Capitol Lens: Senate Face-Lift

By Douglas Graham

Posted January 17, 2012 at 5:19pm

While Senators were home repairing political fences in the midst of the Great Depression, workmen were busy repairing the Senate Chamber, which underwent a thorough painting and renovation in late 1937.

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