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Category : Caucus Room (Richard B. Russell Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C.)
Languages : en
Pages : 16

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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 16

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Author: William Alden Smith
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0671025538
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 612

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Merely a day afterTitanicsurvivors arrived in port in New York City, a United States Senate committee began an investigation into the wreck of the great "unsinkable" ship. For the first time in book form, here is the dramatic testimony of crew and passengers from all walks of life, as they recall the sights and sounds of the night of April 14, 1912.From the manners of the day to the conduct fo those boarding the lifeboats, from acts of kindness to palpable greed, here is an unforgettable portrait of human nature in the face of theTitanictragedy, in the words of the men and women who survived....J. Bruce Ismay,British officer of the White Star Line, who hopped into a lifeboat to save himself and never looked back to see her go down....Second officerCharles Lightoller'sharrowing plunge as the sinking ship's force of suction pulled him under water....On-duty lookoutFrederick Fleet'sadmission that the iceberg might have been avoided if the crew had been equipped with binoculars....PassengerDaisy Minahan,who recalled the refusal of an officer in her lifeboat to aid those adrift in the frigid waters...and many more witnesses to one of the most shattering events of our century. Illustrated with historical photographs, TheTitanic Disaster Hearingsis a vital piece of the puzzle that has sparked worldwide fascination.

Author: United States. Congress
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Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 1084

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Author: Robert Draper
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1451642105
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 340

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When the Tea Party Came to Town demonstrates Robert Draper’s uncanny ability to ferret out news-making tidbits and provides us with the first look at this game-changing Congress—sure to be a classic work. In When the Tea Party Came to Town, Robert Draper delivers the definitive account of what may turn out to be the worst congressional term in United States history. As he did in writing about President George W. Bush in Dead Certain, Draper burrows deep inside his subject, gaining cooperation from the major players, and provides an insider’s book like no one else can—a colorful, unsparingly detailed, but evenhanded narrative of how the House of Representatives became a house of ill repute. Because of the bitterly divided political atmosphere in which we live, this literary window on the backstage machinations of the House of Representatives is both captivating and timely—revealing the House in full, from the process of how laws are made (and in this case, not made) to the most eye-popping cast of lawmakers Washington has ever seen.

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Category : Office buildings
Languages : en
Pages : 4

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Author: John V. Sullivan
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 72

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Author: United States. Congress
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Languages : en
Pages : 788

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Author: Craig Schultz
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Languages : en
Pages : 404

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Category : Wisconsin
Languages : en
Pages : 762

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