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Senator mitch mcconnell. We hear about Historic Events that occurred in what is now the Republican Leaders suite. Posted hosted the house of representatives, the u. S. Senate, and library of congress. Senator mcconnell takes us behind the scenes into the Republican LeadersConference Room and private office. He recalls his own political career in the historic moments in which he participated. Host we are in the United States capitol in the senate wing and about to be given a tour by the majority leader himself. Thank you, senator mcconnell for opening you have this week to us. Where are we in the capitol right now . Senator mcconnell we are not in the senate wing, which is further down. We are in the m ....
And he recalls his own political career and the historic moments in which he participated. We are in the United States capitol in the senate wing and about to be given a tour by the majority leader himself. Thank you, senator mcconnell for opening up the suite to us. Where are we in the capitol right now . Senator mcconnell we are not in the senate wing, which is further down. We are in the main happen toll. The main government came down from the philadelphia in the summer of 1800, and the capitol looked quite different at that point. The two wings were added right before the civil war during the 1850s. But this particular space, like every space in the capital has , its own history. We do know that during that general period they began to , develop what subsequently came known as the library of congress in this particular space. Its been the office of the republican leader of the senate, whoever that is whether we are , in the maj ....
So first, the documentary sources of the bill of rights. I said that madison drew centrally on george masons virginia declaration which also inspired jefferson. Lets look at the amendments that madison proposed that were not ultimately adopted. His first proposal talks about natural rights. It says all powers originally vested in and consequently derived from the people, it talks about the need for government to protect natural rights, and then it says that the people have an inalienable right to reform or change their government when its inadequate to the purposes of the institution. This takes us right back to the original declaration and reminds us of the centrality of the right to alter and abolish government that everyson put in the declaration. Second proposal was the one we talked about that appears in the original bill of rights as the First Amendment, and thats the one that says there has to be one representative in cong ....
Each week american artifacts takes viewers into archives, museums and Historic Sites around the country. Next, we tour some of the oldest rooms in the u. S. Capitol with senator mitch mcconnell. We hear about the Historic Events that occurred in what is now the Republican Leaders suite, the very rooms that, early in the 19th century, hosted the u. S. House of representatives, the u. S. Senate and the library of congress. Senator mcconnell recalls his own political career and the historic moments in which he participated. We are in the United States capitol in the senate wing and about to be given a tour of the Senate MajorityLeaders Office by the maj ....