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rock@pangea.com (Roger Rosner) writes:
>In article <1992May6.022321.3147@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu> metz@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu  
>(Daniel M Metz) writes:
>> I don't know about the Senate, but the House has a fairly large mainframe
>> system run by House Information Systems.  All House offices and district
>> offices are connected through this computer, and I'm sure that if they
>> wanted they could connect it to internet.  Send your congressperson a 
>> letter pressuring him/her to pressure HIS to get hooked up to internet!
>> It's a great idea.
>
>>A friend on the internet has verified that the house.gov domain
>already exists.
>
>Can't find a domain for the Senate, but didn't look hard yet. 

Just to confirm this (I didn't believe it at first), from nic.ddn.mil:

House Information Systems (HOUSE-DOM)
   House Annex II
   2nd and D Streets SW
   Washington DC 20515

   Domain Name: HOUSE.GOV

   Administrative Contact:
      Collins, Bud  (BC263)  bud@HOUSE.GOV
      (202) 226-6280
   Technical Contact, Zone Contact:
      Schnizlein, John  (JS592)  JOHNS@HOUSE.GOV
      (202) 226-6290

   Record last updated on 07-Aug-91.

   Domain servers in listed order:

   NS.UU.NET			137.39.1.3
   UUCP-GW-1.PA.DEC.COM		16.1.0.18
   UUCP-GW-2.PA.DEC.COM		16.1.0.19
   NS.EU.NET			192.16.202.11
   NS1.RUTGERS.EDU		128.6.21.6

Would you like to see the known hosts under this secondary domain? y


   No known hosts under this secondary domain.

A search for domain "senate.gov" failed.
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