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HOH’s One-Minute Recess: Overheard on the Hill

By Elizabeth Brotherton and Alison McSherry
Posted January 6, 2011 at 11:19am

“It’s the first day of the 112th Congress! It’s just like the first day of school, in that most members require daily naps.”

— Comedian Stephen Colbert in a Wednesday tweet.

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