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Opening Day in the Senate
The Senate was organized without interrupition. -
Standing Committees
The House and Senate each adopted ta bill. -
Seniority Rule
The Senioority rule was an unwritten custom. -
Debate
The House forbids any members froming holding the floor for more than an hour. -
Debate
speakers had power to force any member who strays away from the subject at hand to give the floor -
State of the Union Message
Woodrow Wilson's first message was that the President has almost presented his annual assessment in person. -
The President of Senate
Senator Robert C. Byrd was elected to his first term in the upper house -
Voting
The House installed a comuterzied the voting system for all quorum calls and record votes to replace the roll call by claerk. -
Select Committees
Watergate Scandal was starting to unfold and Senator Sam Ervin created the Senate Watergate Committe -
Select Committees
President Richard Nixon resignation from office -
The Speaker of the House
Nancy Pelosi was the first woman to serve as Speaker. -
Two Panels
The Senate's Select Committee on Secret Military Assistance to Iran and the Nicaraguan Opposition and The House Select Committee to Investigate Covert Arms Transactions with Iran. -
Opening Day in the House
Representative Sherrod Brown does his first opening. -
Criticism of the Seniority Rule
The House Republicans forged a major change in the seniority rule when they took control of the lower chamber