Undeterred by economy, House raises budget for member offices

WASHINGTON — The recession and rising joblessness has millions of Americans cutting their household budgets, but times are flush for lawmakers.

Vintage news, earthshaking and obscure: Online archive of historical newspapers hits 1M pages

WASHINGTON — “Flying Machine that will Work: Ohio Boys have Solved a Big Mechanical Problem,” reads a headline from the Palestine Daily Herald in Texas.

Obama to take oath on Lincoln’s Bible

WASHINGTON - US president-elect Barack Obama will be sworn into office with the same Bible that Abraham Lincoln used for his oath taking ceremony in 1861.

Poll

Would you vote for Barack Obama if he contests today?

View Results

Comments

Show all Polls
Loading ... Loading ...

Latest Tweets

Library of congress

  • georgemayo The Library of Congress' YouTube Channel http://bit.ly/Ls3ai
  • wwwtopmodelio WWW.FACEMANIA.NET Stacking the Tech: The Library of Congress Talks Digital.. http://tinyurl.com/kqf9my STRISCIANOTIZIA.COM
  • cllibrary US Library of Congress' Digital Collection One of World's Largest http://bit.ly/CuMIr
  • ecarr42 browsing Catalogue of the Law Department of the Library of Congress (1860) http://tr.im/BgvD via @internetarchive
  • Gwynfyre Friday 1: Crash the moon and a Nobel Prize surprise. Metro to the Library of Congress: Cool building.
  • JohnKellenJames US Library of Congress' Digital Collection One of World's Largest http://tinyurl.com/ygvgzq4
  • mwelton I was officially entered as an editor to the Library of Congress today. How cool is that?
  • biography_book Library of Congress Catalog: Motion Pictures and Filmstrips; a Cumulative List of Works Rep... - by Library of Congress. http://bit.ly/KYgjX
  • WiseLatinasEnt The Wise Latinas Book Collection Will Be Distributed On Amazon, Ingram, & FIner Book Stores Incl Barnes & Noble, Library of Congress ...
  • LibraMuse Did u know that the largest library in the WORLD is the "Library of Congress" in Wash., DC? I.e. 650 miles of bookshelves in 460 languages.

Latest Friend Feeds

Library of congress

  • charya2nao Conclusions and Recommendations-Once largely acquiescent in matters of national security, Congress took on a more assertive role in the 1970s, reflecting a loss of confidence in executive branch leadership after the Vietnam war.-Conclusions, Recommendations, Congress-https://www.cia.gov/library/center-for-the-study-of-intelligence/csi-publications/books-and-monographs/sharing-secrets-with-lawmaker
  • mlx Library of Congress Digital Collections 700 Terabytes of Data and Growing10.10.09
  • advocatesstudio Stabilizing Special Collections for High-Density Storage (Preservation, Library of Congress)
  • richards1000 RT @ecarr42 browsing Catalogue of the Law Department of the Library of Congress (1860) http://tr.im/BgvD via @internetarchive
  • igorramone [Casey Stengel, full-length portrait, wearing sunglasses, while playing outfield for the Brooklyn Dodgers] (LOC)
  • winget Designing Storage Architectures for Preservation Collections Meeting, September 2009 - Digital Preservation (Library of Congress)
  • biographybook Library of Congress Catalog: Motion Pictures and Filmstrips; a Cumulative List of Works Rep... - by Library of Congress.
  • boostventilator A man is known by his pets, some people say (LOC)
  • polymath22 Preservation at the Library of Congress: Stabilizing Special ...
  • diagonale Digital Preservation (Library of Congress)
  • mlx Preservation at the Library of Congress: Stabilizing Special Collections for High-Density Storage
  • copycense Why didn't Library of Congress propose digital library 20 years ago #disfordigitize #gbs (via @oitp) A: Because it's Library of Congress
  • amlibraryassociation Mtima: Why didn't Library of Congress come out two decades ago with an idea for comprehensive digital library #disfordigitize #gbs
  • resourceshelf Preservation at the Library of Congress: Stabilizing Special Collections for High-Density Storage http://bit.ly/1QS3Bx
  • govfresh Preservation at the Library of Congress: Stabilizing Special Collections for ... - ResourceShelf (blog)
  • intellibitz Library of Congress Blog
  • josiefraser Search Results - THOMAS (Library of Congress)
  • govfresh US Library of Congress' Digital Collection One of World's Largest - Voice of America
  • brungrrl An hour before the Christmas dinner. Problem: Can he wait (LOC)
  • govfresh USA's Yesterdays: Library of Congress -- From plain beginnings, a behemoth - Journal Gazette and Times-Courier
Protected by Comment Guard Pro