C-SPAN's First Ever Televised House Session

C-SPAN's First Ever Televised House Session

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Al Gore, Cardiss Collins

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On March 19, 1979, C-SPAN transmitted live video of the U.S. House of Representatives in session. This was the first time the House permitted live television. The Senate followed seven years later in 1986.