After much hullabaloo, the 112th Congress kicked off its second day as promised: by reading the Constitution aloud on the House floor for the first time ever, per a chamber historian. Except not all ...

For the first time in history, the Constitution of the United States has been read aloud in the House of Representatives. After some discussion, Republicans agreed to make it bipartisan. The reading, ...

Suddenly the Constitution is newsworthy. The House of Representatives recently read it aloud for the first time ever, it’s been called obscure beyond understanding, termed a document of racist ...

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