Congressional Research Service Issues Insight White Paper on Lying in State or Honor in U.S. Capitol by Non-Members of Congress
May 02, 2024
May 02, 2024
WASHINGTON, May 2 -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following Insight white paper (No. IN11510) on May 1, 2024, by Congress specialist Jacob R. Straus.
Here are excerpts:
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Lying in State or Honor in the U.S. Capitol by Non-Members of Congress
On April 29, 2024, Colonel Ralph Puckett, Jr., the last surviving Medal of Honor recipient from the Korean War, lay in honor in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda. In a press release, House Speak . . .
Here are excerpts:
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Lying in State or Honor in the U.S. Capitol by Non-Members of Congress
On April 29, 2024, Colonel Ralph Puckett, Jr., the last surviving Medal of Honor recipient from the Korean War, lay in honor in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda. In a press release, House Speak . . .