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Capitol Lens: On Call

By Douglas Graham
Posted May 9, 2012 at 5:08pm

Rep. Maxine Waters of California makes a phone call during a Tuesday news conference in the Rayburn House Office Building. Waters was joined by other Democratic members of the Judiciary Committee to express opposition to the House GOP’s version of the Violence Against Women Act reauthorization.

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