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  The Rayburn House Office Building   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
The Rayburn House Office Building, completed in early 1965, is the third of three office buildings constructed for the United States House of Representatives.
The area west of the Longworth Building on Squares 635 and 636 was chosen, with the main entrance on Independence Avenue and garage and pedestrian entrances on South Capitol Street, C Street, and First Street SW.
Speaker Sam Rayburn, for whom the building was named in 1962, is represented in the building in an oil portrait by Tom Lea, a marble relief by Paul Manship, and a six-foot bronze statue by Felix de Weldon.
www.aoc.gov /cc/cobs/rhob.cfm   (440 words)

  
 Election Information - Office of the Clerk   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Office of the Eighteenth Congressional District of Ohio
The Washington, D.C. office and the district offices of the Honorable Bob Ney will continue to serve the people of the Eighteenth Congressional District of Ohio under the supervision of the Clerk of the House of Representatives.
By federal law and the Rules of the House of Representatives, the employees of the former Representative continue to staff the offices of the congressional district under the supervision of the Clerk of the House of Representatives.
clerk.house.gov /members/electionInfo/Ohio_18th/index.html   (390 words)

  
 CNN.com - Sources: Capitol 'gunfire' likely from air hammer - May 26, 2006
The Rayburn House Office Building was locked down Friday morning after a congressman reported what he thought were gunshots in the building's garage, prompting armed police to conduct a room-by-room search of the complex.
A woman was taken by ambulance from the House staff gym to the hospital during the lockdown, said David All, a spokesman for Rep. Jack Kingston, R-Georgia.
Rayburn is the largest of three House office buildings.
www.cnn.com /2006/POLITICS/05/26/house.shots/index.html   (931 words)

  
 Rayburn House Office Building - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Rayburn House Office Building (RHOB) is a congressional office building for the U.S. House of Representatives in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Washington, D.C., between South Capitol Street and First Street.
The area west of the Longworth Building on squares 635 and 636 was chosen, with the main entrance on Independence Avenue and garage and pedestrian entrances on South Capitol Street, C Street, and First Street Southwest.
George Stewart, with the approval of the House Office Building Commission, selected the firm of Harbeson, Hough, Livingston and Larson of Philadelphia to design a simplified, classical building in architectural harmony with other Capitol Hill structures.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Rayburn_House_Office_Building   (617 words)

  
 Kids in the House - Time Traveler   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Cannon was Speaker of the House for the 58th through 61st Congresses.
He was the majority leader in the 68th Congress and the Speaker of the House in the 69th through the 71st Congresses.
Rayburn was elected Speaker of the House in 1940 and held that office for more than twice as long as any Speaker before him (1940-47; 1949-53; and 1955-61).
clerkkids.house.gov /time/people/buildings.html   (341 words)

  
 Fire in Rayburn House Office Building
WASHINGTON -- On October 13, 2004, at approximately 10:47 p.m., United States Capitol Police responded to a small fire on the basement level of the Rayburn House office building.
There were reports of heavy smoke throughout the building and garage area.
The building was deemed safe for re-entry by an Architect of the Capitol fire official at approximately 12:15 a.m.
www.uscapitolpolice.gov /pressreleases/2004/pr_10-14-04a.html   (139 words)

  
 2005 PSM Meeting Directions - Rayburn House Office Building
The Rayburn House Office Building is located on the unit block of Independence Avenue SW, directly across from the U.S. Capitol.
To reach the Rayburn House Office Building, at the top of the escalator continue straight onto First Street SE.
The entrance to the Rayburn House Office Building is halfway up that block on the left.
www.cpst.org /2005meeting/2005_Dir_Rayb.cfm   (271 words)

  
 Contact: Washington Office   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Rayburn House Office Building is located directly south of the U.S. Capitol.
Rayburn is bordered by the following streets: Independence Avenue, South Capitol Street, C Street SW, 1st Street SW.
Make a right onto South Capitol Street and the Rayburn Building will be on your left (an entrance is located halfway down the block).
suekelly.house.gov /ContactWashingtonOffice.asp   (116 words)

  
 Unusual Courage from 31 Members of Congress
Plaintiffs are the 31 Members of the United States House of Representatives whose names appear in the caption of this Complaint.
However, neither a majority of both Houses of Congress nor two thirds of the Senate have assented to the termination of the ABM Treaty, nor have they been requested to do so by the President.
The President's position on the merits was that the termination was a consequence of his decision to transfer recognition from Taiwan to the People's Republic of China pursuant to the well established and exclusive Presidential power of recognition under the Constitution.
www.commondreams.org /views02/0620-08.htm   (2101 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Currently, fortytwo Members of the U.S. House of Representatives have been assigned public electronic mailboxes that may be accessed by their constituents.
The House Document room ditributes House Bills, Resolutions, Reports, Documents, and Public Laws for the 104th Congress.
House Reports, Documents, and Public Laws for the 103rd Congress are also maintained.
www.afn.org /ht-free/doc/clcart-clc-congress   (1160 words)

  
 FOXNews.com - U.S. Capitol Police Reopen House Building After Reports of Gunfire - Politics | Republican Party | ...
WASHINGTON — Reports of shots fired inside a House office building on Capitol Hill —; which caused a shutdown Friday of that building as well as the Capitol —; likely resulted from noise caused by construction workers inside a parking garage, a police spokeswoman said.
House Speaker Dennis Hastert was home in Illinois when the incident began, an aide in his office said.
Bradshaw Smith, a tourist from Branson, Mo., who was in the Rayburn building cafeteria on a visit to the Capitol, said police yelled at bystanders to go to their offices.
www.foxnews.com /story/0,2933,197136,00.html   (1313 words)

  
 The Seattle Times: Nation & World: Gunfire report prompts lockdown of building that is used by Congress
Few House members were in town because the House adjourned Thursday for the Memorial Day recess, but many office workers who were inside had to stay put.
The call led police to briefly seal the Capitol and spend several hours searching the largest House office building as staff members and a few lawmakers were kept inside.
Outside the building, officers with rifles stood by and ambulances arrived.
seattletimes.nwsource.com /html/nationworld/2003022283_lock27.html   (544 words)

  
 Visiting D.C.
You will receive a confirmation from my office that your request has been received and is being processed.
It is located at 2263 Rayburn House Office Building, across the street from the U.S. Capitol Building.
We will be happy to provide you with passes to sit in on a session of the House of Representatives or the U.S. Senate, as well as other useful information about Washington attractions.
www.woolsey.house.gov /visitingdc.asp   (139 words)

  
 sweet: Rayburn House Office Building in Lockdown. UPDATE: ALL CLEAR. Investigating reports of gunfire.UPDATE 1, 2.
If you are in the Rayburn HOB then Shelter in Place.
Rayburn Building beginning on the top floor and working down.(jwc)
All persons in the Rayburn Building may resume their respective routines and
blogs.suntimes.com /sweet/2006/05/rayburn_house_office_building.html   (383 words)

  
 Watcher Magazine » Archive » Breaking: Shots Fired in Rayburn Building Parking Garage   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Apparently, someone was removed from the Rayburn building, but is is now assumed that the event is not related directly to the shots fired report.
Capitol Police seal off the area on the west side of the Rayburn House Office building at the Capitol Friday, May 26, 2006 in Washington after reports of gunfire.
The U.S. Capitol and (from L to R) Rayburn House Office Building, Longworth House Office Building, and Cannon House Office Building.
www.watchermagazine.com /?p=5107   (735 words)

  
 Federation for American Immigration Reform: Congressional Hearings for 108th Congress
Infrastructure and Border Security Subcommittee (Chairman Camp, R-Mich.) of House Select Homeland Security Committee held a hearing titled "One Face at the Border," focusing on an initiative that streamline the border inspection process by integrating the inspection functions of immigration, customs and Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service agents.
Immigration, Border Security and Claims Subcommittee (Chairman Hostettler, R-Ind.) of House Judiciary Committee will hold an oversight hearing titled "Should There be a Social Security Totalization Agreement with Mexico?" A social security totalization agreement is an executive agreement entered into by the United States with various foreign countries.
The purpose of a social security totalization agreement is to: relieve the employer and employee from double social security tax with respect to the same employment and to "totalize" the employee's Social Security tax paid to both countries in order to receive the combined benefits in only one country.
www.fairus.org /site/PageServer?pagename=leg_legislation69c3   (1650 words)

  
 Transcript of Secretary Spellings' Remarks at the Rayburn House Office Building Press Conference
Our goal at the Department of Education is to get the 372,000 students from kindergarten through higher education enrolled in school wherever they are in the 47 states plus the District of Columbia as quickly as possible.
The president has said, he's asked me to prepare a plan, which I'm working with the Office of Management and Budget on now, to make sure that these warm and welcoming educators in states around the country are adequately compensated and that those communities are not penalized for their good will and their generosity.
So that's the nature of the discussions that we're having with them both in the severely affected receiving states and those who are like Louisiana and Mississippi [in] the devastated areas.
www.ed.gov /news/speeches/2005/09/09142005.html   (545 words)

  
 FOXNews.com - FOX Facts: The Rayburn Building - Politics | Republican Party | Democratic Party | Political Spectrum
Gunshots were heard Friday near the Rayburn Building, part of the Capitol Hill campus.
— The area west of the Longworth Building on Squares 635 and 636 was chosen, with the main entrance on Independence Avenue and garage and pedestrian entrances on South Capitol Street, C Street, and First Street SW.
— Speaker Sam Rayburn, for whom the building was named in 1962, is represented in the building in an oil portrait by Tom Lea, a marble relief by Paul Manship, and a six-foot bronze statue by Felix de Weldon.
www.foxnews.com /story/0,2933,197154,00.html   (773 words)

  
 TheCapitol.Net > Maps And Directions > Am. Trucking Assn., Capitol Hill Club, Natl Democratic Club, Cannon House ...
The Club is at 30 Ivy Street SE, and the Democratic National Headquarters (DNHQ) is past the Club approximately 150 feet west (look for a modern building).
Using the Metro is highly recommended as parking in the area is extremely limited.
The Capitol South Metro stop is across the street from the Capitol Hill Club and kitty corner to the Madison Building of the Library of Congress.
www.thecapitol.net /MapsAndDirections/natldemocraticclub.htm   (500 words)

  
 RAND | Policy Resources for Congress | Research Briefings - Chronological
Noon - 1:30 P.M. 121 Cannon House Office Building
U.S. Army), Former Director of the Office of Reconstruction and Humanitarian Assistance for Post-War Iraq
U.S. Army), Former Director of Operations and Chief of Staff of the Office of Reconstruction and Humanitarian Assistance from January to May of 2003
www.rand.org /congress/activities   (1291 words)

  
 PC(USA) - Korean Ministries - News
Sample letter: The most effective way to send this letter is by fax.
Members of the House Judiciary Committee's Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security and Claims --- this subcommittee is deliberating on the bill currently;
Also, member of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration
www.pcusa.org /korean/letter.htm   (342 words)

  
 Delaware County (PA) Democratic Party
You are cordially invited to attend the Swearing-in ceremony of The Honorable Bryan Lentz
to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, 161st Legislative District.
Watch Congressman-elect Joe Sestak’s swearing-in ceremony on closed-circuit TV in the Foyer of the Rayburn House Office Building.
delcodems.com   (144 words)

  
 Hotline On Call: Shots Fired In Rayburn House Office Building?
Evolving wisdom and original reporting from the staff of the Hotline
The Capitol Police are investigating reports of gunfire in the Rayburn HOB.
The Hotline, National Journal Group, Inc. and Atlantic Media Company are not responsible for the content of the comments that remain.
hotlineblog.nationaljournal.com /archives/2006/05/shots_fired_in.html   (147 words)

  
 House Subcommittee on Courts and IP, 105th Congress   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
House Subcommittee on Courts and IP, 105th Congress
2332 Rayburn House Office Building Washington, DC 20515-4909 Phone: 202-225-5101 e-mail: sensen09@hr.house.gov
2329 Rayburn House Office Building Washington, DC 20515 Phone: 202-225-3861 Fax: 202-225-0442 e-mail: ninthnet@hr.house.gov
www.public.asu.edu /~dkarjala/congress/housesub.html   (180 words)

  
 House Committee on Commerce
Approval of the Committee on Commerce's Oversight Plan for the 106th Congress, as required by Clause 2(d)(1) of Rule X of the Rules of the House of Representatives for the 106th Congress;
The Committee endeavors to make its facilities accessible to persons with disabilities.
If you are in need of special accommodations, or have any questions regarding special accommodations generally, please contact the Committee in advance of the scheduled event (4 business days notice is requested) at (202) 225-2927; TTY# (202) 225-1904; or 2125 Rayburn House Office Building.
www.state.nv.us /nucwaste/news/house01.htm   (308 words)

  
 DoD News: Deputy Secretary Wolfowitz Media Stakeout at the Rayburn House Office Building
Deputy Secretary Wolfowitz Media Stakeout at the Rayburn House Office Building
(Media stakeout at the Rayburn House Office Building.  Participating were Rep. Duncan Hunter, chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz and Gen. John Abizaid, commander, U.S. Central Command.)
     Hunter:  Hi folks, we had an excellent briefing in which we invited the membership of the House to get an update from Secretary Wolfowitz and Gen. Abizaid who is the commanding officer of CENTCOM on the situation in Iraq.
www.defenselink.mil /transcripts/2003/tr20030904-depsecdef0646.html   (304 words)

  
 rayburn cherry tree photo -- Declan McCullagh photograph
rayburn cherry tree photo -- Declan McCullagh photograph
Cherry tree in bloom outside Rayburn House office building
Order a print Buy a custom, signed print made to your exact specifications.
www.mccullagh.org /image/950-7/rayburn-cherry-tree.html   (79 words)

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