But Jefferson had a second motive: His books were bound for Washington, D.C., where they would become the cornerstone of the rebuilt Library of Congress, which the British Army had torched the ...

Hill watchers, oversight wonks and good-governance types descended on a Rayburn House Office Building hearing room Wednesday with a wish list of spending items for the legislative branch. It was the ...

A House Appropriations Subcommittee holds a hearing on the budgets for the Architect of the Capitol and the Library of Congress. A House Appropriations subcommittee holds a hearing on the U.S ...

After you've admired the Capitol, walk along East Capitol Street to the Library of Congress. Comprising three buildings and housing more than 164 million books, manuscripts, sound recordings ...