Today, the Office of the Clerk beta launched HouseLive.gov—a streaming video feed of the House Floor:
The site also hosts searchable and downloadable video archives going back to the start of the 111th Congress (January 6, 2009) and has a highlighted archive for events like the State of the Union and Chancellor Angela Merkel’s address to Congress last year:
The video archives are also cross-referenced with the legislative floor proceeding summary so you can skip ahead in the video archive on any given day by clicking the part of the debate you are interested in. For example, this is last Wednesday’s debate of the Caregivers and Veterans Omnibus Health Services Act—legislation that enhances health services for the 1.8 million women veterans, expands mental health services, and provides new support for families and others who care for disabled, ill, or injured veterans:
Source: The Gavel--Rep. Nancy Pelosi's Blog Hat Tip: via Sunlight Foundation Blog
Note: What we're unclear about is why is a completely new system is needed? C-SPAN airs and webcasts (and now makes searchable) gavel-to-gavel coverage of EVERY U.S. House and U.S. Senate session. If it had to be done, why didn't the House and C-SPAN partner on a site?
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