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Congressional Distinguished Service Awards were presented to Father Robert Drinan, outgoing CIA director Porter Goss, Ambassador Lindy Boggs, and Vice President Richard Cheney. Speaker Haste…

Lindy Boggs moderated this forum on changes in Congress since World War II. They discussed changes due to world, national, and local events and what the results have been. The U.S. Capitol H…

Panelists discussed George McGovern’s congressional career from 1957 to 1961 in the House of Representatives and from 1963 to 1981. After their presentations, the panelists took questions fr…

Former members of the U.S. House of Representatives gathered for their annual meeting. They paid tribute to their colleague Bill Richardson, who serves as U.S. Ambassador to the United Natio…

Two former members of Congress and Professor Washington discussed the role of women in Congress and government in general through personal and historical examples. They also took questions f…

Retiring Representative Lindy Boggs (D-Louisiana) reflected on her nine terms in Congress serving Louisiana’s 2nd District. Rep. Boggs was elected in 1973 to a seat vacated by her husban…

On March 2, 1989, a joint session of Congress was held in the House of Representatives chamber of the Capitol to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the first meeting of Congress in New York …