go back to Shows
The Congress show's poster

The Congress

For 200 years, the United States Congress has been one of the country's most important and least understood institutions. Using historical photographs and newsreels, evocative live footage and interviews, Ken Burns chronicles the events that have shaped the first 200 years of congress and, in turn, our country.

Latest episode

RMPBS Passport

Please log in to your PBS Passport account to watch this video

Become a Member

The Congress

The Congress Episode 1 | 89m 18s | CC

For 200 years, the United States Congress has been one of the country's most important and least understood institutions. Using historical photographs and newsreels, evocative live footage and interviews, Ken Burns chronicles the events that have shaped the first 200 years of congress and, in turn, our country.

Episodes

Funding Provided by: General Motors Corporation; the Corporation for Public Broadcasting; PBS; Ameritech