PRESENTS AN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE ON THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS. EXAMINES ITS SPECIFIC FUNCTIONS AND REVEALS THE VARIED ACTIVITIES OF ITS MEMBERS. CONGRESSMAN MARK ANDREWS AND SENATOR THOMAS EAGLETON ARE SHOWN AT WORK IN THEIR OFFICES, CONFERRING WITH STAFF MEMBERS AND EXPLAINING THE LONG, COMPLICATED PROCESS OF LEGISLATION, THE MONTHS OF RESEARCH, PUBLIC HEARINGS, COMMITTEE MEETINGS, LOBBYING, AND DEBATES. MEMBERS OF BOTH HOUSES SHARE ALL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES AND HAVE ONE GOAL IN COMMON - TO CARRY OUT THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE, TO ENSURE THAT THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PEOPLE IS, INDEED, THE PEOPLE'S GOVERNMENT.
INDEPENDENCE HALL IN PHILADELPHIA. DEPRESSION ERA FOOTAGE. CHECKS AND BALANCES. HISTORY OF AMERICAN GOVERNMENT, DEMOCRACY.
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UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT. WASHINGTON, D.C.
PRESENTS AN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE ON THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS. EXAMINES ITS SPECIFIC FUNCTIONS AND REVEALS THE VARIED ACTIVITIES OF ITS MEMBERS. CONGRESSMAN MARK ANDREWS AND SENATOR THOMAS EAGLETON ARE SHOWN AT WORK IN THEIR OFFICES, CONFERRING WITH STAFF MEMBERS AND EXPLAINING THE LONG, COMPLICATED PROCESS OF LEGISLATION, THE MONTHS OF RESEARCH, PUBLIC HEARINGS, COMMITTEE MEETINGS, LOBBYING, AND DEBATES. MEMBERS OF BOTH HOUSES SHARE ALL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES AND HAVE ONE GOAL IN COMMON - TO CARRY OUT THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE, TO ENSURE THAT THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PEOPLE IS, INDEED, THE PEOPLE'S GOVERNMENT. INDEPENDENCE HALL IN PHILADELPHIA. DEPRESSION ERA FOOTAGE. CHECKS AND BALANCES. HISTORY OF AMERICAN GOVERNMENT, DEMOCRACY. |
