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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...after television cameras were allowed on the floor, the Senate Rules Committee issued regulations regarding visual aids. Display material can consist of charts, maps or photos, but "artistic renderings" are strictly forbidden -- thus no unflattering caricatures of Phil Gramm. Originally, displays could be no larger than 24 in. by 30 in. This was changed when Senator Ted Stevens asserted that the rules did not accommodate maps of his large home state, Alaska; the current maximum is 36 in. by 48 in. There are no rules regarding size on the House side, where the Speaker has the authority to decide whether...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Blame Ross Perot | 8/29/1994 | See Source »

...CHART: NOT AVAILABLE...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Way Too Premature Campaign '96 Preview | 8/29/1994 | See Source »

Usually they are designed on aides' computers, then taken to the Senate Service Department or House Information Systems office, where they are printed out and blown up in order to be C-SPAN-ready. Costs on the House side run from $60 to $110 a chart, at taxpayer expense. For simpler enlargements, staff members or congressional offices occasionally turn to the local Kinko's, two blocks away from the Capitol and open 24 hours...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Blame Ross Perot | 8/29/1994 | See Source »

...chart aesthetics a subject of partisan wrangling...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Blame Ross Perot | 8/29/1994 | See Source »

...CHART: NOT AVAILABLE...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hold On! | 8/22/1994 | See Source »

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