28
Oct
2020
Good morning, Capitol Hill and all Hill-adjacent areas. You know what? Let me wish a good morning to everyone who’s voted already or has made a plan to do so, because it’s HAPPY EARLY VOTINGMAS and have you checked out our voting resource? Speaking of voting, if you’re concerned that voting might take you too […]
Last week, we looked at the use and misuse of the old chamber of the House of Representatives after those gentlemen departed to their new chamber in the south wing of the Capitol. Today will be about the results of this abuse. On April 19, 1964, Representative Justin Morrill, whose main claim to fame is […]
A month ago, I began writing about the state of the Capitol in the mid-19th century, starting with a look at the state of the floor at the time Charles Dickens visited. The Capitol was, doubtlessly, far less clean than it is today. It was also, as we will see today, far more of a […]