Capitol Lens | Pray tell

By Bill Clark

Posted January 5, 2023 at 4:50pm

Louisiana Republican Clay Higgins, flanked by Mississippi Republicans Michael Guest, left, and Mike Ezell, holds a Bible on Thursday as he prays on the House floor in the Capitol before the start of the seventh failed attempt to elect a speaker.

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