For the first time ever, cameras show us the inner workings of the U.S. Senate in session.

The transcript discusses the unchanged official duties of the vice president over a century and a half, despite an increase in salary from $5 to $12,000 annually. It highlights Vice President Garner, who served under Franklin D. Roosevelt, as the first to visit a foreign country on official business.

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