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Congress' First Quorum Call; In 1789, Pay Raises, Protocol, Cabinet Confirmations and a Propensity to Speechify
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The Washington Post
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April 2, 1989
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Copyright informationCopyright 1989 The Washington Post. This material is published under license from the Washington Post. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Washington Post. (Hide copyright information)
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Two hundred years ago this week-despite muddy roads, long
distances, states' rights, deep doubts and in some cases, as George
Washington put it, "stupor and listlessness"-the first Congress to
convene under the new Constitution finally attained a quorum.
That's when the problems of the 101st Congress began. They all
can be traced back, one by one, to the 10,000 sacred scraps and
precious pieces being edited in a project called "The Documentary
History of the First Federal Congress," Charlene Bangs Bickford,
director, Kenneth Bowling and Helen Veit, associate editors.
Vol. 1 of the "Documentary History" puts it this way: "The First
Congress confronted in one form or another, almost ...
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