Watch: The Prayer That Might Have Landed House Chaplain in Hot Water

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Watch: The Prayer That Might Have Landed House Chaplain in Hot Water

By Bian Elkhatib

Posted April 27, 2018 at 3:22pm

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A prayer offered during the tax overhaul debate this winter on the House floor is reportedly a reason that Speaker Paul Ryan may have asked for the House chaplain’s resignation earlier this month.

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