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A workman tidied the House Chamber after a rowdy close to the first session of the 80th Congress (1947–1948). The first Republican-led Congress in 16 years finished up its business at half past midnight on July 27, 1947.
History, Art & Archives, U.S. House of Representatives, “Congressional Clean Up,” http://history.house.gov/Collection/Detail/30722 (February 21, 2013)
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