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22 hours ago · On September 6, 2002, approximately 300 members of Congress traveled from Washington, D.C. to New York to convene in Federal Hall National Memorial as a symbolic show of support for the city; this was the first meeting of Congress in New York since 1790.
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22 hours ago · Representative Thomas "Tip" O'Neill was Speaker of the House (1977–1987) and was the highest ranking Democrat in Washington, D.C. during most of Reagan's term. Democrats who supported many conservative policies were instrumental in the election of Republican President Ronald Reagan in 1980.
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22 hours ago · Like the Senate, the House of Representatives meets in the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C. At one end of the chamber of the House is a rostrum from which the speaker, Speaker pro tempore, or (when in the Committee of the Whole) the chair presides. The lower tier of the rostrum is used by clerks and other officials.
- January 3, 2023
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22 hours ago · These cars were numbered 1000–1299, and rehabilitated in the mid-1990s by Breda Costruzioni Ferroviarie and WMATA at their Brentwood Shop in northeast Washington, D.C. Features. Two major characteristics distinguished the 1000-series from the later series cars.
22 hours ago · The 1992 United States presidential election was the 52nd quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, ... Washington, D.C. 84.64%; Starr County, Texas 82.80%;
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22 hours ago · Paul Davis Ryan (born January 29, 1970) is an American politician who served as the 54th speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 2015 to 2019. A member of the Republican Party, he was the vice presidential nominee in the 2012 election with Mitt Romney, but they lost to incumbent President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden.
22 hours ago · The National Coalition Against Domestic Violence in the United States reports that: 25% - 50% of victims of abuse from a partner have lost their job due to domestic violence. 35% - 56% of victims of domestic violence are harassed at work by their partners. More than 1.75 million workdays are lost each year to domestic violence.