A Cold Start to the Christmas Season – Roll Call

A Cold Start to the Christmas Season

By Roll Call Staff

Posted December 11, 2007 at 1:59pm

Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D) braves the snow to attend the lighting ceremony for the Capitol Christmas Tree last Wednesday, getting a whiter welcome to the holiday season than her constituents in California. This year’s Capitol Christmas Tree was cut from the Green Mountain National Forest in Vermont.

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