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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…

Tags: Congress, Health, Senate Finance Committee, Tax, Trade, US Senate

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…

Tags: Act, Bill, Congress, Education, House of Representatives, Law, Legislation

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…

Tags: ASO, Awards, Congress, Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, MBNQA, Quality Management

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,…

Tags: African-American, Congress, House of Representatives, Joseph Hayne Rainey, Reconstruction Era

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…

Tags: Congress, Florida, Hispanic, Joseph Marion Hernández

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…

Tags: Congress, Congresswoman, Jeannette Rankin, Montana, Pacifism, War, Women

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…

Tags: Congress, Education, Legislation, Science, Women

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…

Tags: Accountability, Congress, Efficiency, GAO, Government Accountability Office, Oversight, Watchdog

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.

Tags: 1920s, Congress, IRS, Tax Forms, Taxes

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…

Tags: Anti-Pollution, Congress, Oil Dumping, Oil Pollution, T. Frank Appleby, Wildlife