Senators rest in the Old Senate Chamber during the 1960 Civil Rights Act debate, March 1, 1960
Senators rest in the Old Senate Chamber during the 1960 Civil Rights Act debate, March 1, 1960

Television cameras in an Energy Committee meeting, September 3, 2003
Television cameras in an Energy Committee meeting, September 3, 2003

Wilbur Mills, Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, 1966
Wilbur Mills, Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, 1966

Representative Powell preached at a major Harlem church before and during his quarter-century in Congress
Representative Powell preached at a major Harlem church before and during his quarter-century in Congress

Richard Nixon (right) and staff investigator Robert Stripling pose for photographs with the “Pumpkin Papers”- microfilms that implicated Hiss as one of Chambers’s Communist contacts.
Richard Nixon (right) and staff investigator Robert Stripling pose for photographs with the “Pumpkin Papers”- microfilms that implicated Hiss as one of Chambers’s Communist contacts.

Army Special Counsel Joseph Welch listens in frustration as Senator Joseph McCarthy displays what he considers to be a nationwide network of Communist Party organizations.
Army Special Counsel Joseph Welch listens in frustration as Senator Joseph McCarthy displays what he considers to be a nationwide network of Communist Party organizations.
