The House of Gavels

Written by Pat's Papers | Tuesday, 23 March 2010 6:36 AM

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi has quite a few gavels. We all saw her pictured with an oversized model on front pages yesterday after the historic passage of the health care reform bill. And today, the Washington Post has an interesting look at the history of the gavel in American politics. While gavels that work in the Senate only have to be replaced every 100 years or so, in the House, there’s a large box of them because “The House does a lot more pounding than the Senate.”

Yesterday’s Gavel March:

Pelosi Receiving the Gavel for the First Time in 2007:

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