In Washington, D.C., the third "lame duck" session of the Forty-sixth Congress of the United States begins its holiday recess. It will return on January 6, 1881. (By John Osborne)
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Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, "House History." http://clerk.house.gov/art_history/house_history/index.html
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