The economy

Thomas has links to the Economic Stabilization House & Senate legislation.

The FDIC has information about the latest concerning Wachovia along with other financial issues. Note the Top Search Results on the right.

Documents of the Week: War Department

For the week of September 29, we will be focusing on the War Department. You will find the following documents on the Government Documents display table:

• Calvary Drill Regulations, United States Army, 1916
• Information Relative to the Appointment and Admission of Cadets to the United States Military Academy, West Point, N.Y., 1933
• Information Pamphlet, United States Military Academy, West Point, N.Y., 1945
• A Manual for Courts-Martial, U.S. Army, 1921
• Military Notes on Cuba, 1909
• Military Pyrotechnics: The History and Development of Military Pyrotechnics, v.1, 1919
• Manual no.8, Technical Equipment of the Signal Corps, 1916
• Summation of United States Army Military Government Activities in Korea, no.13, October, 1946

I had the pleasure of rocking next to a Korean Veteran at a local restaurant for a few minutes this past Saturday. Of course, I told him about the Summation document!

Federal Natural Disasters & Re-election Years

I admit that I was busy and only heard a portion of the Fast Draw section from this past CBS Sunday Morning episode but, the words FEMA and re-election caught my attention. Evidently, the number of federal disasters goes up during an election year. The data mentioned in the section comes from the FEMA website, http://www.fema.gov/news/disasters.fema. Would you like to watch the Fast Draw video? Go to http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/1998/07/09/sunday/main13562.shtml & scroll down to Fast Draw: Disaster Relief. **It's not available just yet. You would like to read the transcripts? Use Academic LexisNexis. Confused? Ask us!

Documents of the Week

Beginning September 19, 2008, we will display documents on our new display table. Feel free to stop by and check them out (really, you can check out some our docs!)

CONGRESS & THE CAPITOL

• A Manual of Parliamentary Practice for the Use of the Senate of the United States by Thomas Jeffereson
• Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774-2005
• Glenn Brown's History of the United States Capitol
• Constantino Brumidi: Artist of the Capitol
• The Capitol: a Pictorial History of the Capitol and of the Congress
• United States Senate: Catalogue of Graphic Art
• United States Senate: Catalogue of Fine Art
• History of the United States Capitol: a Chronicle of Design, Construction, and Politics