Q&A with Betty Koed
Betty Koed, a retired U.S. Senate historian, shared stories from her book Scenes, a collection of Senate history brief chronicles that she presented to senators during their Tuesday caucus l…
329 viewsBetty Koed, a retired U.S. Senate historian, shared stories from her book Scenes, a collection of Senate history brief chronicles that she presented to senators during their Tuesday caucus l…
329 viewsBetty Koed, United States Senate Historian and Professor Robert Mann of LSU provide insights into the controversy around the Senate office building named after former Senator Richard Russell…
36 viewsThis C-SPAN Original Production look inside the U.S. Senate explores its history, traditions, and constitutional powers.
31,507 viewsTo mark the 150th anniversary of the Senate Appropriations Committee, Senate Historian Betty Koed reflected on the committee’s history. Senators Thad Cochran (R-MS) and Patrick Leahy (D-VT),…
264 viewsU.S. Senate Historian Betty Koed talked about key moments in Senate history, as well as the work done by her office.
1,401 viewsSpeakers talked about Senator Blanche K. Bruce in honor of African-American History Month. Senator Blanche K. Bruce (R-MS) was the second African-American member of the U.S. Senate and the f…
978 viewsC-SPAN previewed President Obama’s seventh and final State of the Union address, including viewer reactions via calls and social media messages. Video clips were shown as Senate historian Be…
891 viewsBetty Koed of the Senate Historical Office recounted the story of the U.S. Senate’s debate on the 1964 Civil Rights Act. On June 10, 1964, the U.S. Senate invoked cloture on a civil rights b…
1,233 viewsThis program is one of three parts of the Capitol History Video Collection which can be obtained at c-span.org/store. The third program on the U.S. Capitol focused on the north wing, the Se…
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