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Posted by: Robert Brammer
This is a guest post by Anna Price, a legal reference librarian at the Law Library of Congress. The Library of Congress has initiated a webinar series geared toward teachers called Online Office Hours. These webinars occur twice weekly, on Tuesday and Thursday at 2:00 PM ET, and cover a variety of topics. Some subjects that …
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Posted by: Stephen Mayeaux
The following is a guest post by Bailey DeSimone, a library technician (metadata) in the Digital Resources Division of the Law Library of Congress. “Memorials,” or requests “that the Congress take some action, or refrain from taking certain action,” are housed throughout the United States Congressional Serial Set. These documents provide insight into the communication between citizens – …
Posted in: Collections, Law Library
Posted by: Andrew Weber
Here are a few photos of our remote workstations.
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Posted by: Margaret Wood
Once again we have updated this guide as of today, May 8, 2020. These updates include new presidential actions and a link from the IRS for additional information on the stimulus checks. We have added links to information under the State Government section as well highlighted some of the recent CRS reports and new blog …
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Posted by: Barbara Bavis
The following is a guest post by Anna Price, a legal reference librarian at the Law Library of Congress. As we discussed in an earlier blog post, the Law Library of Congress recently rolled out a new webinar series on U.S. laws and legal resources. We welcome you to attend our upcoming webinar on U.S. …
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Posted by: Jim Martin
Article I, Section 5, Clause 3 of the Constitution requires that both chambers of Congress keep journals of their proceedings and that the journals be periodically published. Unlike the debates of the early congresses, which were not compiled and published until some years later, the journals have always been published after the end of each …
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Posted by: Stephen Mayeaux
The following is a guest post by Bailey DeSimone, a library technician (metadata) in the Digital Resources Division of the Law Library of Congress. Correspondence between the Congress and the American public is essential in understanding legislative decision-making. Among the documents and journals of the Serial Set, we’ve discovered reprints of letters between Congress and the Washington family …
Posted in: Collections, Law Library
Posted by: Betty Lupinacci
Today marks an anniversary that perhaps many people would like to forget: February 3, 1913 was the day that the 16th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified. For those of you who have blocked this amendment from your memory, the 16th Amendment states: …
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Posted by: Jim Martin
Today, January 29, marks the 101st anniversary of the certification by Acting Secretary of State Frank Polk of the ratification by three-quarters of the states of the proposed 18th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States of America, which prohibited in the United States ”the manufacture, sale or transportation of intoxicating liquors.” The adoption of …
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