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By Bill Clark
Posted November 28, 2023 at 2:00pm

Activists with MoveOn Political Action run next to a 15-foot inflatable version of Rep. George Santos as gusty winds push it along the National Mall in Washington on Tuesday. The balloon effigy was part of an attempt to urge House members to expel the New York Republican.

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Carter family members touch the casket as they pay their respects during former President Jimmy Carter’s lying in state ceremony in the Capitol Rotunda on Tuesday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

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