to the halls of Congress underdressed, like the rube who has to borrow a house jacket in order to get into a fancy restaurant. 'Narcos' Episode 3 Recap: Pablo the Politician 2015-08-29T04:00:00Z

As the Supreme Court prepared to hear oral arguments in MacLean’s case, six members of Congress submitted “friends of the court” briefs on his behalf. What happens when a whistleblower returns to work after a decade’s fight 2016-03-02T05:00:00Z

But she is throwing her weight behind issues such as family leave — building coalitions and, if all miraculously aligns, she could see Congress pass legislation that she has helped to push. When Dad’s the president — a look inside Ivanka Trump’s complicated world 2017-07-01T04:00:00Z

Earlier this year, the Library of Congress unveiled an extensive plan to help libraries and archives nationwide preserve recorded sound to guard against losing historic recordings. Simon & Garfunkel song among those to be preserved 2013-03-21T09:52:07Z

Pelosi sat down and signed the bill, which took several minutes, as she used a different pen for every stroke, plucking them from gold-colored trays and distributing them afterward to the other Democrats in Congress. The rare and bizarre ritual of marching the impeachment articles from the House to the Senate 2020-01-15T05:00:00Z

They like seeing that Congress is trying to do something about this, but they feel there's such a long way to go and so much more accountability that they want to see. "These girls became perfect prey": The women who ended Larry Nassar's abuse tell their stories 2019-09-14T04:00:00Z

Librarian of Congress James H. Billington described McCartney's career as spanning genres ranging from rock and roll to classical. Paul McCartney to be feted at White House 2010-06-02T04:03:00Z

It is the possibility that we now have a Manchurian president, a Manchurian Congress and a Manchurian government. The Manchurian President: A classic Hollywood thriller tells us more about America than any history book 2017-02-27T05:00:00Z

It harked back to a song from a Library of Congress compilation of vintage blueswomen — the Bandanna Girls’ 1939 “Part Time Papa” — and the Po’ Girl song sounded stylized and distant. Allison Russell Faces Her Past in Song 2021-05-13T04:00:00Z

Andrew Johnson, Lincoln's immediate successor, is described as an "honest and honorable man" outsmarted by "Radical Republicans in Congress, brilliantly led and ruthless in their tactics." Historians question White House presidential bios 2011-04-05T13:26:27Z

The general returned to cheering throngs and ticker-tape parades, standing ovations from both houses of Congress, and then a failed run for the White House. MacArthur and Truman face off in H.W. Brands' new history 2016-10-16T04:00:00Z

Even the commission set up by Congress in 2013 to commemorate this year’s centenary calls World War I America’s “most forgotten war.” How to Remember a War Without Glory? 2017-11-10T05:00:00Z

Congress could vote this year to fund the site, which President Obama put in his budget for the first time. Rep. Terri Sewell, a daughter of Selma, rues her city’s lost promise 2015-03-01T05:00:00Z

“It was bad timing,” said Judge Robert L. Wilkins, who led the site-selection committee on a commission that made recommendations to Congress. How the Fight for a National African-American Museum Was Won 2016-09-04T04:00:00Z

The effort is in its nascent stages, being discreetly explored by the staff and board of the grove, which Congress designated a National Memorial in 1999. An AIDS Museum: The Challenges Are Huge, but the Timing Is Right 2017-03-13T04:00:00Z

Part of the bill’s momentum is undeniably connected to its initial fail in March and to save face for a Republican White House and Congress. American Health Care Act passes the House, but its future is still uncertain 2017-05-04T04:00:00Z

As you know, the United States is choosing a president along with members of Congress, and state and local officials. To win a presidential election, getting the most votes isn’t always enough 2016-11-07T05:00:00Z

Some members of Congress also criticized the original design. Eisenhower Memorial gets final federal approval 2015-07-13T04:00:00Z

Now, Covid-19 has taken aim at my subjects: elderly Filipino men and women who served in the US army but were denied benefits and citizenship by the US Congress in 1946. 'Over one hour everything was cancelled' – how coronavirus devastated the film industry 2020-03-20T04:00:00Z

“I know that as long as I’m in Congress we’ll live fearful of what might come next and how much it will hurt.” Perspective | What actually mattered in the Katie Hill scandal — and what didn’t 2019-10-29T04:00:00Z

The debit-card fees have sparked an outcry among politicians -- including members of Congress and President Obama -- as well as customers, who have threatened to close their bank accounts and move to other institutions. JPMorgan won't charge debit card fee 2011-10-28T11:28:00Z

In general, he does not feel as if he left Congress in good hands. Story time: Barney Frank brings his wit and Washington wisdom to Harvard

“Historically, bags were, quite literally, unwanted baggage in the halls of Congress and Parliament,” Robb Young, the author of “Power Dressing: First Ladies, Women Politicians and Fashion,” wrote by e-mail. Purse Politics: Tote and Vote 2013-05-31T22:43:24Z

Healthcare: Republican officials from 26 states are urging the justices to rule that the Democratic-controlled Congress overstepped its power by regulating the health insurance market. Crucial issues await Supreme Court 2011-10-03T01:42:00Z

An estimated four to eight children die every day from abuse or neglect in the United States, according to a national report last year by a commission appointed by Congress and then-President Obama. Can we use big data to fight child abuse? The answer is complicated 2017-06-18T04:00:00Z

Moreover, he refused to deal with Congress as a constitutional equal. Waging War From the Oval Office 2018-10-11T04:00:00Z

The officer fit the handcuffs gently; being a member of Congress got Bowman that much, at least. Freshman blues: Inside the new House Democrats’ unsettling first year 2022-01-28T05:00:00Z

The nation’s oldest federal cultural institution, the Library of Congress is regarded by many as the national library. America’s ‘national library’ is behind the digital curve, a new report finds 2015-03-31T04:00:00Z

It is modeled on the Restaurants Act, a bill introduced in Congress last spring based on recommendations made by the coalition. How Small Restaurants Leveraged Their Pain to Win Stimulus Money 2021-03-23T04:00:00Z

The Library of Congress said Guthrie, then 27, wrote “This Land,” in reaction to Irving Berlin’s “God Bless America,” which he thought glossed over wealth and land inequality in the country. U.S. judge refuses to dismiss 'This Land is Your Land' lawsuit 2019-03-28T04:00:00Z

Another concern: Congress hasn’t used its inherent power to enforce subpoenas, a power it used 50 years ago to reveal the depth and extent of the Watergate coverup. John Dean, Watergate’s golden boy, is back in the spotlight 50 years later 2022-06-02T04:00:00Z

Capitol Police, said there was no danger to the public or members of Congress. Suspect arrested in Capitol suicide attack plot 2012-02-17T23:11:00Z

Both the AGA and Poker Players Alliance have long advocated for a federal online gambling bill allowing for a larger, more uniform market, but efforts in Congress have stalled. Casinos to spin Timberlake, Affleck poker film as cautionary tale 2013-08-23T11:16:28Z

It goes like this: "When will the rehab of the Congress Parkway bridges finally end????" Relief ahead for drivers on Congress Parkway 2012-04-16T12:01:00Z

In a recent briefing for congressional staffers, farmworker groups and allies reiterated the demands laid out in a June letter sent to members of Congress and cosigned by more than 100 organizations. It’s been a big year for the labor movement. What about farmworkers? 2023-09-06T04:00:00Z

“But if we change the makeup of Congress, I believe this bill can get to the president’s desk.” Is this Washington’s golden age of grift? Or politics as usual? 2018-09-18T04:00:00Z

In 1960, he was the Democratic candidate for Congress in an upstate New York district, but was defeated despite Ms. Roosevelt's active support and a campaign appearance by Truman. Gore Vidal, celebrated author, playwright, dies 2012-08-01T17:33:11Z

The film is part of a series, “How Democracy Works Now,” which, given the current partisan rancor in Congress, sounds downright sarcastic. Television Review | 'The Senators? Bargain': On HBO2, ?Grand? Legislation Goes Wrong 2010-03-23T21:40:00Z

Congress authorized their destruction on February 21, 1933, the day after President Herbert Hoover laid the cornerstone for the Archives. How the Census Changed America 2019-05-01T04:00:00Z

How, then, do the academics explain the endless stalemates in Congress? Reasoning, Scholars Say, Evolved Just as a Means to Win 2011-06-14T11:55:00Z

It passed the House in the last Congress, mostly with Republican support. Galleries From A to Z Sued Over Websites the Blind Can’t Use 2019-02-18T05:00:00Z

While he has often refused Congress’s advice, Billington remains popular on Capitol Hill. America’s ‘national library’ is behind the digital curve, a new report finds 2015-03-31T04:00:00Z

In fact, civil rights groups like the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and the Congress of Racial Equality coined the phrase “blaxploitation” and formed the Coalition Against Blaxploitation. Melvin Van Peebles, godfather of Black cinema, dies at 89 2021-09-22T04:00:00Z

We wonder why Congress is dysfunctional, why they're not doing the people's bidding, why everyone seems to hate them. Jack Abramoff, Eliot Spitzer: A tale of two swindlers 2010-05-06T16:01:00Z

“The effort to more completely and more fairly honor both women and men throughout the Smithsonian institutions is an important one for Congress to fully support,” she said. Smithsonian leader vows to highlight women — but not with their own museum 2018-03-29T04:00:00Z

Edwards accused Clinton and Obama of timidity during the recent debate over the war funding bill in Congress. Democrats Focus on Iraq In Contentious Second Debate 2007-06-04T10:00:00Z

Two former “Real World” cast members are running for Congress. Crib Sheet: The 10 Things to Talk About This Weekend 2010-08-12T01:07:00Z

Could Congress require Americans to buy American-built cars or to pay a tax for not joining a health club? Crucial issues await Supreme Court 2011-10-03T01:42:00Z

“More presidents have been removed from office by cholera than by impeachment,” Mr. Rubens said, suggesting that it was especially unlikely with a Republican-controlled Congress. Colbert Says G.O.P.’s ‘Nothing Burger’ Is a ‘Quarter Pounder With Sleaze’ 2017-07-20T04:00:00Z

The actual White House assessment document is classified and will not be made public, but interested members of Congress will be briefed on it in January. US troops to start Afghan withdrawal next year, says White House 2010-12-16T13:17:19Z

Members of Congress expressed their dislike — and withheld construction funds. With groundbreaking, elusive Eisenhower Memorial moves from dream to reality 2017-10-31T04:00:00Z

He recently served as the national ambassador for young people’s literature, a post appointed by the Library of Congress. Walter Dean Myers, celebrated young adult author, dies at 76 2014-07-02T04:00:00Z

I think he’s a leader who can make sense to many members of Congress, who are also, frankly, risk takers.” Rocco Landesman, N.E.A. Chief, Storms Washington 2010-04-07T20:20:00Z

Alexandra Pelosi’s documentary portrays the speaker as a disciplined political tactician but also as a mother and grandmother who is caring for her family even as she leads a house of Congress. Nancy Pelosi is notoriously private, but her daughter filmed her for years 2022-12-13T05:00:00Z

Currently, colleges and universities can face fines of up to $35,000 per violation for failure to meet federal crime reporting standards, though campus safety advocates in Congress have proposed measures to increase fines. Surprise! Research shows numerous universities underreport sexual assault 2015-02-03T05:00:00Z

Photograph: Erik S Lesser/EPA Claire Underwood, who is estranged from Frank as the season begins, is working on her own political ambitions, starting with a run for Congress. House of Cards: a KKK connection isn't all Frank Underwood and Donald Trump share 2016-03-04T05:00:00Z

She agrees, and the collaboration ends badly for them both, not least by incurring the wrath of climate-change naysayers in Congress who control the NSF’s purse strings. In this heat, you need a trip to ‘South Pole Station’ 2017-07-14T04:00:00Z

As it happens, Mr. Bankman-Fried was scheduled to testify before Congress the day after his arrest. Hey Silicon Valley, It’s Time to Wear a Suit 2022-12-13T05:00:00Z

"We will miss Gabby's spirit in Congress ... but I am confident that she will return to public service and we can all work together for America," she said. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords stepping down 2012-01-23T06:47:00Z

The Library of Congress, the nation's oldest federal cultural institution, preserves the best existing version of each recording on the registry. U2, Everly Brothers music chosen for U.S. recording registry 2014-04-02T17:17:05Z

He said that members of Congress who receive gobs of campaign cash from tech giants, and are lobbied by them constantly on Capitol Hill, seem unwilling to regulate the companies. Late-Night TV in 2018: Trump, Trump, Facebook and More Trump 2018-12-26T05:00:00Z

The House of the Representatives of the very first Congress, begun in 1789, did not achieve a quorum until nearly a month after the government opened, because of bad travel conditions, among other factors. Does the House even exist right now? 2023-01-04T05:00:00Z

“Or, if the voters want a Voting Rights Act, and kept electing Congresses that kept renewing its anti-racial bias provisions by super-majority votes again and again,” Stewart said. Jon Stewart rips apart Justice Scalia’s laughable gay marriage dissent 2015-06-30T04:00:00Z

Political Lobbying Non-profit groups that want to lobby Congress in Washington, DC, are subjected to strict rules. Five ways churches get preferential treatment and benefit from legal loopholes 2012-07-31T05:25:00Z

Library of Congress, is currently stored on tape. Death of the cassette tape much exaggerated 2012-11-07T12:27:14Z

If the border has become a safer place—as crime statistics strongly suggest—it hasn’t become safe enough in the view of many members of Congress. Border fence’s devastating toll 2012-09-18T22:00:00Z

We all know that's where the American Congress borrowed a lot of their ideas from the Founding Fathers. Documentary “The King”: “The American people are Elvis. They have been hoodwinked” 2018-07-04T04:00:00Z

Republicans in Congress are still opposed to sweeping climate action, while the left wants ambitious zero-carbon electricity standards and a leave-it-in-the-ground approach to oil and gas drilling. Meet the conservatives who want to fight climate change — their way 2021-07-08T04:00:00Z

In short, Congress is telling the TSA to shorten the lines, quickly. Newly passed air travel legislation is ‘an amazing win for consumers’ 2016-07-14T04:00:00Z

During these years she was active in civil rights efforts in Mississippi, working with the Congress of Racial Equality, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. Anne Moody, Author of ‘Coming of Age in Mississippi,’ Dies at 74 2015-02-17T05:00:00Z

However, legislation banning trading of box-office futures is included in the sweeping overhaul of financial regulation now before Congress for a final vote. CFTC approves movie futures for 2nd exchange 2010-06-28T21:58:00Z

Justice Stephen G. Breyer said Congress confronted the problem that about 40 million Americans do not have health insurance. Justices signal trouble for healthcare law 2012-03-27T17:10:00Z

The Library of Congress is clear that it “keeps to a minimum the specific duties required of the Poet Laureate.” Who Is Charles Wright, the New Poet Laureate? 2014-06-12T04:00:00Z

In perhaps a more direct indication of a "Year of the Woman" in politics, more than 100 women were voted to Congress in the midterms, representing diverse ethnicities, backgrounds, religions and ideologies. 10 women of 2018 who wouldn't be silenced 2018-12-23T05:00:00Z

And the current must-watch TV – for some people, anyway – is the public testimony portion of the impeachment inquiry current underway in Congress and airing on multiple TV networks. Finally, "The Man in the High Castle" fascist fantasy ends amidst America’s sobering reality 2019-11-15T05:00:00Z

Since the start of the pandemic, Congress has provided passenger airlines with $54 billion in grants to pay workers, and billions more in loans. Pete Buttigieg Is Trying to Fix Air Travel With a ‘Dashboard.’ What’s on It? 2022-09-02T04:00:00Z

A conservative member of Congress features in the book. Rep. Steve Israel, finding the funny in Washington’s corridors of power 2015-01-06T05:00:00Z

And for all his time in Congress, Jordan was known more for killing bills than passing them: thwarting efforts at immigration reform and threatening to shut down the government to cut spending. Jim Jordan used to torment GOP leaders. Now he’s leading them in defending Trump. 2019-11-21T05:00:00Z

The first is its reenactment of Washington's famous Newburgh Address in 1783, when he urges the soldiers who had just won the Revolutionary War against overthrowing Congress and installing him as king. Washington would have hated Trump 2020-02-16T05:00:00Z

Upon which he agrees to shepherd the President-elect’s education bill through Congress–and begins plotting the undoing of his usurper, one leak at a time. Review: House of Cards Sinks Its Sharp Teeth into Washington 2013-01-31T15:00:10Z

Now he's joining an even more prestigious club: On Wednesday, the Library of Congress named him U.S. poet laureate. U.S. Poet Laureate Juan Felipe Herrera: 'The audience is half of the poem' 2015-06-10T04:00:00Z

She’ll also be one of Congress’s most visible incoming freshmen — part of a second generation of the wave of progressive women of color such as Reps. Cori Bush marched on the streets in Ferguson. Now she’s about to take her seat in Congress. 2020-12-21T05:00:00Z

Bunker Hill, the bloodiest battle of the entire war, occurred over a year before a sufficient consensus emerged in the Continental Congress to leave the British Empire. Rick Atkinson’s Savage American Revolution 2019-05-11T04:00:00Z

He describes how their ambitious reform agendas during the Depression, and their actions during and after the Second World War, were buttressed and circumscribed by their dependence on Southern votes in Congress. ‘Fear Itself’: a devil’s bargain between New Deal progressives and Southern segregationists 2013-03-13T21:46:05Z

In this era of political division, the annual Library of Congress National Book Festival couldn’t come at a better time. Highlights of the 2016 National Book Festival 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z

Soon Gaetz is seen publicly vowing to stop taking PAC contributions — the first Republican in Congress to do so. Review | ‘The Swamp’ looks at political reform through the eyes of an unlikely hero: Rep. Matt Gaetz 2020-08-02T04:00:00Z

The process of cajoling and coercing members of Congress to vote for passage of the amendment provides several estimable character actors with wonderfully showy roles. Review: Day-Lewis is tremendous in safe `Lincoln' 2012-11-07T00:19:14Z

Now, Congress is threatening to cut off funding given the lack of results. US uses jazz music to improve Pakistan relations 2011-09-30T09:56:14Z

When Congress reconvened later that night, a majority of the Republican Representatives nevertheless voted against certifying the results of a free and fair election. My grandfather was a Nazi. Our family's story of complicity shows where the road to extremism leads 2021-01-18T05:00:00Z

Weiner was forced to resign his seat in Congress after admitting he had exchanged racy photos and text messages with a bunch of women he didn’t even know. Anthony Weiner’s downfall and Donald Trump’s rise: Everything that’s bad and stupid about politics in one lesson 2016-05-21T04:00:00Z

She endured dining with journalists and members of Congress who had criticized her husband. New book shows another side to Jackie Kennedy 2011-09-12T03:51:08Z

The registry dates back to 1989, when the Library of Congress decided to select notable films from American cinema history and preserve them for future generations. Mary Poppins and Pulp Fiction To Be Added To The National Film Registry 2013-12-18T13:35:25Z

In a statement, he said, “Knowing that the Library of Congress was interested in acquiring my life’s work was one of the biggest thrills of my life.” Jerry Lewis, Mercurial Comedian and Filmmaker, Dies at 91 2017-08-20T04:00:00Z

She was also the first chair of the National Recorded Sound Preservation Board of the Library of Congress. Marilyn Bergman, Oscar-winning composer, dies at age 93 2022-01-08T05:00:00Z

One of your first official acts as a newly elected member of Congress was to co-sponsor a bill that requires universal background checks for buying a gun. Lucy McBath on the “Religion” of Guns in America 2019-02-14T05:00:00Z

We'll do our best working with advocates with state legislatures and Congress. ‘We the people’ means all of us, ACLU director says 2020-05-01T04:00:00Z

United States museum officials say they hope Congress will pass a bill shoring up the immunity legislation. Museum Director at Hermitage Hopes for Thaw in Relations With West 2015-05-13T04:00:00Z

Appointed by the president but overseen by Congress, the Librarian of Congress is the rare executive who doesn’t exit with the outgoing administration. America’s ‘national library’ is behind the digital curve, a new report finds 2015-03-31T04:00:00Z

Some used cot-equipped spaces in the Capitol or Library of Congress as resting areas, but more likely you would see them at one of the hotels in the District, Maryland or Virginia. 176 hotels, 247 military flights: How the National Guard transported, fed and housed soldiers who came to D.C. for the inauguration 2021-01-29T05:00:00Z

He faced an energy crisis, a capsizing economy, opposition from Congress, and the revolution in Iran than led to American hostages being held captive 444 days. In 'A Full Life,' Jimmy Carter at 90 remains a wise truth teller 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z

Ronald Lauder, an American businessman and collector who is president of the World Jewish Congress, wrote to Mayor Geisel calling his justification absurd and asking him to reconsider. Why Did Düsseldorf Cancel an Art Show Honoring a Victim of the Nazis? 2017-12-02T05:00:00Z

This month, after repeated recommendations by federal scientific advisory panels, Congress passed a bill directing the VA to pursue research into toxic exposures and their potential effects across generations. Reliving Agent Orange: What if casualties don’t end on the battlefield, but extend to future generations? 2016-12-31T05:00:00Z

Despite these documented hazards, this year Congress appropriated only $110 million for lead removal. Watch John Oliver and Sesame Street Sing About Lead 2016-04-18T04:00:00Z

The concert marked the 60th anniversary of the gift of the first of five Stradivari to the Library of Congress. Cecilia String Quartet find harmony in disorder at Stradivari Anniversary Concert 2016-12-18T05:00:00Z

At 29, Mr. Schock is the youngest — and arguably the buffest — member of Congress. Building Consensus Around a Congressman?s Abs 2010-07-07T20:40:00Z

In Congress, lawmakers from both parties are considering raising minimum salaries for H-1B workers and imposing other measures to protect American jobs. What's on the agenda (and what might be avoided) when Trump meets Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi 2017-06-23T04:00:00Z

Interest rates were cut to barely above zero; money was created through the process known as quantitative easing; the banks were bailed out; Barack Obama pushed a fiscal stimulus programme through Congress. What the 21st century can learn from the 1929 crash | Larry Elliott 2017-03-04T05:00:00Z

Sorum said he was excited to visit Washington first to press Congress for funding. Yo-Yo Ma joins rocker to call for US arts funding 2013-04-09T16:29:14Z

The money also supports the advocacy effort to urge Congress to authorize a national Latino museum. Inauguration group donates funds for Latino arts 2013-06-07T17:08:09Z

But when I came to Congress to be sworn in, my colleagues said: “Don’t talk. Just say ‘yes’ when they say, ‘Do you solemnly swear?’ Table For Three: Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Nancy Pelosi: A Power Lunch, Times Two 2014-04-04T22:47:29Z

On May 9 President Obama awarded them the Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song, the first team to receive the honor. The Week Ahead: May 20 ? 26 2012-05-20T08:00:06Z

McCartney, who has been knighted by the queen of England, is being honored with Washington's highest award for pop music this week by the Library of Congress. US library honors Paul McCartney for pop music 2010-06-02T01:31:00Z

To argue that Congress’s power to enlist individuals to defend the country’s borders proves that it may enlist individuals to improve the availability of medical care gives analogy a bad name. Democrats Pre-Emptively Second-Guess Each Other on Obamacare's Supreme Court Reckoning 2012-06-25T03:59:05Z

On Monday, the Library of Congress will announce that it has acquired the archive from Mr. Roach’s family and that it will be made available to researchers. Critic’s Notebook: Library of Congress Acquires Max Roach’s Papers 2014-01-24T22:54:46Z

Despite covering legislative issues, the Signal has been unable to secure press passes to cover Congress. What’s a legitimate news outlet? A new face in the White House press pool raises questions. 2017-03-10T05:00:00Z

“Obstruction in Congress has been on full display in the past few months,” Meyers said, “with Senate Republicans refusing to even hold hearings on President Obama’s nominee to the Supreme Court, Merrick Garland.” Seth Meyers hits below the belt: Republicans in Congress “act like dicks” 2016-05-25T04:00:00Z

The timing felt right; personal-injury lawyers have long been supplanted at the top of America’s list of public enemies by terrorists, profligate mortgage lenders, the stubborn Congress, Wall Street, and, most recently, the police. Ralph Nader's Tort Museum 2015-09-28T04:00:00Z

Chris Christie of New Jersey and former NFL coach Joe Gibbs were brought to the "Congress of Tomorrow" retreat to wow the ranks and motivate the House Republicans to operate as a team. John Boehner pleads for unity at GOP retreat 2012-01-21T04:56:00Z

The study, which was presented Sunday at the American College of Cardiology's Annual Scientific Session Together With the World Congress of Cardiology, has not been peer reviewed at this time. “Keto-like” diets may increase your risk of heart disease, according to new research 2023-03-12T05:00:00Z

She is leaving Congress, among other reasons, because she just doesn’t like the job anymore. It’s been a tense year of infighting for Democrats. And this might be as good as it gets. 2021-11-11T05:00:00Z

Modi and his rival, opposition Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, are both expected to attend the festival before it wraps up in March. Millions expected to throng Indian city for world's largest... 2019-01-14T05:00:00Z

“Congress is finally taking concrete action,” he adds. More legroom? Fewer surprise fees? Wave of consumer-friendly legislation gives travelers new hope. 2016-03-16T04:00:00Z

You might wonder what these members of Congress do. On Election Day, cast your vote for the best book about elections

Adding to the excitement is some good news on FOIA: President Obama has said he’ll sign a bill approved in Congress last week that makes significant improvements to the act. They want their public documents. They’re not taking no for an answer. 2016-06-21T04:00:00Z

"I do not think that there's going to be a ban on so-called assault weapons passed by the Congress," he said on NBC's "Today." Biden seeks video game industry input on guns 2013-01-11T13:02:14Z

Each year, Congress has restored their relatively minor annual spending plans, about $160 million each. Historic $15 billion rescue of struggling arts and entertainment industry nears reality 2020-12-21T05:00:00Z

In 1994, the CEOs of America’s seven largest tobacco companies sat before Congress and testified, in contradiction to the overwhelming scientific evidence, that cigarettes aren’t addictive and that evidence linking them to cancer is inconclusive. “Merchants of Doubt”: Meet the sleazy spin doctors who will stop at nothing to obscure the truth 2015-03-06T05:00:00Z

Chandler, who was born in America, raised in England and moved back to the U.S. after college, registered the libretto with the Library of Congress in 1917. Unpublished Raymond Chandler work discovered 2014-12-03T05:00:00Z

These are just two of some 50,000 documents that American Ballet Theater is donating to the Library of Congress in an acquisition to be announced on Thursday. Ballet Theater Donating Trove of Materials to Library of Congress 2014-08-07T04:00:00Z

The organizations include the American Jewish Congress and the nonprofit Commission for Art Recovery. Lawsuit Against MoMA Highlights Timing Issues in Claims of Nazi Looting 2011-08-23T16:57:53Z

Diamond and Silk opened the broadcast promising to bring “the truth to the light” in their testimony before Congress. Who are Diamond and Silk? How two small-town ex-Democrats found fame as ‘warriors’ for Trump. 2018-04-26T04:00:00Z

In removing the video, he said, Mr. Clough “was protecting the cash flow from new members of Congress” who were “looking for an excuse” to cut Smithsonian funds. Wounded in Crossfire of a Capital Culture War 2011-03-30T11:57:54Z

The Constitution says Congress has the power to "regulate commerce" and to impose taxes to promote the general welfare. Possible trouble ahead for insurance mandate 2012-03-27T15:20:00Z

Tom Hanks is joining the advisory committee for the Eisenhower Memorial Commission, a bipartisan body composed of members of Congress as well as some prominent private citizens. Tom Hanks lends a hand to Eisenhower Memorial in Washington 2015-09-15T04:00:00Z

Uh oh, Congress saw its shadow, so DC gets 225 more years of abject debasement of the democratic rights we hold dear. In the Twittersphere, the D.C. Council went from dry to wry thanks to this guy 2018-11-21T05:00:00Z

In its indictment of Backpage.com and the tech companies that are indirectly supporting the website, the film may also give a public relations boost to members of Congress working to tighten laws surrounding Internet liability. A movie about online sex-trafficking might actually get laws changed 2017-05-18T04:00:00Z

Under Librarian of Congress Carla D. Hayden, the world’s largest library is on its way to becoming another one of Washington’s acclaimed museums. The Library of Congress wants to attract more visitors. Will that undermine its mission? 2019-03-07T05:00:00Z

This book should be required reading for President Trump and members of Congress. At a Public School in Denver, Refugee Children Find Hope and Frustration 2018-01-09T05:00:00Z

The labor involved in producing the labels, Nixon says, adds up, and the company wants to see if the new inspection program withstands the pressure in Congress. Blue catfish are destroying the Chesapeake Bay. Congress isn’t helping. 2017-06-12T04:00:00Z

Q. If the fossil fuel industry had its druthers, in what building would Congress convene? Style Invitational Week 1341: Portmanteautapping E to R 2019-07-18T04:00:00Z

Two dozen members of Congress signed the appeal. Experimentation is key to success for National Portrait Gallery’s director 2015-10-15T04:00:00Z

“When we got to Congress, he was my eyes and ears,” Tiahrt said. How two old-school Washington insiders became the cool kids of Trumpism 2017-03-19T04:00:00Z

Congress created the Arts and Artifacts Indemnity Program in 1975 to offset the cost of insuring objects that U.S. institutions borrowed from international lenders for exhibitions. L.A. without the NEA: How one little-known program saves museums millions 2017-03-24T04:00:00Z

“Her voting record in Congress appalls and terrifies me,” wrote Swift, running through a list of Blackburn’s policies. Taylor Swift breaks political silence, denounces “systemic racism” 2018-10-08T04:00:00Z

He played the role of Hamlet in a 2009 production, when President Barack Obama and Democrats in Congress were trying to pass the Affordable Care Act. One year of ‘President Manchin’: For the Democratic agenda, all roads go through West Virginia 2021-12-14T05:00:00Z

In 2010, the National Film Registry of the Library of Congress selected “Study of a River” for permanent preservation. Peter Hutton, Filmmaker With Austerely Romantic Worldview, Dies at 71 2016-06-27T04:00:00Z

Instead of mentioning their latest bills, members of Congress will inquire, “Have you read my novel? Would you like to see my screenplay?” Rep. Steve Israel, finding the funny in Washington’s corridors of power 2015-01-06T05:00:00Z

She expects Nancy will be especially sensitive to scenes that involve other Democratic members of Congress. Nancy Pelosi is notoriously private, but her daughter filmed her for years 2022-12-13T05:00:00Z

Her boss, Artie, is down on his luck: Money is running out, he’s at odds with his business partners — and that was before he was summoned to testify in front of Congress. 13 New Books Coming in August 2022-07-28T04:00:00Z

But this also occurred in the context of a highly polarized political atmosphere and a midterm election that turned all of Congress over to Republicans, the result of the lowest voter turnout in 70 years. Democracy in the 2010s, aka the decline of Kanye West-ern civilization 2019-12-22T05:00:00Z

If the president doesn’t favor a bill, he can veto it, sending it back to Congress for more work. Election puts Congress in control of 1 party

He told Congress last week, “I’ll submit that I know very little about postage stamps.” Trump, beware: Americans have a deep, enduring love for the Postal Service 2020-08-27T04:00:00Z

He is lobbying Congress to take a closer look at airline immunity and says the effort is ongoing. Perspective | In travel, what’s next for consumer-friendly legislation? 2019-05-16T04:00:00Z

Tuesday’s midterm election is expected to draw historic numbers to the polls and will determine which party controls Congress. The president isn’t on the ballot, but voters see midterms as a chance condemn or support him 2018-11-05T05:00:00Z

Soon, the New York courtroom artist's 3,500 sketches could be heading to the Library of Congress, which said Wednesday that it planned to acquire them and is finalizing agreements with Church. Courtroom sketches heading for Library of Congress 2010-10-13T20:31:00Z

The reorganization was approved by Congress last week. Congress approves creation of Smithsonian provost position 2016-02-08T05:00:00Z

Many in Congress see China as an economic threat to the U.S. A jazzy all-American state dinner for Chinese prez 2011-01-20T13:46:05Z

As for Congress, its numbers continue to sink. Obama's tax cut victory reflects a change in tactics 2011-12-24T01:59:00Z

The commission recommends Congress provide half the cost of a $600 million museum. US panel calls for Smithsonian Latino museum 2011-05-04T22:31:12Z

"Tell people there is no spring without flowers and there is no Arab Spring without women," said Dalia Ziada, Egypt director of the American Islamic Congress. Streep as Clinton? Tribute gets people talking 2012-03-13T00:29:08Z

“The scanners were sold to Congress and the public on the promise that they were optional, but for at least some people, that is no longer the case.” What the TSA’s new body-scanner rules mean for you 2015-12-30T05:00:00Z

Congress, issuing a powerful challenge to the lawmakers to work together toward solving pressing world problems including hatred, poverty and pollution. Dave Barry’s Year in Review: The sad thing is, we’re not making this up! 2015-12-20T05:00:00Z

All six openly gay members of Congress were returned to Washington, and Oregon’s Kate Brown became the first L.G.B.T. person to be elected governor of any state. Gay America’s Harrowing, Heartening Year 2016-12-31T05:00:00Z

Earlier this year, Mr. David and Mr. Bacharach received the fourth Gershwin Prize from the Library of Congress. Hal David, Award-Winning Lyricist, is Dead at 91 2012-09-01T23:03:16Z

Back in the mid-90s, the right, newly ascendant and boasting a surprise majority in Congress, was in the process of achieving complete overreach on the Clintons. Absolute Power at 20: what we can learn from a thriller about an evil president 2017-02-14T05:00:00Z

They mingle with members of Congress and the Supreme Court at invitation-only performances and lectures. Librarian’s trips abroad, posh hotels all paid for by James Madison Council 2015-08-12T04:00:00Z

This next stage is as important as the long push for Congress to authorize the museum, Rodriguez said. Latino Museum backers are pushing for a prime spot on the National Mall. But a turf war is looming. 2021-07-28T04:00:00Z

Meanwhile she is stepping up her feminist activism off screen and dispatched a package with a book and letter to all members of Congress on Tuesday, the day after her 66th birthday. Meryl Streep urges Congress to back equal rights amendment 2015-06-23T04:00:00Z

For the Support Our Congress Trust: Each legislator asks constituents to dump a bucket of money over his head. Style Invitational Week 1096: Colorful captions for black-and-white cartoons

Three years after 2 percent of the world’s population suddenly disappeared, lots of people believe it was an act of God, but nobody has any answers, especially not special commissions reporting to Congress. ‘The Leftovers,’ on HBO, a Tale of Mysterious Disappearances 2014-06-26T04:00:00Z

And that he chose to remain in character for Congress was as much a strategic decision as any deployment, this one targeted to an image-consuming age. The Olive Green Sweatshirt Goes to Congress 2022-12-22T05:00:00Z

Congress meanwhile ratcheted up its own response to JPMorgan's trading blunder, which comes as policymakers are finalizing new rules for the bank industry. FBI probes JPMorgan, shareholders back Dimon 2012-05-16T10:22:03Z

Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song by Obama and listened to a concert of his music performed by other singers before singing some of his own songs. Obama presents award to former Beatle McCartney 2010-06-03T05:33:00Z

Lesson 2 is about the cupidity of Congress. ‘Fail State’ Review: Schools That Don’t Make the Grade 2018-12-14T05:00:00Z

And it will face opposition in the new Congress, now buoyed by larger Republican majorities. Michelle Obama names new director of her Let’s Move anti-obesity campaign 2015-01-08T05:00:00Z

First, Congress doesn’t always want the IRS to get tough with tax cheats. Dear Class of 2012, life isn’t easy 2012-06-26T20:49:00Z

They’re the majority of people in power — on the Supreme Court or in Congress. Bill Maher and Fran Lebowitz: When Comedy Cuts Deep 2017-07-15T04:00:00Z

Imagine that tendency, now with executive powers, a compliant attorney general and a lily-livered Congress. A hellscape of lies and distorted reality awaits journalists covering President Trump 2017-01-15T05:00:00Z

After the war, he bought his former master’s house and won election to the state Legislature and to Congress. Park Service Project Would Address the Reconstruction Era 2015-08-24T04:00:00Z

In the case of Syria, for example, Congress voted to impose the restrictions in 2016 after terrorist groups were found to be profiteering from the country’s antiquities to pay for weapons and recruitment. Yemen Asks U.S. for Help to Curb Smuggling of Looted Ancient Artifacts 2019-03-06T05:00:00Z

Congress has proposed a law that would give Congress oversight over the Olympic Committee, and the gymnasts tell me that they feel like this is progress. "These girls became perfect prey": The women who ended Larry Nassar's abuse tell their stories 2019-09-14T04:00:00Z

He knew all about the historic surge in women running for office, more than 430 for Congress alone. This Democrat thinks his opponent has an advantage because she’s a woman. Is he right? 2018-06-11T04:00:00Z

I was at a meeting in Washington DC yesterday with state department and Congress people and whatnot as well as environmentalists. My bright idea: Stewart Brand 2010-10-02T23:06:00Z

“In many ways the story of the research into ‘The Star-Spangled Banner’ is the story of the music division of the Library of Congress,” Dr. Clague said. ‘The Star-Spangled Banner’ Has Changed a Lot in 200 Years 2014-06-27T04:00:00Z

Racism was codified and supported by the president, Congress, the courts and local government, and urged on in headlines in the media. Hawaii’s fight against Trump’s Muslim travel ban has long roots of resistance 2018-06-16T04:00:00Z

"Billy Joel is a storyteller of the highest order," Librarian of Congress James H. Billlington said in a statement. Singer Billy Joel to be honored with U.S. Gershwin Prize 2014-07-22T04:00:00Z

Congress approved a law punishing Russian thugs, including those involved in Magnitsky’s death. ‘Red Notice’: corruption and murder in the new Russia 2015-02-22T05:00:00Z

Though overly esoteric at times and too broadly satirical, "The Congress" benefits from a bold performance by Wright as both a person and a cartoon. 'Dawn of the Planet of the Apes' a spectacular sequel to 'Rise' 2014-11-29T05:00:00Z

Lawmakers say the National Restaurant Association’s influence helped create support in Congress for the amendment to include restaurant relief in the stimulus package. How Small Restaurants Leveraged Their Pain to Win Stimulus Money 2021-03-23T04:00:00Z

To select the songs for this performance, she spent hours combing through his tapes, notebooks and floppy disks at the Library of Congress and the New York Public Library. Rarely Heard Jonathan Larson Works Will Be Performed at 54 Below 2018-02-05T05:00:00Z

But the Library of Congress, which holds Fine’s archive, and the Irving Fine Society did their best to present a range of work. More than just Fine: Clare College choir offers packed program to end LoC festival

My dad worked at the Library of Congress, and he was sort of my Google at the time. This magician and mentalist explains how anything you think can become a reality 2018-02-26T05:00:00Z

Congress ultimately loosened ownership restrictions in 2004, allowing networks to own stations that reach 39 percent of U.S. households instead of just 35 percent. Fox and CBS return to broadcaster trade group 2010-05-11T22:31:00Z

Though reelected in November and wearing an official congressional pin, Pence was not technically a member of Congress, because he had not been sworn in again. Does the House even exist right now? 2023-01-04T05:00:00Z

“Congress may regulate even noneconomic local activity if that regulation is a necessary part of a more general regulation of interstate commerce,” he wrote in that 2005 case. Scalia and Ginsburg Drop Hints about Obamacare's Fate at the Supreme Court 2012-06-18T03:47:14Z

Even after the war ended and newsreels showcased American liberators stunned at encountering walking skeletons and piles of corpses, antisemites in the State Department and Congress continued to resist. Ken Burns Explores America’s Inaction During the Holocaust 2022-09-01T04:00:00Z

The library was originally meant for the sole use of Congress and its role was debated over successive administrations and crises, including several catastrophic fires. Film Treasures, Streaming Courtesy of the Library of Congress 2020-04-03T04:00:00Z

The week after the Presidential Inauguration, hoping for some perspective on things, I visited the Library of Congress for the first time. The Librarian of Congress and the Greatness of Humility 2017-02-19T05:00:00Z

“The better the American people understand diplomacy, the better the hope that State can get funding through Congress.” A new front door opens up an insular enclave at State Department 2015-06-12T04:00:00Z

He still gets to hold court, but he no longer has to deal with the tension that comes with being a member of Congress. Story time: Barney Frank brings his wit and Washington wisdom to Harvard

There is movement in Congress to set clear rules about compensating passengers who are bumped. Why Your Airline Says It’s Sorry 2017-07-13T04:00:00Z

Regarding the debt-ceiling crisis, Belafonte said he would ask Congress, the president and other U.S. institutions of power "what happened to moral truth" and moral courage. Belafonte says Obama lacks moral courage, vision 2011-07-29T01:01:14Z

In Christina Dalcher’s recent debut novel, “Vox,” an ultraconservative political party gains control of Congress and the White House, and enacts policies that force women to become submissive homemakers. How Feminist Dystopian Fiction Is Channeling Women’s Anger and Anxiety 2018-10-08T04:00:00Z

In large part because of his case, Congress set out in spring 2014 to learn more about the TSA’s “pseudo-classification” of information. What happens when a whistleblower returns to work after a decade’s fight 2016-03-02T05:00:00Z

The Library of Congress selects the winners after consulting with members of the music industry and the library’s curators in the divisions of music, folklife, and motion pictures, broadcasting and sound recording. Motown great Smokey Robinson to receive prestigious Gershwin Prize 2016-07-05T04:00:00Z

After a little more idealism, they all signed a document as though they were leading the Second Continental Congress. Music-streaming's ethics ruse falling on deaf ears 2015-04-06T04:00:00Z

One trigger under discussion would mandate deficit reduction measures if the new committee's recommendations for cuts are not approved by Congress. Debt crisis focus shifts to Senate 2011-07-30T03:46:00Z

The size of the font on the Library of Congress listing matters. Trigger Warnings and the Novelist's Mind 2014-05-22T04:00:00Z

That Congress, in passing the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, didn’t intend for corporations to be exercising religious rights in this way. SCOTUS’ upcoming Hobby Lobby decision: What you need to know 2014-06-23T04:00:00Z

But making people pay a tax if they don’t buy insurance is a constitutional exercise of Congress’ power to tax. Analyzing the Convoluted Supreme Court Ruling 2012-06-28T15:02:43Z

No one here in Selma is surprised that little Terrycina Sewell, looking sharp in a designer suit and heels, became the first black woman to represent Alabama in Congress. Rep. Terri Sewell, a daughter of Selma, rues her city’s lost promise 2015-03-01T05:00:00Z

Members of Congress were hurried to undisclosed locations as staffers ducked in the galleries and prayed. Perspective | The grand finale of the Trump show: America watches farce devolve to horror 2021-01-07T05:00:00Z

And yet, their anger toward Congress couldn’t be more in line with the American public’s mood. Has Congress gotten so pathetic that even the protesters aren’t bothering to show up?

Krier flew to Washington for a separate but related event to be attended by Senator Bob Casey, of Pennsylvania, a chief sponsor of the Rosie resolution, and other members of Congress. Rosie the Riveter finally gets national day of recognition 2017-03-21T04:00:00Z

“He never even served in Congress,” Mr. Smith said. ?The Contenders? on C-SPAN, Lessons From Losers 2011-09-07T23:21:25Z

Benjamin Franklin — could give our present-day Congress a run for its money. Our country’s first spin doctors: The painters of the American Revolution 2016-10-18T04:00:00Z

The flag was replaced by her Mace of the Republic pin, a symbol of the power of Congress. Perspective | Congressional Democrats wore their white-hot fury to the State of the Union 2020-02-04T05:00:00Z

The typographical design was inspired by the 1970s presidential campaign of Shirley Chisholm, the first black woman elected to Congress, to whom Harris has linked her campaign. Analysis | Red, white and blah: Why are all these 2020 campaign logos so boring? 2019-06-10T04:00:00Z

“When I go to Iowa, a lot of people thanked me,” said Delaney, who chose early on not to seek a fourth term in Congress to focus on his long-shot quest to lead the nation. ‘Considering it.’ ‘Looking at things’: How 2020 Democrats mastered the coy art of mulling 2018-12-31T05:00:00Z

But a name change may be easier said than done, for doing so requires a vote in Congress. Few may be hanging on Congress’s every word, but the GPO is still printing them

The Library of Congress announced Thursday that Charles Wright is to be the 20th U.S. poet laureate. Charles Wright named new U.S. poet laureate 2014-06-12T04:00:00Z

After leading a succession of feuding and corrupt coalitions, the Congress Party was detested. Witness to a landslide 2014-11-27T05:00:00Z

Miraculously, only one copy of “Jack Engle” survived the vandalism of the years — thanks to the Library of Congress, where Whitman’s papers are stored. Jon Hamm gives his voice to Walt Whitman’s long-lost novel 2017-05-24T04:00:00Z

As part of the Library of Congress National Book Festival, the award presentation will be open to the public at the Washington Convention Center on Sept. 2. Denis Johnson posthumously awarded Prize for American Fiction 2017-07-10T04:00:00Z

Aiken’s victory makes him the only current North Carolina candidate for Congress who has graced the cover of both People magazine and Rolling Stone. ‘American Idol’ made Clay Aiken a star. But he knows it won’t make him a congressman.

Librarian of Congress James Billington said the recordings represent part of America's culture and history. U2, Linda Ronstadt among 25 albums to be preserved 2014-04-02T14:05:53Z

They are being moved to smaller airports while Congress presses the TSA to adopt stronger privacy safeguards on all of its imaging equipment. Government replaces body scanners at some airports 2012-10-26T12:30:00Z

He will then work with Congress to accomplish full repeal. Is Mitt Romney Committed to Repealing Obamacare? 2011-10-04T15:12:12Z

Powers joined Kennedy for his first political campaign for Congress in 1946 and was with him when he was assassinated in Dallas in 1963. JFK memorabilia draws hundreds to Mass. town 2013-02-14T12:42:13Z

The campaign is timed to legislation being debated in Congress. | A Melting Pot of Celebrities Makes Immigration Reform Look Fashionable 2013-05-30T20:46:03Z

PG: And you waited until you were 46 to run for Congress. Table For Three: Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Nancy Pelosi: A Power Lunch, Times Two 2014-04-04T22:47:29Z

The second World Youth Congress will take place from Aug. 21 to Aug. 30 in Opatija, Croatia. Bridge: At the World Youth Congress, Lifelong Lessons for Players 2011-04-08T22:08:45Z

A Mississippi Delta field worker, she was jailed and beaten when she tried to register to vote at 46, but went on to run for Congress. 50 Years After Dr. King’s Death, New Lessons for Today 2018-03-28T04:00:00Z

Congress have renewed pressure on the Obama administration to sell new F-16s to the self-ruled island, which Beijing claims as part of the sovereign territory on China. U.S. eyes testy China talks, Chen backer expects Chinese decision 2012-04-30T12:08:03Z

May 14: Finally able to compromise, Congress approves funds for a 3-foot border wall. Style Invitational Week 1315: Clue Us In — our backward crossword 2019-01-17T05:00:00Z

One factor making change difficult was that President Obama sometimes ran into intense opposition from Congress, other government officials and the public. Review: Charlie Savage’s ‘Power Wars’ Dissects Obama’s Evolution on National Security 2015-10-30T04:00:00Z

The Center for the Book in the Library of Congress, the Children’s Book Council and Every Child a Reader will inaugurate Yang on Thursday in Washington at a free event open to the public. Yang is named national ambassador for young people’s literature 2016-01-03T05:00:00Z

And now, of course, it’s the most successful public event ever staged by the Library of Congress and has grown tremendously. ‘The end of an innocent world’: An oral history of the first National Book Festival, which debuted three days before 9/11 2020-09-14T04:00:00Z

Madikizela-Mandela was left nothing from Mandela's $4.1 million estate, which was divided between his family, the ruling African National Congress party, former staff and several schools. Winnie challenges Nelson Mandela's will, demands house 2014-08-05T04:00:00Z

"Even as a member of Congress in a building that I thought would be one of the safest buildings in the world, I still was not safe." On their third day at work, congressional freshmen went through disorientation 2021-01-12T05:00:00Z

Members of Congress weren’t the only ones working blue. Weekly Culture Review: Dirty Jokes, from Stephen Colbert to Congress 2017-05-05T04:00:00Z

Other looted volumes went to the Library of Congress and other institutions, sometimes without full acknowledgment of their origins. ArtsBeat: Online Exhibit Tracks Books Saved by the Real-Life Monuments Men 2014-02-11T18:06:53Z

But when Congress refuses to even debate policy solutions, much less take any meaningful action, then it’s time for a change. Gabrielle Giffords on standing up and speaking up for what’s right 2019-01-11T05:00:00Z

On his program on Tuesday, the day before the march on the Capitol, for example, Levin fulminated about Congress’s certification of electoral votes for Biden, describing the normally routine vote as an act of “tyranny.” Talk-radio owner orders conservative hosts to temper election fraud rhetoric 2021-01-11T05:00:00Z

The National Recording Registry, created by Congress, began selecting and preserving recordings in 2002 to celebrate the richness and variety of the audio heritage of the United States. "The Twist," "Saturday Night Fever" deemed recording treasures 2013-03-21T19:09:33Z

Moreover, it is Congress, not the White House—a different, co-equal branch—that controls the money Trump wants to take back. 6 reasons Trump and Sessions are constitutional idiots when it comes to threatening and punishing sanctuary cities 2017-04-28T04:00:00Z

He added that the appointment process is far more partisan than it was in 1987, when President Ronald Reagan tapped Billington, and that Congress probably hopes the issue will resolve itself. Lawmakers want Library of Congress reforms but not librarian’s resignation 2015-04-02T04:00:00Z

In Washington, Congress is weighing legislation that would keep American companies from participating in boycotts — primarily against Israel. Jerusalem Criticizes Berlin’s Jewish Museum for ‘Anti-Israel Activity’ 2018-12-23T05:00:00Z

Co-sponsored by the Hill Center, the Library of Congress and The Washington Post, this quarterly series of conversations explores the work of America’s greatest living poets. A great poet, even without James Franco’s endorsement 2015-02-12T05:00:00Z

“Sneeze” is just one of many films that you can watch for free online courtesy of the Library of Congress, which partly acquires deposits through the United States Copyright Office. Film Treasures, Streaming Courtesy of the Library of Congress 2020-04-03T04:00:00Z

When “Draftsmen’s Congress” had its debut in Berlin in 2012, it was a hit. Art Review: ‘Pawel Althamer: The Neighbors’ Is at the New Museum 2014-02-13T20:22:19Z

The hearing was not only a referendum of sorts on #MeToo but also on public trust in institutions — including the news media and Congress — and on truth itself. Perspective | The ghosts in the room for the Brett Kavanaugh hearing 2018-09-27T04:00:00Z

Now that the FTC is moving to update COPPA, it would an opportune time for it and the Congress to investigate how the high-tech surveillance state is being imposed on students throughout the country. Big Brother invades our classrooms 2012-10-08T13:10:00Z

This Iran treaty stinks; Congress will shred it! Style Invitational: Gaaah! It’s Limerixicon XII 2015-08-13T04:00:00Z

Here's one way to put a little heat into the chill of Thanksgiving weekend: Consider attending the Seattle Salsa Congress. Shake off that turkey with 3 days of salsa 2011-11-22T00:39:04Z

Bowman said when asked why he started hinting to friends years ago that he wanted to run for Congress. How a middle school principal used the Ocasio-Cortez playbook against a 16-term incumbent 2020-07-15T04:00:00Z

The inauguration rates are only about 200 percent above the usual price when Congress is in session and there’s a big conference on. Cheering the inauguration? Marching the day after? D.C. has hotel rooms for all 2016-11-21T05:00:00Z

It’s just that Congress isn’t prime real estate for a rally. Has Congress gotten so pathetic that even the protesters aren’t bothering to show up?

The British proceeded to burn down the White House, the Congress and the Library of Congress, making it the single worst day in American history until Sept. God is a weapon 2012-06-21T14:00:00Z

In 2015, Lewis, President Barack Obama and scores of members of Congress joined a reenactment of the march to mark its 50th anniversary. Civil rights leader John Lewis dies at age 80 2020-07-20T04:00:00Z

And he is all too aware that, unless Congress were to change federal law, the next president could take his livelihood and his freedom away. Marijuana businesses voice fear of a Republican president 2015-10-26T04:00:00Z

He’s director of government affairs for the Internet Association, lobbying Congress on such issues as patent reform. Your boss lost an election, you lost a job — but Tom Manatos is here to save the day.

Paul replied, before going on to castigate Santorum for calling himself a fiscal conservative even though he supported the "No Child Left Behind" legislation in Congress, as well as foreign aid. Romney, Santorum clash on spending 2012-02-23T03:09:00Z

It was one of the reasons Congress voted for war April 6, 1917. 'Lost History of 1914': the war that might not have been 2012-03-07T22:47:04Z

Ngoako Selamolela, president of the South African Students' Congress, added: "This arrogance is ideological and an attack to the very value and moral systems of the majority African people and many other religious persuasions." Jacob Zuma goes to court over painting depicting his genitals 2012-05-21T14:42:29Z

“Senator, we run ads,” Zuckerberg replied, smiling cherubically, and video of this exchange instantly became a viral emblem for a doddering Congress. ‘There’s so many different things!’: How technology baffled an elderly Congress in 2018 2019-01-02T05:00:00Z

The project, which includes lectures and parties celebrating street art, is also meant as an alternative to larger conferences, like Art Basel Miami or the Congress for the New Urbanism. Putting a Good Face on Street Art, to Upgrade Atlanta 2012-08-18T02:56:36Z

Though she mostly ignored these women’s outreach, Kantor and Twohey write, and tried to convey her allegations to Congress anonymously, she eventually felt forced to reveal her name. Analysis | A wave of new books reveals the obstacles #MeToo had to overcome — and why it’s not over 2019-10-21T04:00:00Z

He was a supporter of South Africa's African National Congress and later established a trading company in West Africa and built a school for girls in Ghana in honor of his mother. Dick Griffey, SOLAR Records founder, dies at 71 2010-09-29T21:59:00Z

The private money was crucial in securing funds from Congress, officials said. How the Fight for a National African-American Museum Was Won 2016-09-04T04:00:00Z

But it was 1965 and he had friends with connections in the African National Congress. Hayden Griffin obituary 2013-04-01T15:43:35Z

Under the direction of Congress, the TSA has used the “lost” money to fund airport security costs since 2005, benefitting projects such as checkpoint maintenance and the translation of checkpoint signs into different languages. TSA reports that nearly $1 million was left in US airports in 2018 2019-05-29T04:00:00Z

Consumer Reports and other consumer organizations in D.C. have been pushing for either Congress or the Department of Transportation to take action on airline fees. Perspective | No, this is not the end of travel fees. It’s just the beginning. 2020-09-09T04:00:00Z

So there are no women in Congress the following year, when it finally votes to pass the Nineteenth Amendment. A Century Before Hillary 2016-08-16T04:00:00Z

Gerald R. Ford, he urged sailors to lobby Congress on health care and military spending. Should We Worry About Trump’s Fawning Admiration of the Military? 2018-06-29T04:00:00Z

In 2012, “The Impeachment of Abraham Lincoln” imagined Lincoln surviving the assassination attempt only to face impeachment from a hostile Congress. Review: ‘Back Channel,’ by Stephen L. Carter

The Library of Congress conducted the first comprehensive survey of silent films over the past two years and found 70 percent are believed to be lost. Study finds most US silent films have been lost 2013-12-04T21:16:25Z

Why, then, were they stymied by Republicans in Congress? Solving childhood hunger shouldn't be a partisan issue 2022-10-06T04:00:00Z

In February the Library of Congress and the French Institut National de l’Audiovisuel announced their plan to exchange some 500 hours of digitized film and television footage over the next three years. France and the Library of Congress Start a Media Project 2012-06-29T22:03:01Z

It tracks the Alabama native’s rise in the civil rights movement and his long career in Congress, where he introduced the bill creating the National Museum of African American History and Culture. Cultural organizations across the nation host documentary and discussion about John Lewis 2020-09-12T04:00:00Z

But if the projects were staggered, traffic lanes on Congress would need to be reduced for two or three additional years — something drivers couldn't disagree with more.'' Relief ahead for drivers on Congress Parkway 2012-04-16T12:01:00Z

The first year Washington came together to celebrate books — Sept. 8, 2001, a sunny Saturday — more than 25,000 people crowded into the Library of Congress and the Capitol grounds. ‘The end of an innocent world’: An oral history of the first National Book Festival, which debuted three days before 9/11 2020-09-14T04:00:00Z

It was later selected for preservation by the Library of Congress. Sidney Lumet career in clips 2011-04-10T11:05:00Z

This is the first new federally recognized holiday since Congress approved Martin Luther King Jr. Day in 1983. This Juneteenth, "Atlanta" will give you all the insights you need on how America co-opts a holiday 2021-06-18T04:00:00Z

No scripted version of Congress can help us deal with the complicity of the one backing this administration's mindless cruelty. Forget civility: On “The Good Fight,” “Luke Cage” and “Dietland,” resistance means go... 2018-06-30T04:00:00Z

The World Jewish Congress is a nonprofit institution that represents Jewish communities and organizations in 100 countries around the world. Jewish group warns of lawsuits over Cornelius Gurlitt art trove 2014-11-03T05:00:00Z

Across the country, failed marriages seem as common as political discord, and Congress has been no exception over the years. Everyone who’s won this seat in Congress has gotten divorced afterward 2022-10-21T04:00:00Z

She was working for the Congress of Racial Equality when she met Dylan and is credited with teaching him about the civil rights movement. Bob Dylan's lyrical muse Suze Rotolo dies at 67 2011-03-01T22:12:08Z

At a panel on the letters held at the Library of Congress last week, Richard Harding, the former president’s grand-nephew, said he wished they had been sealed longer. Warren G. Harding's Racy Love Letters Unsealed 2014-07-29T04:00:00Z

Capitol by Trump supporters seeking to overturn the election results, Barr issued a statement in which he condemned Trump for “orchestrating a mob to pressure Congress.” Former AG William Barr’s memoir to be published March 8 2022-01-18T05:00:00Z

Our tour started in SoCo and headed north over the Colorado River on the Congress Avenue Bridge. ‘I could never live in Texas. This is Austin.’ — A four-day getaway to the capital city. 2017-03-23T04:00:00Z

The Democratic leadership in Congress has yet to express support for the proposal, indicating that they think it naïve. Fifty Years After Apollo 11, the View of Earth from the Moon 2019-03-22T04:00:00Z

They can also design an ecological bookmark; meet Roxy the Owl, a costumed human; and create illustrated notes with the Climate Museum to urge Congress to protect our planet. 5 Things to Do This Weekend 2022-04-21T04:00:00Z

Seven years later, Congress passed legislation declaring Thanksgiving a national holiday. Why do we eat turkey on Thanksgiving? 2021-11-15T05:00:00Z

We have corruption that’s stunning in its wealth and breath from the high offices of Congress down to the local dog catcher. MC5’s Wayne Kramer on why Trump is “very much so like Richard Nixon” 2018-08-22T04:00:00Z

The flap eventually brought film heritage to the attention of Congress, which ordered the establishment of the National Film Preservation Board. Roger Mayer, movie executive and noted film preservationist, dies at 88 2015-03-30T04:00:00Z

When a design for the National World War II Memorial was being debated in the 1990s, Congress ultimately dismissed pending legal challenges and passed legislation exempting it from further review to expedite the process. Eisenhower Memorial Design Nears Approval, but Funding Remains Uncertain 2015-07-01T04:00:00Z

The revolving door between Congress and lobbying firms will soon be coin-operated. Style Invitational Week 1097: Futz your sign — ‘Clarify’ a horoscope

“We also have more women serving in Congress than ever before.” President Trump didn’t need the State of the Union to speak his mind. He does it all the time. 2019-02-05T05:00:00Z

Elaboration: There is only one hit: “Unfortunately, Congress is working like a well-oiled machine for corporations, big business and the wealthy.” Perspective | The never-ending search for the audacity of nope 2018-10-19T04:00:00Z

Point of order: The 118th Congress has indeed begun, according to constitutional procedure, and the House is in the process of organizing itself. Does the House even exist right now? 2023-01-04T05:00:00Z

Or would a person be preferred who knows the ins and outs of a large institution, such as Kaiser, or Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden? Perspective | The culture is ailing. It’s time for a Dr. Fauci for the arts. 2020-12-01T05:00:00Z

The series of free concerts at the Library of Congress this week offered contrasting examples of rather old and rather new music. In D.C. debut, vocal ensemble Vox Luminis offers moments of beauty despite hiccups

Kelly will be present for what is likely one of his wife’s last appearances in Congress before resigning. Buffett's secretary, Giffords' husband among first lady's guests 2012-01-24T20:01:00Z

As for Li, he is currently working on a song in the run-up to next month’s Communist Party Congress, called “A Letter to President Xi Jinping.” Rap and the Party: China taps youth culture to hook millennial cadres 2017-09-25T04:00:00Z

If she wins in November 2016, when she’ll be 26, she will be the youngest woman ever elected to and to serve in Congress. The congressional kid: How a millennial plans to make it to the Capitol 2015-08-14T04:00:00Z

Instead, The Congress proceeds to usher her straight through the uncanny valley: mo-cap to the left of us; CGI to the right. Robin Wright: 'I'm in my 40s and I don't inject my face with Botox' 2014-08-07T04:00:00Z

“What we will be doing is less lobbying than informing Congress. Here are the options, the challenges we might face, here are the expenses for these locations,” he said. Latino Museum backers are pushing for a prime spot on the National Mall. But a turf war is looming. 2021-07-28T04:00:00Z

A similar phenomenon occurred during the U.S. culture wars of the 1980s and ’90s, when Congress attacked some of the artists funded by the National Endowment for the Arts. Curator Nato Thompson shines a light on art and the culture wars in 'Culture as Weapon' 2017-03-22T04:00:00Z

Kissinger often misled Congress and the American public about his agreements. Learning From Henry Kissinger 2018-08-02T04:00:00Z

In June, McCartney was awarded the Gershwin Prize for Popular Song, an honor bestowed by the Library of Congress. Q&A: Paul McCartney on playing the White House 2010-07-26T16:37:00Z

His successor, Mike Kopetski, then a rising star in the Democratic Party, was on his second marriage when he entered Congress in 1991. Everyone who’s won this seat in Congress has gotten divorced afterward 2022-10-21T04:00:00Z

The Library of Congress had better make room for a stampede, because pretty soon there’s going to be an entire kingdom of animals. The Lion King Was Just Named to the National Film Registry 2016-12-14T05:00:00Z

That is a lot of people, which could have a dramatic effect on American politics from the presidency to Congress on down. Donald Trump and the “N-word”: Many voters would still support him — but not enough 2018-09-11T04:00:00Z

The drawings titled “So You Want to See the President!” show members of Congress, military officers, a beauty pageant winner and others waiting for an audience with Franklin D. Roosevelt. Rockwells Long at White House Are Now at the Heart of a Family Dispute 2023-03-17T04:00:00Z

Congress between moderate Republicans and far-right extremists who refuse compromise at any cost. | ‘Wordbirds,’ a Fine-Feathered Compendium of Modern-Day Neologisms 2014-03-24T20:01:18Z

Of those, only two are in private hands: one in the Library of Congress in Washington and the one that is up for sale. A $45 Million Viola? The World's Newest Most-Expensive Instrument 2014-06-24T04:00:00Z

A century later, Congress passed the first international copyright act, which gave protection to some foreign creators. 'The Idealist' is a riveting look at activist Aaron Swartz and the free culture movement 2016-01-07T05:00:00Z

Did he need authorization from Congress, he asked the chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, to make a troop deployment like that? Books of The Times: ?Drift? by Rachel Maddow of MSNBC Traces American Militarism 2012-03-28T22:36:04Z

In 1993, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". Ford up for Blade Runner sequel 2013-10-09T13:20:30Z

Johnson’s superhuman effort to strong-arm Congress into adopting the ground-shifting Civil Rights Act of 1964 at least gave “All the Way” thematic thrust. Review | In ‘The Great Society,’ history marches numbingly on, and on, and on, and on 2019-10-01T04:00:00Z

But patriarchy, they realized, isn't limited to a Republican Congress and White House. Jill Soloway unpacks “white male liberal” Hollywood: “It’s patriarchy, even coming from t... 2018-10-20T04:00:00Z

It’s not afraid to make its politics specific; Underwood is a Democrat, charged with getting Democratic legislation through Congress. Review: House of Cards Sinks Its Sharp Teeth into Washington 2013-01-31T15:00:10Z

And renting many locations is a separate budget item, says Adler: The Library of Congress costs $35,000 for a corporate host and $17,500 for a nonprofit. Reinventing the Washington party: Cut the speeches, pump up the schmoozing 2015-08-18T04:00:00Z

Frank Watkins, an aide to the younger Mr. Jackson since he was first elected to Congress almost two decades ago and a colleague of his father long before that, said, “I see confusion.” Struggles for Jesse Jackson, Father and Son 2012-11-23T21:27:53Z

Now she’s leaving Congress with a thin legislative record but armed with plans to remain in a spotlight that once shone blindingly upon her. Michele Bachmann, queen of the tea party, searches for what’s next

Parks’s letter, meanwhile, is now housed in the Library of Congress, in a yellowed folder marked with the neat handwriting of a librarian. Carla Hayden Takes Charge of the World’s Largest Library 2016-09-20T04:00:00Z

It took months for Congress to approve much of his team, and many Trump officials came into their jobs suspicious of civil servants and Obama administration holdovers. Ben Carson, or the tale of the disappearing Cabinet secretary 2018-02-05T05:00:00Z

Unfortunately, it’s not what the law says, and executive branch agencies like the IRS aren’t supposed to issue regulations that contradict laws passed by Congress. The IRS Employer Mandate Loophole 2012-08-06T05:58:22Z

Congress first passed a temporary provision forbidding any change in regulating derivatives. Six reasons we may have another bank crisis 2012-08-20T17:53:00Z

The Equity Congress was also fully engaged in a drive to establish a New York National Guard unit for blacks. His racist colleagues were as dangerous as the criminals: Meet New York’s first black police officer 2015-07-03T04:00:00Z

“What took me from the kitchen to Congress was knowing that 1 in 5 children in America lives in poverty,” she says. ‘Makes going to work look easy’: Decades before she was House speaker, Nancy Pelosi had an even harder job 2019-02-12T05:00:00Z

If Congress were to freeze Planned Parenthood out of those funding streams, it could force an unknown number of health centers to close. How defunding Planned Parenthood could wipe out transgender healthcare 2017-03-02T05:00:00Z

“I grew up in a house with great expectations,” he told The Chicago Tribune in 1995, months before he first ran for Congress. Struggles for Jesse Jackson, Father and Son 2012-11-23T21:27:53Z

Members of Congress or well-funded candidates hire opposition researchers to look into not only an opponent’s past statement and deeds, but sometimes their own, Radel said. How we ended up vetting celebrities as carefully as politicians 2017-02-16T05:00:00Z

“We hope Congress will now consider legislation so we can move forward, as we seek to more fully showcase our collective American journey.” Smithsonian Picks Two Sites for Museums Honoring Latinos and Women 2022-10-27T04:00:00Z

A far-right religious extremist group, opposed to what they saw as the corruption in modern society, assassinated the president and slaughtered Congress, putting the blame on Islamic terrorists. Elisabeth Moss on The Handmaid’s Tale: 'It is a feminist story' 2017-06-10T04:00:00Z

Democrats shared private concerns about Barack Obama’s aloofness to the backroom negotiations where Congress gets its real work done. Republicans have ‘concerns’ about Trump — but won’t let reporters quote them by name about it 2020-12-10T05:00:00Z

This is the third time in five years that the airline industry and its surrogates in Congress have tried to jettison the full-fare advertising rule, formerly known as the Transparent Airfares Act. Perspective | New legislation could make it harder to tell how much your airline tickets cost 2018-04-18T04:00:00Z

According to Jesse Munn, a paper specialist who worked as a conservator at the Library of Congress for 32 years, the rapid spread of printing took a toll on the quality of paper. Can a Papermaker Help to Save Civilization? 2012-02-17T21:39:00Z

The Library of Congress added it to the National Film Registry in 2018 and noted that it “may represent the earliest example of African American intimacy onscreen.” It Started With a Kiss. Then Film Scholars Found More. 2022-01-12T05:00:00Z

Edward Dmytryk, Dalton Trumbo and Ring Lardner Jr were among the members of the so-called Hollywood 10 who were cited for contempt of Congress for refusing to cooperate with HUAC. Apology over Hollywood blacklist 2012-11-20T13:34:11Z

Over the next two years, legislation banning discrimination and fighting poverty began ripping through Congress at historic rates. Finding hope on Martin Luther King Day, even in these times of struggle 2019-01-21T05:00:00Z

He went on to slam Congress for inaction. Michael Bloomberg schools Meghan McCain on “The View”: Supporting background checks is not an... 2018-12-10T05:00:00Z

The Library of Congress in Washington sent a group of librarians to tout a digital preservation project. Fans flock to Texas SXSW festival in record numbers 2010-03-22T19:55:00Z

The growth of super PACs and lobbyists in Washington guarantees that any piece of appropriate regulation will be watered down — first in Congress and then in the implementation stage. America Has Gone Off the Rails. Steven Brill Sees Ways to Get It Back on Track. 2018-07-02T04:00:00Z

In 2005, the Library of Congress added it to the National Recording Registry. Pop & Rock Listings for Oct. 9-15 2015-10-08T04:00:00Z

Back when Congress passed a law isolating all U.S.-based research on the disease to the facility on Plum Island, it was worried about an outbreak decimating the U.S. cattle industry. Island Near the Hamptons to Go up for Auction; Could Be Worth $1B 2015-09-14T04:00:00Z

Meanwhile, Congress is considering a bill that would also ban abortion at 20 weeks nationwide – which is when ultrasounds can offer the first signs of fetus anatomy anomalies. The agony of ending a wanted late-term pregnancy: three women speak out 2017-04-18T04:00:00Z

In the 1930s, House Democrats in Congress investigated radical influence in Hollywood. Review | When Hollywood caved to the House Un-American Activities Committee 2018-04-13T04:00:00Z

“I work down the street from the Congress,” she declared. A picture of persistence in honoring a Spanish hero of the Revolutionary War

The class includes countless people who defied long odds; the youngest woman ever elected to Congress, the first Muslim women, the first Native American women. Max Rose came to Congress to do big things. But first, he has to do dumb things. 2018-12-03T05:00:00Z

Shortly after testifying to Congress in 2010, Dean Wyatt died of brain cancer at the age of 59. Federal government is letting us eat metal shards, pink slime 2013-05-17T14:45:00Z

As you demonstrate, these guys have taken advantage of the way Congress works to fund candidates, control the process and control and actually write legislation. "Inside Job": Global finance as a criminal conspiracy 2010-10-08T00:30:00Z

Notwithstanding the requests of the Obama administration, it was still not funded by Congress to be able to provide timely hearings and adjudication of immigration benefits. “We should be working more with the Mexicans”: Former “border czar” shares real facts about immigration 2017-02-18T05:00:00Z

Agnelo Fernandes, a local Congress politician on whose property the beach club was to be located, called the government's decision "unfortunate." Indian state stops Playboy beach club from opening 2013-04-16T11:07:18Z

Until late this year, work continues at the Wacker/Congress interchange. Wacker reconstruction to close 2 intersections 2012-01-05T21:30:00Z

The job would require Pallante to file weekly reports to a deputy librarian, Hayden wrote; it would “not require any communications with Members of Congress.” Songwriters say this federal bureaucrat championed their rights. Now she’s lost her job. 2016-11-07T05:00:00Z

Our Congress, too, is uninterested in any serious actions unless they subsidize some favored group. What If Small Cars Are A Bust? 2010-07-21T15:00:00Z

Obama promised during his three-day bus tour of rural towns in the Midwest that he would present a jobs plan when Congress returns from its August hiatus. Obama jobs plan may include hiring tax break 2011-08-18T00:41:00Z

Even with academics, documentary filmmakers and the Library of Congress taking notice, snobbery persists. Heaving bosoms and joyous endings conquer Capitol Hill 2015-02-13T05:00:00Z

According to Oliver, Congress isn’t even close to agreeing on how to fund the soon to be insolvent Highway Trust Fund. John Oliver eviscerates Congress over America’s crumbling infrastructure 2015-03-02T05:00:00Z

The South Congress Hotel, opened by the local hospitality group New Waterloo in September 2015, added a restaurant and coffee bar last March. On a Famous Street, an Austin Hotel Builds a Buzzy Scene 2017-02-21T05:00:00Z

Congress is trying to pass yet another Federal Aviation Administration reauthorization bill, a rare opportunity to help airline passengers by enacting meaningful consumer protections. This bill makes it unlawful to remove passengers from planes. But that’s not enough. 2017-06-29T04:00:00Z

“We became close friends and simpatico travel buddies, road-tripping to the National Archives, the Naval War College, the Library of Congress.” Sharks, Torpedoes, Deadly Secrets: The U.S.S. Indianapolis Tragedy 2018-07-20T04:00:00Z

The Citizen Coinage Advisory Committee was founded in 2003, when Congress decided that a committee with a penchant for coins should discuss the quality of America's change. Seattle sculptor wants to mold U.S. coin making into an art form 2011-07-25T17:40:55Z

First Amendment: Freedom of speech: The Congress shall not make a law That stops us from flapping our jaw. Style Invitational Week 1297: A different type o’ headline contest 2018-09-13T04:00:00Z

“I really don’t know where it all comes from,” Mr. Charlip said in the Library of Congress interview. Remy Charlip, Dancer and Children’s Author, Dies at 83 2012-08-18T20:07:08Z

According to the Library of Congress, this is the federal government’s most ambitious attempt at a practice known as digital repatriation. The Passamaquoddy Reclaim Their Culture Through Digital Repatriation 2019-01-30T05:00:00Z

Last June a bill that authorized the center to construct an expansion at the south end of its grounds was approved by both houses of Congress and signed into law by President Obama. Kennedy Center Unveils Expansion Plan 2013-01-29T17:22:26Z

"These films are not selected as the `best' American films of all time, but rather as works of enduring importance to American culture," said Librarian of Congress James Billington in announcing the selections. 'Breakfast at Tiffany's' added to US film registry 2012-12-19T12:46:05Z

Christopher Turner, meanwhile, spent his days reading law books and writing to attorneys, reporters, members of Congress and organizations about his case. 32 years after a horrific murder, one man wants justice. Another just wants an ending. 2017-03-22T04:00:00Z

In September, Congress released Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr’s report, which contained 11 possible grounds for impeachment of Clinton, including lying under oath about his relationship with Lewinsky. How the Clinton-Gingrich years became ‘the good old days’: Republicans revisit 1994 2018-01-02T05:00:00Z

In June, Rep. Mark Sanford, the former South Carolina governor who found a second political life in Congress, lost a Republican primary election. Why is Lindsey Graham acting like this? 2018-10-04T04:00:00Z

He started out shunning secular music, then discovered the blues and folded his preaching style into his guitar, then abandoned music altogether shortly after performing for Alan Lomax’s Library of Congress field recordings. Son House Inspires a Rochester Blues Festival 2015-08-24T04:00:00Z

“All I know is that if Barack Obama had a call like that when I was in Congress, it would have been Jim Jordan and me, screaming from the rafters about it,” Walsh said. Jim Jordan used to torment GOP leaders. Now he’s leading them in defending Trump. 2019-11-21T05:00:00Z

He might take legal advice on his ability to bypass Congress, however, on another source of resentment among Cubans: the US military prison in Guantánamo Bay. A guide to a hopeful 2016: a Guardian list of things to look forward to 2015-12-31T05:00:00Z

First elected to Congress in 2000, Cantor had always breezed to victory in Virginia’s 7th District, a conservative stronghold that runs from Richmond to the Shenandoah Valley. Two years ago, Eric Cantor lost his House seat. Was it just in the nick of time? 2016-06-14T04:00:00Z

On Friday night, he kicked off the Library of Congress Literacy Awards, then raced to the Kennedy Center for a concert celebrating the new National Museum of African American History and Culture. How money muscled out power on Washington’s A-list 2016-12-07T05:00:00Z

It’s represented the role of Congress, and it’s been a call for comity. Perspective | Nancy Pelosi’s pin at the impeachment debate was a declaration: The republic will survive this 2019-12-18T05:00:00Z

R&B master and “poet laureate of soul” Smokey Robinson will receive the Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song. Motown great Smokey Robinson to receive prestigious Gershwin Prize 2016-07-05T04:00:00Z

After the Democrats took control of Congress in the 2006 elections, Rush Limbaugh went on the radio and declared: “Conservatism did not lose; Republicans lost.” The Ted Cruz purity test: A Cruz nomination could be apocalyptic for the right 2016-04-07T04:00:00Z

Democrats in Congress were also dire in their arguments. ‘THIS IS AN ASSAULT’: History collides with Trump 2019-12-19T05:00:00Z

As Medicare spending continued to grow at a faster pace than the economy, the SGR law required Congress to reduce Medicare fees accordingly. How Obamacare's $716 Billion in Cuts Will Drive Doctors Out of Medicare 2012-08-20T05:56:37Z

Oliver then asked members of Congress to enact meaningful legislation to protect chicken farmers — and a call to arms to change their Wikipedia pages if they didn’t. John Oliver Has Beef with the Treatment of Chicken Farmers 2015-05-18T04:00:00Z

She is the first woman to receive the Gershwin Prize for Popular Song from the Library of Congress. Obama to host concert honoring Carole King 2013-05-17T15:53:11Z

Congress, supported by airlines, wants to pass a “full fare” advertising rule that would allow air carriers to disclose government-imposed fees and taxes associated with the air transportation separately from the base fare. This bill makes it unlawful to remove passengers from planes. But that’s not enough. 2017-06-29T04:00:00Z

Congress needs to keep moving on repealing the medical-device excise tax as soon as possible. Repeal of the Medical-Device Tax Is Life-Saving Legislation 2012-06-11T04:42:00Z

But moral outrage should be reserved for Congress or the Supreme Court. Bill Maher and Fran Lebowitz: When Comedy Cuts Deep 2017-07-15T04:00:00Z

Unfortunately, Congress hasn’t raised the gas tax, which funds the Highway Trust Fund, in decades and seemingly no politician is working to correct that, preferring to work on issues that are more politically popular. Watch John Oliver Shake Up the Debate Over Infrastructure 2015-03-02T05:00:00Z

As the fair opened, the Civil Rights Act was stalled in Congress. Art Review: Warhol Shows Open, on World’s Fair and on Jackie Kennedy 2014-04-24T12:00:01Z

A capacity audience was on hand Saturday night at the Library of Congress for the Tetzlaff-Tetzlaff-Vogt Trio. Review | Tetzlaff-Tetzlaff-Vogt Trio’s combined musical voice impresses at Library of Congress 2019-05-05T04:00:00Z

Gate 35X was the clunky magic trick that got members of Congress from last-minute votes at the Capitol to family dinners in small-town Ohio or Alabama. Goodbye to Gate 35X, cursed portal to the rest of America 2021-04-06T04:00:00Z

Whoopi Goldberg defended Joe Biden on Thursday over comments the former vice president made about his working relationship decades ago with fervent segregationist senators in an effort to stress the importance of "civility" in Congress. Whoopi rips Democrats for suggesting Biden is a racist 2019-06-20T04:00:00Z

What it comes down to, he said, is “people want to be inspired by their member of Congress and they certainly don’t want to be told what we can and cannot do.” How a middle school principal used the Ocasio-Cortez playbook against a 16-term incumbent 2020-07-15T04:00:00Z

According to our reviewer, Gordon S. Wood, Oakes has written, through this detailed chronology of the political struggle between Northern abolitionists and Southern slaveholders in Congress, a “very solid, carefully and rigorously argued book.” New in Paperback: ‘Let the Lord Sort Them’ and ‘The Five Wounds’ 2022-01-28T05:00:00Z

He zinged members of Congress, quipping they spend "too much time there for it just to be a hobby, but they're not taking it seriously enough for it to be a full-time job." Keith Olbermann returns to the air on Current TV 2011-06-21T02:50:09Z

But last week’s violent assault on Congress was one straw too many. Review | ‘On the Suffering of the World’ sounds depressing, but perhaps it is a call to action, too 2021-01-13T05:00:00Z

The letters were donated to the Library of Congress by Harding's nephew in 1972 and have been locked in a vault ever since. Harding letters reveal steamy side of 29th U.S. president 2014-07-22T04:00:00Z

MoMA will screen seven films directed by Lewis, including “The Nutty Professor,” as well as the premiere of his home movies, which were recently preserved by the Library of Congress. 5 Comedy Shows to Catch in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2018-09-27T04:00:00Z

The governing board is appointed by Congress, so it’s unfair to hold the Smithsonian responsible for its makeup. ‘The Smithsonian can do more and should do more,’ says advocate for a Latino museum 2018-09-24T04:00:00Z

The first World Youth Congress was held two years ago in Istanbul. Bridge: At the World Youth Congress, Lifelong Lessons for Players 2011-04-08T22:08:45Z

She spoke against the draft in Congress shortly after the beginning of World War II, and in her lectures and articles, she condemned the use of the atom bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Was Dorothy Day a Saint or a Subversive? 2020-03-03T05:00:00Z

By chance, 2003 had been proclaimed, by Congress and Mississippi’s governor, alike, the Year of the Blues. The Delta gains national recognition 2014-07-22T04:00:00Z

Judging by his beautiful concert at the Library of Congress on Friday night, we’d be poorer if he didn’t. Richard Egarr brings ancient music to life at Library of Congress concert 2017-01-15T05:00:00Z

Penguin Classics had a number of 1923 titles lined up for 1998, when the copyright for books published that year was set to lapse, but those plans were scrapped after Congress extended protections. New Life for Old Classics, as Their Copyrights Run Out 2018-12-29T05:00:00Z

But we know his trajectory well: how he was elected to Congress and over three decades turned into an icon again. John Lewis’s Sequel to His Award-Winning Graphic Memoir, ‘March’ 2021-08-10T04:00:00Z

In our world, a Montana politician body-slammed a reporter and was elected to Congress the next day. The Trump Administration Shakes ‘House of Cards’ Hard 2017-06-06T04:00:00Z

In his elegant introduction, Haksar notes ruefully: "The title has more than 183 listings in the online catalogue of the US Library of Congress… more than half point to perspectives other than academic." The Kama Sutra's lessons for modern lovers 2011-02-14T11:31:31Z

Woodson was named the Young People’s Poet Laureate by the Poetry Foundation in 2015 and, in 2018, she was chosen by the Library of Congress to be the National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature. Library of Congress National Book Festival: Children’s Purple Stage schedule 2018-08-24T04:00:00Z

In 2014, the Library of Congress called the film “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant,” and placed it on the National Film Registry, ensuring its preservation for future generations. Nineteen years later, the Dude still abides 2017-02-28T05:00:00Z

But NASA's budget is controlled by Congress so it's a totally political situation. Netflix's "Return to Space" filmmakers on why people follow Elon Musk: "He always sees the problem" 2022-04-08T04:00:00Z

This isn’t the first time she tried to leave Congress for something a little more exalted. Michele Bachmann, queen of the tea party, searches for what’s next

Librarian of Congress Herbert Putnam furnished books for Doughboys in the First World War, firmly committed, as he was, “to the Library’s role as a protector of democracy.” Review | The Library of Congress: ‘The book Palace of the American People’ 2018-02-27T05:00:00Z

This has hardly been an ideal environment for including new provisions in the bill, but activists have been fighting anyway — approaching members of Congress with appeals to more effectively address labor concerns. It’s been a big year for the labor movement. What about farmworkers? 2023-09-06T04:00:00Z

Anne Sofie von Otter appears with the NSO at the Kennedy Center Concert Hall in Mahler’s Third Symphony on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, and in recital at the Library of Congress on Nov. 17. Anne Sofie von Otter set to perform in D.C. in November 2015-10-29T04:00:00Z

Berry fell ill Saturday while performing at Chicago's Congress Theater. Agent: Chuck Berry suffered from exhaustion 2011-01-03T15:28:54Z

“The 2007 vote to amend its constitution was a crucial vote for the future of the Cherokee Nation and its own sense of identity,” Smith wrote to members of Congress. Slave descendants seek equal rights from Cherokee Nation 2013-05-21T22:15:00Z

Some are understandable — members of Congress get stuck with floor votes — and some are just rude. Drama. Ego. Protocol: Washington dinners have it all — and that’s just the seating chart

The paper’s findings and proposed solutions come as President Donald Trump’s administration, Congress and state lawmakers grapple with ways to control drug prices and overall health spending. Drug rebates reward industry players — and often hurt patients 2017-06-03T04:00:00Z

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Her decision to run for Congress rather than flee Louisiana, she said, was grounded in her realization that, “If we don’t codify Roe, there won’t be anywhere in the country we could go that’s safe.” Perspective | Why a pro-abortion-rights candidate ran an ad where she gives birth 2022-10-04T04:00:00Z

Thousands of documents and photos belonging to U.S. civil rights pioneer Rosa Parks will be open to researchers at the Library of Congress starting on Wednesday, the library said. Rosa Parks papers to be open to Library of Congress researchers 2015-02-03T05:00:00Z

Once there, he meets Queenie Goldstein, an employee of the Magical Congress of the United States of America who also happens to be a very special Legilimens — a.k.a. a mind reader. 'Fantastic Beasts' Is Going to Introduce a New Magical Power 2016-08-05T04:00:00Z

That he was a science guy, rather than an art guy, proved an asset when he asked Congress for money. Wounded in Crossfire of a Capital Culture War 2011-03-30T11:57:54Z

Portsmouth’s historic core of brick and clapboard buildings radiates from Market Square, the city’s ground zero, along Congress, State, Daniel, Pleasant, Bow and Penhallow Streets. 36 Hours in Portsmouth, N.H. 2013-08-01T11:49:43Z

Fans surely weren't as concerned with these questions back in 2005, when Congress held hearings about baseball's laughable policing of steroid use. Barry Bonds Trial: Why the Government Should Get Over It 2011-03-25T09:50:00Z

Over the years, “Looney Tunes,” combined with their sister series “Merrie Melodies,” have been nominated for 22 Academy Awards, winning five; four have been inducted into the National Film Registry of the Library of Congress. Bugs Bunny Is Back, and So Is the ‘Looney Tunes’ Mayhem 2020-05-29T04:00:00Z

Holder said the department had responded to more than three dozen letters from members of Congress and facilitated numerous witness interviews. Republicans seek to hold AG in contempt 2012-04-27T04:29:00Z

The black victim, an official with the Congress of Racial Equality, is beaten and thrown from a truck by white supremacists. 'Masters of Sex' recap: Researchers go from observing to healing 2014-09-01T04:00:00Z

Friday’s intense concert by the Arditti Quartet with guitarist Eliot Fisk at the Library of Congress kicked up all sorts of ruminations about the very nature of “music” and how we are to process it. Lots of sound but little recognizable music in Arditti Quartet’s performance 2017-03-26T04:00:00Z

Is there anyone in the wings hoping to speak for this constituency in Congress? Movie Review: ‘99%’ Relives the Zuccotti Park Protest 2013-09-06T03:40:46Z

O’Reilly’s response to the massacre, reflecting the sentiment of his Republican viewership, was to suggest Congress pass a declaration of war against ISIS. WATCH: Bill O’Reilly tells Stephen Colbert that Trump’s “using this terrorism issue … to bolster his popularity” 2016-06-14T04:00:00Z

“Much of what happens in Congress is funny,” Bowman continued. Does the House even exist right now? 2023-01-04T05:00:00Z

He recorded what the Library of Congress has cited as “the earliest example of modern stand-up comedy on record,” the album “At Sunset.” Mort Sahl, Whose Biting Commentary Redefined Stand-Up, Dies at 94 2021-10-26T04:00:00Z

He was later convicted of contempt of Congress, but it was ultimately overturned. Seeger tribute at Newport honors traditional folk 2014-07-20T04:00:00Z

“He was always really supportive, especially in those moments where I wasn’t really sure of myself,” says Candace, a procurement analyst at the Library of Congress. On Love: Candace Butler and Anthony Williams 2015-01-22T05:00:00Z

The music group pushed for legislation in Congress 10 years ago to create the preservation program. Library of Congress wins special Grammy Award 2013-04-17T20:00:13Z

The medical comedy “People Will Talk” is—as the very title suggests—a derisive barb aimed at Congress’s coercive anti-Communist hearings of the time. Joseph L. Mankiewicz's Rare "Escape" 2014-10-14T04:00:00Z

“Political experts say that many members of Congress are preparing for a Mike Pence presidency. Yeah, they’re preparing by binge-watching ‘The Handmaid’s Tale.’” Stephen Colbert Promises Everything Will Be Fine. He Doesn’t Mean It. 2017-08-09T04:00:00Z

This version fell short in Congress because Northerners wanted to bar Irish voters and Westerners to ban Chinese-Americans. Why the Right to Vote Is Not a Right 2018-09-12T04:00:00Z

Congress approved higher TSA fees as part of a December budget deal. Security fee on airline tickets set to rise 2014-06-19T04:00:00Z

Graphic novelist honored: Longtime Seattle resident Jim Woodring is a finalist for the Los Angeles Book Prize in the graphic novel category for his book "Congress of the Animals." 5 literary events: Anne Lamott, Edible Book Festival, more 2012-03-16T19:38:09Z

I remember receiving a letter when I was in Congress telling me that my support for Obamacare was so odious that the writer was voting for my opponent, then asking who, exactly, my opponent was. Why a Book Tour Is More Brutal Than a Political Campaign 2018-11-06T05:00:00Z

He even returned to Congress earlier this year to defend his eponymous legislation four years after it passed. Story time: Barney Frank brings his wit and Washington wisdom to Harvard

In Groton, a US senator, whose son was in my father's fifth grade class, offered to put a bill through Congress, applying for a special dispensation. A Swiss memory, How Bizarre, Mum's marmalade 2013-01-19T07:15:01Z

Jacqueline Johnson Pata, executive director of the National Congress of American Indians, said in a statement that the phrase "Indian giving" promotes negative stereotypes. Native American group slams Kardashian mom comment 2011-11-04T23:03:13Z

Sunday's ceremony marked the 25th anniversary of Zappa's testimony before Congress on freedom of expression for recording artists, though the scheduling was coincidental. Baltimore Honors Late Rocker Frank Zappa With Bust 2010-09-19T22:29:00Z

The Congress Theatre concert started off strong: Berry serenaded the standing-room crowd with hits such as Roll Over Beethoven, School Days and Sweet Little Sixteen. Chuck Berry recovering after onstage collapse 2011-01-04T13:40:31Z

It was better to grow — to show Congress that they were a voice to be reckoned with. Drain the swamp? Not if this guy can help it. 2017-06-03T04:00:00Z

In the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010, Congress has taken some steps to increase regulation of OTC derivatives, and to push for more trading on organized exchanges. Six reasons we may have another bank crisis 2012-08-20T17:53:00Z

Elizabeth Warren did all of that and was working with Congress. "We do have power": "Queens of Resistance" books profile the politicians who inspire us most – women 2020-07-09T04:00:00Z

Rather than staying in a hotel, we opted to rent a small house through SoCo Spaces, which manages nine properties in the South Congress Avenue area. ‘I could never live in Texas. This is Austin.’ — A four-day getaway to the capital city. 2017-03-23T04:00:00Z

According to a waiter on the restaurant-laden Congress Street: “This used to be where people parked their cars before they walked across the bridges to work.” Boston: the reinvention of the Fort Point/Seaport district 2014-09-20T04:00:00Z

That attack wounded five members of Congress; our Lolita aims for a greater body count. ‘Notes on Killing’ Review: For These Puerto Ricans, Promises Never Kept 2022-05-30T04:00:00Z

He found the secret Dunkin Donuts inside the Library of Congress. Benny Johnson got fired at BuzzFeed. You will believe what happened next. 2015-06-09T04:00:00Z

Republicans hadn’t controlled either chamber of Congress, or a majority in state legislatures, for a quarter-century. ‘Dark Money,’ by Jane Mayer 2016-01-19T05:00:00Z

Peach mint: Some in Congress would like to send this herb over to the White House. Style Invitational Week 1231: TankaWanka 3 2017-06-08T04:00:00Z

The library has recently partnered with Poisoned Pen Press to reprint underappreciated American mysteries in a series called Library of Congress Crime Classics. Review | The writer who inspired Sue Grafton — her father — gets a welcome new edition 2020-06-04T04:00:00Z

And yet, when order was restored and Congress continued with the certification, Kinzinger listened as members of his caucus gave speeches questioning the validity of Trump’s loss in certain states. Anti-Trump Republican Adam Kinzinger accepts his fate, whatever it is 2021-01-26T05:00:00Z

In his first run for Congress he accused his Democratic opponent of being soft on the expansion of slavery in the territories. The Tumultuous Path From Emancipation to Segregation 2019-02-18T05:00:00Z

The House brief argues that “the text and structure of the Constitution, as well as its original meaning and prior interpretations by Congress, overwhelmingly demonstrate that a former official remains subject to trial and conviction.” Bruce Castor is a magnet for controversy. Naturally, he’s Trump’s impeachment attorney. 2021-02-07T05:00:00Z

Debates raged in Congress over how much should be tolerated from the British, an issue made more urgent because of a strengthening alliance between the British and American Indian tribes. Exhibition Review: ‘1812: A Nation Emerges,’ at National Portrait Gallery 2012-06-25T21:40:37Z

You see these millennial female leaders in Congress who are saying, "I will talk about my lipstick shade and it doesn't diminish me in my leadership capacity." Tina Brown pulls no punches: "If you're a woman, you have to be gold in a silver job" 2019-02-11T05:00:00Z

Once again, there is a lack of coordination between the various arms of the military and various committees in Congress over how to handle a potential attack. Books of The Times: Richard Clarke Warns of U.S. Risk in ?Cyber War? 2010-04-26T22:26:00Z

The administration’s plan is expected to encounter difficulties in Congress. Tax Break Used by Investors in Flipping Art Faces Scrutiny 2015-04-26T04:00:00Z

Surely we are prepared for some atheists in Congress, though. One nation, under no god: Atheists, more than any religion, have been excluded from the election 2016-10-30T04:00:00Z

Building the lift would require the United States Forest Service to sell 30 acres of public land; legislation has already been introduced to Congress. In Transit Blog: Proposed Gondola Would Link Utah Ski Resorts 2011-12-10T15:00:09Z

The first hijab-wearing woman, she noted, and “the first refugee ever elected to Congress.” Perspective | A lot of women just won their elections, and hopefully someday this will stop being remarkable 2018-11-07T05:00:00Z

Even if cattlemen succeed in Washington, their industry remains at the mercy of consumers, a less predictable audience than Congress. How meat producers are trying to avoid becoming like dairy farmers competing with nut ‘milks’ 2019-02-15T05:00:00Z

Librarian of Congress James Billington said he was delighted that the library's preservation work was being honored - but he never expected to win any kind of Grammy. Library of Congress wins special Grammy Award 2013-04-18T04:31:05Z

Voters elect some members of Congress — those in the House of Representatives — every two years. On Election Day, cast your vote for the best book about elections

Guests included prominent members of Congress and a Supreme Court justice. Lonnae O’Neal: Terri Upshaw says she had to choose between family and love 2015-10-23T04:00:00Z

Even though a lot of women ran for office after the Anita Hill testimony, it was still largely a very white Congress. Anita Hill's seismic testimony and its reckoning 30 years later: "She was in no woman's land" 2021-10-12T04:00:00Z

But the Paycheck Protection Program was a disaster for many restaurants, as industry groups pointed out, repeatedly, each time Congress had a chance to fix it, and declined. Just When Restaurants Thought 2020 Couldn’t Get Any Worse … 2020-12-14T05:00:00Z

He decided not to go to Congress for money; more than a decade ago, a far more ambitious $650 million rebuilding project collapsed after legislators balked at federal aid. She’s Putting Her Mark on the Kennedy Center 2019-11-01T04:00:00Z

Smith said that the growing awareness about the pervasive danger of domestic violence was instrumental to getting the Violence Against Women Act passed through Congress in 1994. How the OJ Simpson Case Helped Fight Domestic Violence 2014-06-12T04:00:00Z

The episode proved an embarrassment to the president, while demonstrating that Daley was not succeeding at improving relations with Congress. Daley resigns as White House chief of staff 2012-01-10T02:47:00Z

Pallante’s removal is part of a larger reorganization at the Library of Congress that includes promotions of several key members of former librarian of Congress James H. Billington’s inner circle. Songwriters say this federal bureaucrat championed their rights. Now she’s lost her job. 2016-11-07T05:00:00Z

Librarian of Congress James H. Billington has chosen each of the films in the registry, culling them from suggestions by the National Film Preservation Board and by the public. 'Empire Strikes Back' among 25 film registry picks 2010-12-28T11:31:04Z

Good idea:Posting a picture of you hanging out with your member of Congress. Style Invitational Week 1095: The best/worst of the good ideas/bad ideas

Only Congress has the power to declare a federal holiday. What does it take to create a holiday? It’s all politics. (But Stevie Wonder can help.)

Associated Press/American Film Institute; Walt Disney Productions Anthony Hopkins in “The Silence of the Lambs,” and the title character of “Bambi,” films that will be preserved by the Library of Congress. ArtsBeat Blog: 'Silence of the Lambs,' 'Bambi' and 'Forrest Gump' Added to National Film Registry 2011-12-28T03:00:55Z

They even invoked Congress’s war powers and the federal guarantee of a republican form of government to every state in Article IV, Section 4, to threaten slavery in the states. Was the Constitution a Pro-Slavery Document? 2021-01-12T05:00:00Z

Beltway politics are dominated by passionate and often outrageous partisan rhetoric, which cannot quite conceal the fact that Congress has become a useless, paralytic institution that can’t get anything done. Why we fight about Colbert and Lena Dunham: Twitter politics are all we have left 2014-03-29T16:00:00Z

“Our Constitution is not a compact” of states, Marshall wrote in an anonymous pamphlet defending his own opinion upholding Congress’s power to charter the Bank of the United States. The Man Who Made the Supreme Court Supreme 2018-12-07T05:00:00Z

The most sweeping civil rights legislation since Reconstruction, it was stalled on Congress at the time of President Kennedy's assassination, in November 1963. Book planned in 2014 about 1964 Civil Rights Act 2011-12-12T02:43:08Z

“If the Congress will not rid us of this demigod, I pray a higher power will intervene!” 'TURN: Washington's Spies' recap: Both sides step up covert activity 2015-04-21T04:00:00Z

Sewell, a Democrat, is one of the first women elected to Congress from Alabama. Fifty years later, spotlight shines on civil rights icon Amelia Boynton Robinson 2015-01-20T05:00:00Z

A plan to buy land for a new campus in upper Montgomery County had been killed in Congress. How Nazi scientists and their wind tunnels ended up in D.C.’s suburbs 2015-11-11T05:00:00Z

Even in battle-fatigued Washington, far more than 100,000 people are expected to attend the Library of Congress National Book Festival on Saturday. The book is dead. Long live the book festival. 2017-08-29T04:00:00Z

All of this will be debated over the next few years, since I believe DHS has acknowledged that it will take at least two years to work through the details of any wall with Congress. “We should be working more with the Mexicans”: Former “border czar” shares real facts about immigration 2017-02-18T05:00:00Z

There are indications that Democrats may win control of at least one chamber of Congress. The president isn’t on the ballot, but voters see midterms as a chance condemn or support him 2018-11-05T05:00:00Z

Aside from going full-Tipper Gore and founding a media watch group and petitioning Congress to limit violence in the media, what can a parent do? ​There's Now a ‘Broad Consensus’ that Media Violence Increases Child Aggression 2014-10-07T04:00:00Z

Several members of Congress cited Oliver’s segment for providing the political will to remedy the problem. 7 times John Oliver perfectly captured what’s wrong with America — and triggered real reform 2015-11-07T05:00:00Z

Saying the entirely white crowd of Republicans celebrating their new “American Health Care Act” bill passage in Congress looked like “they just invented Sickle Cell,” SNL Weekend Update co-anchor Michael Che looked dubious. WATCH: SNL’s Weekend Update says AHCA received a “thumbs up from the Grim Reaper” 2017-05-07T04:00:00Z

In early January, Congress counts electoral votes from all the states and the District of Columbia. To win a presidential election, getting the most votes isn’t always enough 2016-11-07T05:00:00Z

“He’s been accused of stealing from a dog. He’s literally a ‘Scooby-Doo’ villain at this point, and he’s in Congress.” Jimmy Kimmel: George Santos Is a ‘Scooby-Doo’ Villain 2023-01-19T05:00:00Z

More than 80 percent of the 114th Congress is male, a figure Rowe-Finkbeiner says explains why lawmakers don’t see childcare access as an urgent issue. America is the world leader in treating working mothers like absolute garbage 2015-07-25T04:00:00Z

The writer spent several days digging through his aunt’s files at the Library of Congress. Biopic tells Justice Ginsburg's story long before 'Notorious R.B.G' 2018-12-20T05:00:00Z

Who knew that the Sumner incident, for example, was just one of scores of violent episodes in Congress? Congressional Bloodshed: The Run-Up to the Civil War 2018-09-24T04:00:00Z

And Dickinson State University in North Dakota is partnering with the Library of Congress and other organizations to develop a digital collection as well. Thousands of Theodore Roosevelt’s Papers Are Now Online 2018-10-17T04:00:00Z

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi began a series of bipartisan tributes to Giffords, calling her "the brightest star that Congress has ever seen." Gabrielle Giffords bids an emotional farewell to Congress 2012-01-25T15:57:00Z

Colbert dedicated his entire opening monologue to the battle in Congress Thursday. Watch Stephen Colbert’s hilarious re-enactment of FBI agent Peter Strzok’s insane House hearing 2018-07-13T04:00:00Z

Privately, aides to some members of Congress described the delay as “concerning.” Desperate for cash, strapped arts venues wait out delays in federal covid relief 2021-03-21T04:00:00Z

Congress acts — or threatens to act — when public sentiment overwhelmingly favors consumer protections. It’s time for Congress to stand up for air travelers 2016-02-18T05:00:00Z

Watch the video above for more on their experiences and tune into the full Salon Talks episode for their thoughts on Congress and the future of dreamers. Activists, arrested for protesting Trump's DACA decision, share experiences 2017-09-11T04:00:00Z

He tries to get Congress to give him an emergency appropriation. 'House of Cards' Season 3 Episode 8 Recap: The Story of the Hurricane 2015-03-03T05:00:00Z

Congress is providing half the funds, and the Smithsonian raised the other half. Smithsonian gets $5.4M for Renwick Gallery project 2014-06-23T04:00:00Z

But he zeroed in quickly on the politics at home, returning to themes that are driving his reelection effort -- his fights against an intractable Congress and a bitter political climate in Washington. Obama clarifies hot mic comment made to Russian president 2012-03-27T07:21:00Z

The California Democrat became a social media star this week while tweeting his journey as caregiver and lawmaker caught in the mind-numbing yet riveting quest to name a speaker for the 118th Congress. Meet the antsy kids who were also stuck at the Capitol this week 2023-01-06T05:00:00Z

Kimmel and others urged Congress to instead stabilize current insurance markets with a package spearheaded by the Senate health committee’s Republican chairman and ranking Democrat. Late-night TV show host Kimmel blasts senator over healthcare bill 2017-09-20T04:00:00Z

After all, our country is now run by corporations “of which Congress is an almost wholly owned subsidiary.” What we can learn from two literary masters: Ursula K. Le Guin and James Salter 2017-12-05T05:00:00Z

Congress actually passed a special law requiring the IRS to institute heightened procedures before auditing a house of worship. Five ways churches get preferential treatment and benefit from legal loopholes 2012-07-31T05:25:00Z

Among his controversial policies: abolishing all lawyers from Congress, changing our national anthem, abolishing the Electoral College and taxing the church. Primary lessons of “Nashville”: Robert Altman’s noisy, tense, brilliant American epic is chicken soup for the weary election year soul 2016-02-07T05:00:00Z

When she returned to the public eye in 1967, it was as Shirley Temple Black, Republican candidate for Congress. Obituary: Shirley Temple 2014-02-11T10:31:05Z

She threw herself into drawing news media attention to the universal suffrage movement and putting pressure on President Woodrow Wilson and Congress to support it. The perfect children’s book for kids who won’t be quiet 2017-03-06T05:00:00Z

Slovo and First are the white members of the small group that is shown leading the African National Congress across five decades. Review: ‘Madiba,’ a Stately but Static March Through Mandela’s Life 2017-01-31T05:00:00Z

His six-year tenure prioritized civil rights protections and also included controversial moments, such as his clash with Congress over the botched gun-walking program "Operation Fast and Furious." Eric Holder planning to write memoir, sources tell AP 2016-06-06T04:00:00Z

“Although, to be fair, Congress is like jazz — it’s really about the bills it’s not passing. It’s also like jazz in that most people hate it and anyone who says they don’t are lying.” Watch John Oliver Slam State Legislatures 2014-11-03T05:00:00Z

Both posts suggest that the problem is not that women seek flexibility, but rather that Congress limits the number of doctors that teaching hospitals may train. Motherlode: More on Women and Medicine 2011-06-15T19:30:16Z

As a member of Congress, he voted against so many bills that he earned the “Dr. No” sobriquet that once belonged to Texas gadfly Ron Paul. Justin Amash was part of the conservative in-crowd. Now he’s trying to figure out who his real friends are. 2019-08-30T04:00:00Z

Journalists are trying to keep his administration and the Congress accountable to citizens. Perspective | For the sake of journalism, stop the White House correspondents’ dinner 2018-04-29T04:00:00Z

The candidate claimed he was the victim of an international conspiracy — by American politicians, the World Jewish Congress and others. Review: In ‘The Waldheim Waltz,’ a Nation Reckons With Its Nazi Past 2018-10-18T04:00:00Z

Congress actually passed a bill in 1932 making these buildings a free port, which enabled importers to bring goods in duty free and store them on the premises — a commercial masterstroke. Rockefeller Center’s Art Deco Marvel: A Virtual Tour 2020-04-15T04:00:00Z

A federal bill to impose much stricter rules on private ownership of big cats, the Big Cat Public Safety Act, has not passed Congress. Murder, madness and tigers: behind the year's wildest Netflix series 2020-03-20T04:00:00Z

With that museum closed for renovation, the Library of Congress hosted the last of these concerts on Wednesday night. Touring Marlboro string quartet delights in first half of program 2017-03-23T04:00:00Z

But she has shown an interest in entertaining, hosting events at the White House for the nations’ governors, members of Congress and their spouses, and “Gold Star” families. Five questions about Melania Trump’s move to the White House 2017-06-12T04:00:00Z

For the past 20 years, a small team of archivists at the Library of Congress has been collecting the web, quietly and dutifully in its way. Meet Your Meme Lords 2020-04-07T04:00:00Z

Constrained by the realism of budget deficits, the will of Congress and competing claims for other projects, a new president may not be able to put arts at the forefront of his thinking. Joe Biden and the Arts: No R.B.G. but a Loyal Promoter of Culture 2020-10-30T04:00:00Z

Both Democrats delivered their election-year State of the Union speech after months of bruising confrontations with Congress in which they tried — with some success — to paint Republicans as extremists. Obama delivers confrontational address 2012-01-25T03:23:00Z

They’re not threatening to take over the world — if anything, they should be lobbying Congress for designation as a protected class. On TV, Vampires for Every Taste 2022-10-07T04:00:00Z

If the slave states remained within the Union, the Republicans would not have the majorities in Congress to adopt their antislavery policies. Did northern aggression cause the Civil War? 2012-08-29T21:41:00Z

Reagan gave the speech not to Congress or some think tank, but–befitting Paige’s spiritual crisis and turn to activist Pastor Tim–to the National Association of Evangelicals. The Americans Watch: The Evil Empire Strikes Home 2015-04-22T04:00:00Z

I referenced the fiscal lifeline that Congress and President Barack Obama had thrown to both major parties by lifting the cap on individual donations to the RNC and DNC. Career advice for Sean Spicer: Work nights at a supermarket — like I did after he cost me my job 2017-07-24T04:00:00Z

“Telannoyers,” as some called them, were so endemic at the time that Congress passed laws restricting them, followed by the Do Not Call Registry in 2003. Spam has taken over our phones. Will we ever want to answer them again? 2019-03-18T04:00:00Z

“Defender in Chief” lays out Yoo’s conservative case for an extraordinarily strong president, virtually unchecked by Congress. The Many Varieties of Donald Trump 2020-08-05T04:00:00Z

The Library of Congress on Wednesday announced its 25 annual additions to the National Recording Registry, honoring significant pieces of American history and culture. ‘The Sound of Music,’ ‘Rumours’ and More Join the National Recording Registry 2018-03-21T04:00:00Z

White describes how he pushed Congress and his own administration to essentially invent civil-rights enforcement. Ulysses S. Grant: New Biography of ‘A Nobody From Nowhere’ 2016-10-19T04:00:00Z

Members of Congress aren't the only parties who have voiced concern over the proposed merger, however. As senators debate the Kroger-Albertsons merger, some grocery employees still aren't being paid 2022-11-30T05:00:00Z

After a federal watchdog’s report that found widespread mismanagement at the Library of Congress, several lawmakers called for reforms at the nation’s oldest federal cultural institution. Lawmakers want Library of Congress reforms but not librarian’s resignation 2015-04-02T04:00:00Z

Leibovitz’s latest “revelations” are of the caliber one would only expect from a woman the Library of Congress named a “living legend.” A Decade of Power, in Photographs 2017-12-01T05:00:00Z

In a statement, Carla Hayden, the librarian of Congress, said the choice of Dr. Allen would further a “timely national conversation” on how to strengthen American democracy. Danielle Allen Wins Re-envisioned Kluge Humanities Prize 2020-06-22T04:00:00Z

“We had had a certain amount of Prosecco, and Donna got up and actually acted out what happened in this disagreement she had with a senior member of Congress.” The legend of Donna Brazile: Why the DNC turned to an old pro in its time of need 2016-07-26T04:00:00Z

Too many bills in Congress have boring, easily forgettable names. Is this Washington’s golden age of grift? Or politics as usual? 2018-09-18T04:00:00Z

I don’t mean members of Congress, who are beyond a joke, or fashion models, who are suddenly being treated with aspirational respect. ‘The Money Shot,’ by Neil LaBute, Satirizes Hollywood 2014-09-23T04:00:00Z

“The Library of Congress is doing great corrective work,” she said. The Golden Globes snubbed women directors again, but the Library of Congress just honored a record number of them 2019-12-10T05:00:00Z

And because that visa program, created by Congress to give refuge to Afghans and Iraqis who helped the U.S. military, requires rigorous vetting, many have been stuck in bureaucratic limbo for years. ‘Selling Kabul’ Holds Up a New Mirror After the Taliban Takeover 2021-12-15T05:00:00Z

As Bee reminded viewers, even given all this support for liberal policies, the Republicans currently control everything, from the presidency to Congress. Bee on midterms: “There’s no guarantee the Democrats could successfully take back a shopping... 2018-09-13T04:00:00Z

So you have to learn to navigate it a little differently than when I left Congress. ‘This one is for Elijah’: Kweisi Mfume on trying to fill the seat for the deceased congressman 2020-03-16T04:00:00Z

While running for Congress in 2000, Pence also advocated for funding for life-saving HIV medications to be redirected to organizations “which provide assistance to those seeking to change their sexual behavior.” Gay and voting for Donald Trump? It’s not as crazy as it seems 2016-10-26T04:00:00Z

Now that he’s made it to Congress, everybody sees him as their inside man. Homeland Watch: The Inside Man 2012-10-08T12:00:16Z

You can glimpse this in certain studies, such as one from the Trades Union Congress, which found that 45% of safety representatives interviewed said their managers did not recognise problems associated with the menopause. What science doesn’t know about the menopause: what it’s for and how to treat it | Rose George 2015-12-15T05:00:00Z

These ex-staffers witnessed firsthand how the tea party rose to power and convinced their own members of Congress to reject President Obama’s agenda. The Indivisible movement is fueling resistance to Trump 2017-02-15T05:00:00Z

It took an act of Congress to get the documents to the National Archives, though, after an ownership dispute. National Archives reveals newly donated FDR papers 2010-07-28T21:09:00Z

So I want people to connect with the Library of Congress. The U.S. poet laureate on what America should be reading now 2017-02-28T05:00:00Z

For evidence, look to the first show of a recent two-concert series recorded for the website of the Library of Congress. 5 Things to Do This Weekend 2021-07-01T04:00:00Z

House Republicans investigating the Fast and Furious operation threatened Thursday to seek a contempt of Congress citation against Atty. House GOP threatens Holder with contempt 2012-02-02T16:39:00Z

The U.S. is currently the only democracy in the world that fails to give residents of its capital a vote in Congress. John Oliver exposes the disturbing way Congress governs Washington, D.C.: “We’re the only democracy in the world that does this” 2015-08-03T04:00:00Z

He was also a delegate to the tumultuous 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, a founder of the Newport Folk Festival and an officer of the American Jewish Congress. Theodore Bikel, Master of Versatility in Songs, Roles and Activism, Dies at 91 2015-07-21T04:00:00Z

Oliver Chen, a luxury goods analyst at Citigroup, said the Chinese leadership changes that started in November, culminating in the National People’s Congress last month, might cause a drop in the consumption of foreign goods. In Basel, a Shiny Shop Window for Watchmakers 2013-04-25T16:18:46Z

During the war, Hitler constructed an enormous complex near Nuremberg; it included a vast “Congress Hall” and a series of rallying grounds, famous the world over as the site of Hitler’s terrifying mass speeches. The Meaning of Names at Princeton and Yale 2015-11-26T05:00:00Z

All were hoping to be back at work by the time the additional $600-a-week unemployment benefit that Congress approved as part of its pandemic relief package is set to expire, at the end of July. The Metropolitan Opera Cancels All Fall Performances 2020-06-01T04:00:00Z

“Of course I have a great fondness for Dr. Billington and his wife, Marjorie, but bottom line, my interest is the Library of Congress.” Librarian’s trips abroad, posh hotels all paid for by James Madison Council 2015-08-12T04:00:00Z

The process would have been almost impossible photochemically, said Heather Linville, the supervisor at the Library of Congress’s film preservation laboratory. Why Do Some Films Get Restored and Others Languish? A MoMA Series Holds Clues. 2023-01-12T05:00:00Z

“He speaks in a code,” Michael Cohen, Trump’s former lawyer and fixer, told members of Congress in February, “and I understand the code.” Perspective | The Trump-Ukraine ‘transcript’ is the latest manual for abusing power and saying you didn’t 2019-11-06T05:00:00Z

How do you plan to go about achieving that, paying for it, making it a reality in a Congress that’s deeply split? The Democratic Presidential Candidate Eager to Challenge Trump on Immigration 2019-04-24T04:00:00Z

We spoke about resurrection, right-wing pundits and whether Congress should raise the minimum wage in order to celebrate Easter. “You want people like that to hate you”: Reza Aslan on Glenn Beck, that Fox News interview, and who gets to speak for Jesus 2014-04-20T10:59:00Z

It’s possible, he writes, that “as both Adams and Franklin sincerely believed, the Continental Congress would have defiantly raised another army and appointed another version of Washington to lead it.” Books of The Times: Joseph J. Ellis Portrays the Pivotal Summer of 1776 2013-07-01T20:42:33Z

Never mind that he’s been arrested and had to appear before Congress to answer for his odious pharmaceutical price-gouging tactics. Shkreli, Kanye and Trump: a most heinous trinity not worthy of our hatred 2016-02-12T05:00:00Z

For Congress, Lessig notes that the framers were deeply concerned about corruption, but rarely focused on the evils of individual quid pro quos. Two Leading Intellectuals Analyze What Ails America 2018-12-07T05:00:00Z

The host waved off concerns from liberal audience members about the future of Congress with the GOP in control. Jon Stewart apologizes for election day voting comment 2014-11-05T05:00:00Z

Then she and her colleagues compare its 51 certificates to the ones received by Congress, to make sure everything checks out. The electoral college isn’t a real place. But someone has to answer all the angry phone calls these days. 2016-11-16T05:00:00Z

He haunted the halls of Congress trying to get paid, before dying penniless many years later in West Hyattsville, Md. The National Mall’s immortal reflection 2015-09-15T04:00:00Z

"The National Film Registry stands among the finest summations of more than a century of extraordinary American cinema," said the Librarian of Congress, James H Billington. Pulp and Poppins join film archive 2013-12-18T10:09:31Z

Twain introduced this costume when he appeared at the Library of Congress in December 1906 to argue for a bill that would protect authors’ copyrights in perpetuity. 2010-02-11T08:05:00Z

About the same time, a 20-year-old man was shot on the 5300 block of West Congress Parkway in the South Austin neighborhood. At least 6 wounded by shootings overnight 2012-03-04T12:01:00Z

Having harboured political ambitions since adolescence, Vidal tossed his hat in the ring in 1960, running for Congress as a Democrat in New York's traditionally Republican 29th District. Gore Vidal 2012-08-01T05:32:19Z

Six months later, he sent the legislators a special message reminding them that “we are dealing with a human problem, a world tragedy,” and urging Congress “to pass suitable legislation as speedily as possible.” Tales of an aging WWII refugee: “We can’t turn our backs on the refugees of today” 2016-08-06T04:00:00Z

In the years that followed, the federal government began an effort to tighten national standards for state-issued documentation, and in 2005, Congress passed the Real ID Act. Domestic Fliers, Get Ready for Real ID 2022-11-02T04:00:00Z

As for Li, he is currently working on a song in the run-up to next month’s Communist Party Congress, called “A Letter to President Xi Jinping.” Rap and the Party: China taps youth culture to hook millennial cadres 2017-09-25T04:00:00Z

And if there was no such thing as Congress? Author Jennifer Senior: “Kids have almost no responsibility, and I find that unnatural” 2014-02-03T23:59:00Z

After the presidential contest, the biggest races are for Congress. A final pitch to woo Illinois voters 2012-03-20T02:58:00Z

He was handily elected to Congress as a Republican and served for six years. Jerry Sandusky’s guilty — and so are we 2012-06-25T13:59:00Z

The deference shown by hospital security guards to their employers is of a different order than that shown by members of Congress to a racist president. Perspective | What did the men with Donald Trump do when he spoke of ‘shithole countries’? 2018-01-12T05:00:00Z

Negotiations to end the conflict began in Havana in 2012, and a peace agreement passed through Colombia’s Congress in December of last year. The feminists of Farc: ‘We are not demobilising, we are mobilising politically’ 2017-03-27T04:00:00Z

In 1928, Congress, in an effort driven by Michigan Rep. Louis C. Cramton, voted to authorize an annual appropriation for Howard. Is this Howard University’s tipping point? 2016-04-27T04:00:00Z

No, it doesn’t include his unreleased Holocaust film, “The Day the Clown Cried,” which is still locked away in the Library of Congress’s collection. 4 Film Series to Catch in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2018-09-27T04:00:00Z

For more than a century, Democratic and Republican members of Congress have faced off in an annual baseball game. The Congressional Baseball Game is one of the last enjoyable political events in Washington 2017-06-14T04:00:00Z

COHEN: I’m blessed to be in Congress at this time to try and bring some justice and sanity in what is a very bizarre presidency. ‘This isn’t just a stupid story, it’s a big story’: An oral history of Sharpiegate 2019-09-13T04:00:00Z

His Steinway piano is covered in stacks of his own scores; below are boxes of archival materials being prepared for the Library of Congress. At 95, Ned Rorem Is Done Composing. But He’s Not Done Living. 2018-10-23T04:00:00Z

The one at the Morgan features objects from its collection, too, alongside loans from the Library of Congress, including an errant 19th-century butterfly with a back story as colorful as its wings. 33 Art Exhibitions to View in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2019-08-01T04:00:00Z

“They just weren’t able to raise the money, and Congress realized it wasn’t going to happen and therefore they stepped in to finish it.” Washington Monument to Reopen After Three Years 2019-09-16T04:00:00Z

It has been a long, weird first year in office for the 17 newest Democratic members of Congress. Freshman blues: Inside the new House Democrats’ unsettling first year 2022-01-28T05:00:00Z

For Clyburn, who has served in Congress for 27 years and is majority whip, the past few months have had their own inflections. Jim Clyburn changed everything for Joe Biden’s campaign. He’s been a political force for a long time. 2020-03-30T04:00:00Z

Or should it be able to advertise only its base fares? Two bills in Congress offer different answers. Walkabout: Airlines' Sticker Prices; Ryanair Competition 2014-05-19T04:00:00Z

Sen. Richard B. Russell Jr., one of the most powerful members of Congress in the 20th century and, at the time, chair of the Subcommittee on Agricultural Appropriations. Peaches are a minor part of Georgia’s economy, but they’re central to its mythology 2023-06-08T04:00:00Z

Instead of slowing down or taking a year off to, say, backpack across Europe or teach English in South Korea like many of her 20-something compatriots, she decided to run for Congress. The congressional kid: How a millennial plans to make it to the Capitol 2015-08-14T04:00:00Z

“They sent their delegates to the Continental Congress to declare independence from Great Britain and to encourage others to do the same,” said Ms. Brown, a 59-year-old blues musician who lives in Austin, Tex. Owning George Washington: The Auction 2011-04-06T21:53:42Z

He has troubles with moving his agenda through Congress. 'House of Cards' Season 3 Episode 1 Recap: Loyalty to Frank Has A Price 2015-02-27T05:00:00Z

Beginning in the late 1960s, the flight attendant Patty Young and several of her colleagues at other airlines lobbied Congress to end smoking aloft. Memories on High and Other Letters to the Editor 2022-05-27T04:00:00Z

OPATIJA, Croatia — Play in the second World Youth Congress, for players born on or after Jan. 1, 1986, was scheduled to start here on Monday. Bridge: A Championship Is Up for Grabs in Croatia 2011-08-21T21:31:49Z

As president, he has been investigated, impeached, tried and summarily acquitted for high crimes and misdemeanors over his dealings with Ukraine and attempts to impede Congress. Why We Let White-Collar Criminals Get Away With Their Crimes 2020-09-29T04:00:00Z

Congress, inspired to take rare bipartisan action but apparently confused by Francis’s thick accent, votes unanimously to declare war on Greenland. Dave Barry’s Year in Review: The sad thing is, we’re not making this up! 2015-12-20T05:00:00Z

The Senate on Friday rejected the GOP-led House's bill to avert a government shutdown, intensifying a partisan standoff that many in Congress hoped to avoid. Senate rejects House bill; shutdown looms 2011-09-23T16:39:00Z

On Capitol Hill near Eastern Market, the Cove site — with 22 desks, one conference room and two private rooms for phone calls — is as silent as the Library of Congress. At Cove, working remotely doesn’t have to be lonely 2016-10-18T04:00:00Z

The group stated that “the court has substituted its judgment for that of 10 jurors as well as Congress.” Judge Cuts $675,000 Fine in Downloading Case 2010-07-12T16:58:00Z

What do you think Chelsea’s going to do when she comes one day and says: “I think I’m going to run for Congress”? Hillary Clinton meets Mary Beard: ‘I would love to have told Trump: “Back off, you creep”’ 2017-12-02T05:00:00Z

Congress, two senators and, depending on how you sort of chart Reconstruction, about a dozen House members. Mo Rocca on "Mobituaries," celebrity deaths and what we get wrong about Billy Carter 2019-11-11T05:00:00Z

Due to the constraints placed on MA plans, those plans are incentivized by Congress to offer more benefits at the expense of lower prices. Fact-Checking the Obama Campaign's Defense of its $716 Billion Cut to Medicare 2012-08-16T05:46:39Z

British Ambassador Kim Darroch will kick things off with a reception Wednesday, inviting officials of the current, former and incoming administrations, members of Congress and leaders of the media, business, academia and the arts. Don’t gloat, don’t pout: The Golden Rule of elite Washington inaugural parties 2017-01-17T05:00:00Z

That is why we need Congress and the EPA to pass laws and regulations limiting the amount of pollution companies can put in the air: if they don’t, companies won’t. How to debate climate change deniers (without scaring them off) 2014-03-02T14:30:00Z

The Argument: Along with the familiar criticisms of the culture’s obsession with thinness, Ms. Kwan and Ms. Trautner would like to see Congress pass a law that bans discrimination against fat people. ArtsBeat: Thinking Cap: The Weight Panic 2011-07-12T15:30:38Z

By December 1917, with the war in full swing, both houses of Congress had approved a constitutional amendment to ban alcohol. How Prohibition backfired and gave America an era of gangsters and speakeasies 2012-08-25T23:05:52Z

A series of legislative acts were passed by Congress in the eighteen-eighties, restricting immigrants from Asia, taxing those from Europe, and creating the need for a stronger bureaucracy to handle the great infusion. An Immigrant Named Trump 2016-10-01T04:00:00Z

Look at the infrastructure focus in an otherwise chaotic Congress, and how people are recognizing the connectivity between the environment, economics, race and justice. The lasting testament of Jane Alexander 2021-09-25T04:00:00Z

Last month, another inspector general’s report to Congress found the lack of centralized management “increases­ the risk of cost and schedule overruns.” America’s ‘national library’ is behind the digital curve, a new report finds 2015-03-31T04:00:00Z

He then played a clip of Strzok criticizing the hearing, saying, "I have the utmost respect for Congress' oversight role, but I strongly believe today’s hearing is just another victory notch in Putin’s belt." Watch Stephen Colbert’s hilarious re-enactment of FBI agent Peter Strzok’s insane House hearing 2018-07-13T04:00:00Z

Congress didn’t vote to fund this mission, but it remained important to the president, so he was charged with the task of finding money elsewhere. That racist Reagan recording just confirmed what my community already knew 2019-08-01T04:00:00Z

“The maintenance of international peace is a matter in which we are deeply and unselfishly concerned,” he told Congress as early as January 1935, in his State of the Union address. Franklin Roosevelt’s Story Is Worth Telling Again and Again 2017-12-08T05:00:00Z

Hayden is the first person of color, and the first woman, to lead the Library of Congress; she is also the first actual librarian to lead it since 1974. The Librarian of Congress and the Greatness of Humility 2017-02-19T05:00:00Z

Members of the other chamber of Congress, the Senate, are elected for six years. On Election Day, cast your vote for the best book about elections

The shutdown was in effect only until Congress or someone could work out the next deal. The fight to save our off-the-grid forest home 2022-01-30T05:00:00Z

Fresh Seafood When Perla’s Seafood and Oyster Bar first opened last spring, the South Congress ’hood wondered if an oyster place would make it in a Tex-Mex town. Local's Guide to Austin 2010-04-28T22:24:00Z

In 2013, the Library of Congress published a study that reported only 14 percent of American silent films still existed in their original 35mm format. It's not just the Oscars: The Library of Congress fails women filmmakers, too 2019-03-05T05:00:00Z

According to a resolution Congress approved in 1961, it originated with meat supplier Samuel Wilson of Troy, New York. How did Uncle Sam become a symbol for the United States? 2021-12-11T05:00:00Z

“The GOP voice may not be more widely heeded in Congress,” The Washington Post wrote at the time, “but it is being more widely heard in the country.” It’s the worst job in politics. But somebody has to do it. 2018-01-29T05:00:00Z

Sept. 9: Congress enacts the National Thoughts and Prayers Act to combat gun violence. Style Invitational Week 1264: A cry for Yelp 2018-01-24T05:00:00Z

In the 1950s, he helped found the Congress for Cultural Freedom ... Darkness in literature: Darkness at Noon by Arthur Koestler 2012-12-26T08:40:39Z

Boomers still hold the most sway in Congress and have spent several decades loosening regulations that were meant to protect the environment and provide a social safety net for the most vulnerable among us. Reality bites, so of course Generation X was always going to sell out and vote Republican 2022-10-20T04:00:00Z

Mr. Romney’s newest passion is promoting the Mormon Pioneer National Heritage Area, established by Congress in 2006 with a mission to preserve the area’s history and to generate economic development. Q&A: How Early Mormons Shaped Utah 2012-11-02T19:13:16Z

On view in the foyer of the Performing Arts Reading Room in the Library of Congress’s James Madison Memorial Building, 101 Independence Ave. SE, from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., through Jan. 24. How American Ballet Theatre spun cowboys and killers into international fame

A Jewish Democrat running for Congress in Alabama had to pick his battles to win and, in 2008, same-sex marriage was not the hill to die on. The boring journey of Matt Yglesias 2023-01-11T05:00:00Z

You can find some of their work in “Pioneers: First Women Filmmakers,” a recently released DVD box set from Kino Lorber and the Library of Congress. The Best Movies of 2018 2018-12-05T05:00:00Z

The copyright law approved by Congress in 1976 includes a provision, known as “termination rights,” that allows recording artists and songwriters to reclaim ownership of their work after 35 years. European Union Extends Copyright on Recordings 2011-09-12T22:15:07Z

A number of bills are currently before Congress seeking further changes to the law. Documentary about rape in the US military changes government policy 2012-06-19T13:14:56Z

Former representative Bob Mrazek, for whom Israel worked as an aide on the Hill, left Congress in 1993 to return to his first career as a writer. Rep. Steve Israel, finding the funny in Washington’s corridors of power 2015-01-06T05:00:00Z

Advertisement Nixon and Kissinger go on to blame a feckless Congress along with the “shameful” antiwar “leader class” of intellectuals, media commentators and “even some” business people for the public’s war weariness. ‘The Nixon Tapes: 1973,’ Edited by Douglas Brinkley and Luke A. Nichter 2015-10-19T04:00:00Z

As Congress struggles to eke out a bipartisan deal on gun safety, these sobering monuments show no signs of abating. A ‘Sad Kinship’ as Towns Build Memorials to Victims of Mass Shootings 2022-06-22T04:00:00Z

This new Democratic Congress is serious about its green initiatives — they plan to save 5,000 trees a month by sending all subpoenas to the White House electronically. Style Invitational Week 1329: Shakespeare + Thee: A tailgater contest 2019-04-25T04:00:00Z

But the president will have to turn to his old adversary, Congress, to lift the unpopular US trade embargo, unlikely while there is a Republican majority. A guide to a hopeful 2016: a Guardian list of things to look forward to 2015-12-31T05:00:00Z

In 1995, Congress voted to slash the N.E.A. budget by 40 percent — and, even more drastic, to eliminate nearly all grants awarded to individual artists. How a Scrappy Arts Group Survived the ’90s 2021-02-18T05:00:00Z

Before she went to Congress, she had her aura read at a Nashville shop. Evan Rachel Wood Turns Her Trauma Into Good. On ‘Westworld’ and in Life. 2018-04-04T04:00:00Z

Church made her offer of a "combined purchase and gift" to the Library of Congress, said Sara Duke, curator of popular and applied graphic art. Courtroom sketches heading for Library of Congress 2010-10-13T20:31:00Z

But at the Library of Congress the lineaments remain clear. Exhibition Review: ‘The Civil War in America’ at Library of Congress 2013-01-10T20:02:01Z

So she ran for Congress, winning on her third try. Cori Bush marched on the streets in Ferguson. Now she’s about to take her seat in Congress. 2020-12-21T05:00:00Z

And while the Library of Congress owns a rare print copy of the Gutenberg Bible, the web archive features the LOLCat Bible Translation Project, which rendered the bible in LOLspeak. Meet Your Meme Lords 2020-04-07T04:00:00Z

The process would bog down in Congress and only barely squeak through after a nerve-racking year. Chuck Todd's 'The Stranger,' About Barack Obama 2014-11-05T05:00:00Z

Congress struggled with the issue of how to deal with this profound problem of 40 million people without healthcare for many years. Entire healthcare law may be in jeopardy 2012-03-29T00:35:00Z

Video clips and artifacts connected to Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald and Sarah Vaughan will be showcased at the Library of Congress this month as part of a new “Jazz Singers” exhibition, opening Feb. 11. A Trove of Rarities in 'Jazz Singers' Exhibition at Library of Congress 1457-03-19T05:00:00Z

He gave opponents plenty of reasons to put him on their own Enemies List, beginning with his first run for Congress in 1946, when he daubed his rival, Helen Gehagan Douglas, with Red smears. Cranky Guy: Nixon's Still the One 2014-08-09T04:00:00Z

An indignant Congress cut federal money to artists. Why Mapplethorpe Still Matters 2016-03-31T04:00:00Z

Congress had become so boring and impotent with gridlock that even protesters had stopped showing up. Inside the heaving, jostling Capitol media mob: ‘We are one tripped senator away’ from disaster. 2017-06-06T04:00:00Z

She went on to be elected five times as a deputy to the National People's Congress. The Mount Everest mystery deepens: Was there an international cover-up of a dead climber's ascent? 2022-04-08T04:00:00Z

It’s part of an effort to persuade Congress to add the names to the memorial, similar to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. The National Mall’s immortal reflection 2015-09-15T04:00:00Z

The Zero Food Waste Act was introduced in Congress in July, with the goal of passing legislation that supports better food waste management infrastructure which would reduce waste and curb greenhouse gas emissions. Can dynamic pricing reduce food waste in supermarkets? 2022-01-11T05:00:00Z

In his correspondence from 1965, he repeatedly expressed concern that he be allowed to retain some sort of control over the Library of Congress release. The Sheltering Sound: Paul Bowles’s Attempt to Save Moroccan Music 2016-02-24T05:00:00Z

Faced with a Congress unwilling to fund large-scale sheltering measures, the Kennedy administration decided instead to encourage the private development of the individual shelter industry and to establish dedicated spaces within existing public structures. With threats of nuclear war and climate disaster growing, America’s "bunker fantasy" is inadequate 2022-04-09T04:00:00Z

When I left Congress, I felt demoralized and burned to the ground. Glenn Close and Patrick Kennedy on the Weight of Mental Illness 2017-03-11T05:00:00Z

Some members of Congress were so furious that they decided to boycott the speech. Perspective | Congressional Democrats wore their white-hot fury to the State of the Union 2020-02-04T05:00:00Z

The Library of Congress has made the extraordinarily rare Codex Quetzalecatzin available online. Rare 16th-century Mesoamerican codex goes online at the Library of Congress 2017-11-27T05:00:00Z

In my view, with the challenges in this round so complex and with critical 2024 elections looming, it could take Congress until 2025 to craft and enact a bill. These four challenges will shape the next farm bill — and how the US eats 2023-05-08T04:00:00Z

Sadly until the Congress releases the names of all of those who settled cases behind closed doors with taxpayer money this culture of abuse is not going to stop. The Race to Erase Kevin Spacey 2017-12-13T05:00:00Z

The film was deemed culturally significant by the Library of Congress in 1999 and selected for preservation in the National Film Registry. What’s on TV This Week: ‘A Small Light’ and the Met Gala 2023-05-01T04:00:00Z

In these discussions, inequality is exemplified by the wage gap, the number of women in Congress, and whether women are courting poverty and death by having babies before they’re rich. A woman’s right to say ‘meh’: being sex positive won’t guarantee you an orgasm 2015-10-10T04:00:00Z

It also provides research and legal advice for members of Congress and oversees the U.S. ‘Rock star’ Baltimore librarian makes history at Library of Congress 2016-09-13T04:00:00Z

Congress, which Americans say they hate—though not quite enough, apparently, to stop reëlecting its members. Everyone Hates Martin Shkreli. Everyone Is Missing the Point 2016-02-05T05:00:00Z

However, Nelson and Young personally appealed to Congress three days before the first Farm Aid concert. A Brief History of Farm Aid 2010-10-02T06:20:00Z

Until Congress flies like the rest of us, we may never get regulations that put the passengers — and not the airlines — first. Perspective | Critics question influence of airline travel perks on Congress 2018-06-14T04:00:00Z

Naturally, she grew up to do just that and is running for Congress in Kentucky. The political playbook for 2018: Get angry, then get elected 2018-02-16T05:00:00Z

For Ross, established institutions, from the press to Congress to NGOs, have failed to hold power to account. SXSWi: Bigger than ever - but does that mean it was better? 2011-03-21T07:00:04Z

Mr. Holly, Mr. Allison and the producer who recorded that version, Norman Petty, got the songwriting credit, and in 2005 the record was selected for the Library of Congress’s National Recording Registry. Jerry Allison, Who Played Drums With Buddy Holly, Dies at 82 2022-08-24T04:00:00Z

Then-first lady Laura Bush, a librarian who had previously started the Texas Book Festival, collaborated with the Library of Congress to host the event that now attracts more than 200,000 readers annually. ‘The end of an innocent world’: An oral history of the first National Book Festival, which debuted three days before 9/11 2020-09-14T04:00:00Z

The Congressional Medal of Honor — awarded for gallantry, bravery and willingness to risk personal well-being for the sake of the greater good — was originally intended to be given to members of Congress. Semper Fib: All-bogus military trivia from Style Invitational Week 1132 2015-08-06T04:00:00Z

When Murphy first came to Congress in 2007, he had never spent much time thinking about background checks or automatic weapons bans. What’s wrong with politicizing a tragedy? For Sen. Chris Murphy, nothing at all. 2016-09-27T04:00:00Z

Support grew quickly, and Congress passed a resolution that spring to add the words. The short pledge we recite has a long story 2017-09-01T04:00:00Z

The Rosa Parks Collection contains about 7,500 manuscripts and 2,500 photographs, including personal correspondence and family photos, the Library of Congress said in a statement on Tuesday. Rosa Parks papers to be open to Library of Congress researchers 2015-02-03T05:00:00Z

Congress than it did at the Oscars on Sunday, amid political fallout over its depiction of torture and alleged intelligence leaks to the movie's makers. "Zero Dark Thirty" fails at Oscars amid political fallout 2013-02-25T06:35:29Z

She asked members of Congress about it, and got nowhere. In ‘Pay Any Price,’ James Risen Examines the War on Terror 2014-10-12T04:00:00Z

If to undo a law you connive, Don’t ask Congress — they’re barely alive. Style Invitational Week 1088: Our winning F-word limericks! (No, not that F-word.)

The two met after World War II when he was incarcerated in St. Elizabeths mental hospital and she was a poetry consultant at the Library of Congress. Clash of poetry titans at Odd Duck Studio 2011-11-29T05:35:17Z