Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Congress Hall is now maintained by the National Park Service, which operates guided tours of the building throughout the year on a first-come, first-served basis. [8] On December 2, 2008, the building hosted President-elect Barack Obama's meeting with the National Governors Association where they discussed the economic crisis then facing the ...
The United States Capitol Visitor Center (CVC), located below the East Front of the Capitol and its plaza, between the Capitol building and 1st Street East, opened on December 2, 2008. The CVC provides a single security checkpoint for all visitors, including those with disabilities, and an expansion space [ clarification needed ] for the US ...
The construction of the CVC represents the largest-ever expansion of the United States Capitol [7] and more than doubles the footprint of the U.S. Capitol building complex. [8] The American Institute of Architects presented RTKL Associates Inc. with the Award of Excellence in Historic Resources for their work on the U.S. Capitol Visitor Center ...
"Hold Me Now" is a 1983 song by British band the Thompson Twins. Written by the band members, the song was produced by Alex Sadkin and the group's lead vocalist Tom Bailey . The song is a mid-tempo new wave song that uses a varied instrumentation, including keyboards, a xylophone , a piano and Latin percussion .
In 1960, an operator-controlled monorail was installed for the Dirksen Senate Office Building. [2] A two-car subway line connecting the Rayburn House Office Building to the Capitol was built in 1965. [3] [4] The Dirksen monorail, which had been extended to the Hart Senate Office Building in 1982, was replaced in 1993 by an automatic train. [1] [2]
The select panel investigating the events of Jan. 6 released new details of a Capitol tour given by Rep. Barry Loudermilk, R-Ga., one day before the building was attacked by a mob of Trump supporters.
Dramatic, newly released video shot by a Jan. 6 rioter shows the confrontation between two Republican members of Congress and Capitol rioters trying to breach the main door into the chamber of the ...
The tape depicts the group led by Rep. Barry Loudermilk (R-Ga.) snapping images and taking videos of stairways, security posts and tunnels, all areas “not typically of interest to tourists ...