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Congressional Research Service

The Congressional Research Service , known as "Congress's think tank", is the public policy research arm of the United States Congress. As a legislative branch agency within the Library of Congress, CRS works exclusively and directly for Members of Congress, their Committees and staff on a confidential, nonpartisan basis. Wikipedia*

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Congressional Research Service has hosted 1 event in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first program was a 2003 Forum. Most common tag: House of Representatives.

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    Foley Speakership

    Former Representative Tom Foley spoke about his experiences as speaker of the House of Representatives and the role of speake…

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    Gingrich Speakership

    Former Representative Gingrich talked about his experiences as speaker of the House of Representatives and the role of the sp…

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    House Speakership

    Robert Remini spoke about the history of the Speaker of the House. He talked about past speakers, the role of the speaker, an…

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    Luncheon Remarks

    Representative Dennis Hastert talked about the role of speaker of the House at a conference on the changing nature of the spe…

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