Bills, Bills, Bills: Lyndon Johnson as Senate Majority Leader September 23, 2007

In this replica of the U. S. Senate Chamber, visitors can talk to the Senate Majority Leader about important legislation of the era. The exhibit covers Lyndon Johnson's entire Senate career and will chronicle his rapid rise to power from an 87-vote margin of victory in 1948 to his selection as Majority Leader in 1955. Interactive touch screen computers detail the major bills passed in the 1950s with explanations of how these laws impacted modern America.