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INSPIRE Women Act, White House

White House, INSPIRE Women Act, Wikimedia Commons, 2/28/2017

The Inspiring the Next Space Pioneers, Innovators, Researchers, and Explorers Act (H.R. 321), or INSPIRE Women Act, was introduced by Representative…

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Recognizing Achievement in Classified School Employees Act, Nevada State Education Association

Nevada State Education Association, Recognizing Achievement in Classified School Employees Act, Nevada State Education Association, Unknown

The Recognizing Achievement in Classified School Employees Act (H.R. 276) was a piece of legislature, sponsored by Representative Dina Titus of…

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Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award (MBNQA), American Society for Quality

American Society for Quality, Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award (MBNQA), American Society for Quality, 1987

An award established by the U.S. Congress in 1987 to raise awareness of quality management and recognize U.S. companies that have implemented…

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United States Senate Committee on Finance, 1789 -, The Senate Finance Committee 

The Senate Finance Committee , United States Senate Committee on Finance, 1789 -, The Senate Finance Committee , First photo - 1932-8 Second photo - 2016

During the Senate’s first 27 years (1789-1816), it had no standing committees.  The early Senate was a small body.  It conducted its work through…

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Everybody's doing it. Doing what? Paying taxes, of course, 1920s, Underwood & Underwood (Publishers)

Underwood & Underwood (Publishers), Everybody's doing it. Doing what? Paying taxes, of course, 1920s, Library of Congress, c. 1920s

Large group of people filling out tax forms in Internal Revenue office.

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Congress, Wilson before War Tax Message, 1914, Harris & Ewing, photographer

Harris & Ewing, photographer, Congress, Wilson before War Tax Message, 1914, Library of Congress, 1914

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Government Accountabiltiy Office (GAO), GAO

GAO, Government Accountabiltiy Office (GAO), GAO, 1921

The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) is an independent, nonpartisan agency that works for Congress. Often called the "congressional…

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1940- Margaret Chase Smith, First Woman to Serve in Both Houses of Congress, Harris & Ewing

Harris & Ewing, 1940- Margaret Chase Smith, First Woman to Serve in Both Houses of Congress, Library of Congress, 1940

Margaret Chase Smith follows in husband's footsteps. Washington, D.C., June 10. Margaret Chase Smith, wife of the late Rep. Clyde Smith, Republican,…

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Congressman T. Frank Appleby, Oil Polution Act, Harris & Ewing

Harris & Ewing, Congressman T. Frank Appleby, Oil Polution Act, Library of Congress, 1905-1945

In 1921, Congressman T. Frank Appleby introduced a bill designed to limit oil pollution, a piece of legislation that would eventually become the 1924…

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Jeannette Rankin, First Woman in the United States Congress

Jeannette Rankin, First Woman in the United States Congress

Jeannette Rankin (June 11, 1880 – May 18, 1973) is often remembered primarily for being the first woman elected into the U.S. Congress. However, her…

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Joseph Marion Hernández, First Hispanic Member of the U.S. Congress 1821- 1823, Charles Fenderich

Charles Fenderich, Joseph Marion Hernández, First Hispanic Member of the U.S. Congress 1821- 1823, Library of Congress, 1850

Joseph Hernández is the first Hispanic Member of U.S. Congress (17th, 1821–1823) and the first Territorial Delegate to represent Florida. Though…

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Joseph Rainey, First African American to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives, 1869-1879, Mathew Brady or Levin Handy

Mathew Brady or Levin Handy, Joseph Rainey, First African American to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives, 1869-1879, Library of Congress, Between 1865 and 1880

Joseph Hayne Rainey, 1832-1887. Born in Georgetown, South Carolina. He was the first African American to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives,…

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