Three Top Senate Reporters Share Favorite Senate TV Moments for C-SPAN2 Anniversary
Live, gavel-to-gavel coverage of the U.S. Senate floor.
It began 39 years ago -- June 2nd, 1986 – Day One of C-SPAN2.
Here's one of the first things heard that first day of Senate TV:
"Today begins the video history book. No longer will the great debates in this
Chamber be lost forever. What a thrill it would be to watch Henry Clay, John Calhoun, or Daniel Webster in action. Of course, there were no cameras or tape recorders rolling when those congressional giants spoke. But sadly, the sights and sounds of great debates featuring such legends as Everett Dirksen, Lyndon Johnson, Hubert…
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