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New NYC Congressional Reps Land Influential Committee Assignments


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Published Jan 16, 2019

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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., left, and Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., right, as they wait for other freshman Congressmen to deliver a letter calling to an end to the government shutdown to deliver to the office of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., on Capitol Hill in Washington on Wednesday
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Published Jan 16, 2019

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