From C-SPAN's 2006 series 'The Capitol', a look inside the Old Senate Chamber. The Senate meets there July 15, 2013 6pm ET in a closed-door Joint Senate Caucus to discuss proposed changes to Senate… ...

A marble bust of Roger Taney of Maryland — the former chief justice who wrote the Supreme Court’s proslavery Dred Scott decision in 1857 — has been permanently removed from the Old Senate ...

In the US Senate Daily Press Gallery, a row of wooden phone booths stands proud, even if they’re only to keep cell-phone conversations private. The suite of rooms on the third floor of the Capitol, ...

During the War of 1812, the British invaded Washington, D.C. and were able to breach and burn down the U.S. Capitol building. A Senate history page says the Senate did not meet in the historic Old ...

When the British torched the U.S. Capitol in 1814, ... One is the Statuary, which is the old House chamber, and the other is the old Senate chamber — the columns are still there,” said Kreingold.

At first the commotion outside the Senate chamber sounded like a routine disturbance to the members inside, the kind of small-scale protest that often takes place at the Capitol. Then a Senate ...

The storming of the U.S. Capitol by a mob of Trump supporters is unprecedented. But the building has seen its share of skirmishes. A gunman opened fire in the U.S. Capitol in 1995, killing two ...

Javascript must be enabled in order to access C-SPAN videos. *This text was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning. The history, art, and architecture of the U.S. Capitol from its opening in ...

During the War of 1812, the British invaded Washington, D.C. and were able to breach and burn down the U.S. Capitol building. A Senate history page says the Senate did not meet in the historic Old ...