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Amelia Frappolli

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The more things change, the more they stay the same. Empty beer bottles sit on the ledge of a Longworth Building balcony during a reception in 2015. One hundred years ago, beer bottles served as key props for members of Congress debating Prohibition. (Al Drago/CQ Roll Call file photo)

That Time Congress Debated Prohibition and Used Beer Bottles as Props on the Floor

(CQ Roll Call file photo)

When Flowers Blossomed on the Congressional Floors and Why They Were Banned