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“Colbert Report” funnyman Stephen Colbert is stalking the halls of Congress this morning.

Colbert, in town to petition the Federal Election Commission to allow him to operate a political action committee for the 2012 elections, was spotted in the Rayburn House Office Building. There, the House Armed Services Committee hearing room doors also bear signs alerting passers-by that filming is in progress, our tipsters say.

More truthiness to come …

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