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[Congressional activities file from the CQ Roll Call Photograph Collection (CQ portion)]
| Content Provider | Library of Congress - Photographs |
|---|---|
| Spatial Coverage | United States Washington (D.C.) |
| Description | Photographs include images used in Congressional Quarterly publications on congressional topics such as press conferences, hearings, committee markups, meetings and rallies. A large proportion of the photographs depict the work of congressional committees. House committees include Agriculture, Banking, Energy and Commerce, Ethics, Transportation and Infrastructure, and Ways and Means. Senate committees include Agriculture, Appropriations, Armed Services, Banking, Budget, Commerce, Energy, Environment, Finance, Foreign Relations, Government Affairs, Intelligence, Judiciary, Labor, and Rules. The Joint Organization of Congress Committee is also shown with Ross Perot testifying. Notable images include female officers at a hearing on women in the military and General John Shalikashvili, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (Senate Armed Services); Robert Gates with members of the Senate Intelligence Committee and Carol A. DeVine, wife of an American slain in Guatemala (Senate Intelligence); Senators Joe Biden, Strom Thurmond and others at nomination hearing for Ruth Bader Ginsberg; the Clarence Thomas hearings and Randy Weaver of the Ruby Ridge standoff (Senate Judiciary Committee); Senators Edward Kennedy and Nancy Kassebaum at meeting discussing the Abortion Clinic Access Bill and Dr. Ian Wilmut testifying about cloning (Senate Labor). Other topics are the budget, including the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993; Republican rallies in support of the Contract with America, Democratic Party leaders including speaker Jim Wright, Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell, Chuck Robb and Steny Hoyer; Republican Party leaders including Newt Gingrich, Tom DeLay, Dick Armey, and Trent Lott; Family and Medical Leave legislation discussions with Edward Kennedy and others, gun control legislation including images of President Reagan's press secretary, Jim Brady during press conference at the Supreme Court; Democratic and Republican healthcare proposals; the House banking scandal including images of House Speaker Tom Foley talking to reporters outside the U.S. Capitol; the House Women's Caucus including images of members at the Clarence Thomas confirmation hearings; immigration including photographs of "Ana X" a Peruvian refugee with Senator Patrick Leahy at a press conference on asylum policy; Senate Minority Leader Bob Dole, Senator Phil Gramm and others at a press conference announcing Senator Richard Shelby's change from a Democrat to a Republican in 1994; a rally on the U.S. Capitol grounds in support of the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) with Kenny G., Michael Bolton, Garth Brooks and Representative Jerrold Nadler; a hearing of the Senate Watergate Committee showing Sam Ervin, Lowell Weicker, others; the Whitewater hearings (1994-1995) with images of Associate Attorney General Webster Hubbell, George Stephanopoulus, Margaret A. Williams and others testifying. Also includes one image of Speaker of the House Tom Foley, George Mitchell and others leaving the White House after a meeting with President Bush about the Persian Gulf War. |
| File Format | JPG / JPEG |
| Language | English |
| Part of Series | Groups of Images (LOTs) |
| Requires | HTML5 supported browser |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Government investigations--Washington (D.C.)--1970-2000. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Legislators--Washington (D.C.)--1970-2000. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Press conferences--Washington (D.C.)--1970-2000. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Legislation--Washington (D.C.)--1970-2000. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Cabinet officers--Washington (D.C.)--1970-2000. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Legislative hearings--Washington (D.C.)--1970-2000. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Meetings--Washington (D.C.)--1970-2000. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Economic policy--United States--1970-2000. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | United States.--Congress--People--1970-2000. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Supreme Court justices--Washington (D.C.)--1970-2000. |
| Content Type | Image |
| Resource Type | Photograph |
