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Heard on the Hill This Week: Swearing-In the 115th Congress

By Alex Gangitano
Posted January 6, 2017 at 3:21pm

By Alex Gangitano and Thomas McKinless

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Out with the 114th and in the 115th Congress. Speaker Paul D. Ryan and Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. swore in the new members and Roll Call’s Heard on the Hill reporter Alex Gangitano was all over the Capitol to fill you in on the proceedings.

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