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In this June 16, 2016 file photo, Rep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y., speaks at a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. Rangel retires after more than four decades in office. (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke, File)

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House Speaker Mike Johnson, of La., poses for a photo in the Congressional Prayer Room at the U.S. Capitol, Thursday, May 22, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Lisa Mascaro)

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Rep. Gerald Connolly, D-Va. listens during a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, April 10, 2014. Connolly, a Democratic congressman and fixture of Virginia politics, has died at age 75. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

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