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What’s Inside a Symbol?

Capitol Plays Host to Real and Imagined Stories

By Alison McSherry
Roll Call Staff
Sept. 22, 2009, Midnight

According to author Dan Brown, the Capitol is a building that holds secrets few people even know exist. From a “killer bathtub” to a hole in the Rotunda, Brown claims there is far more than meets the eye in this historic building.

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February 9, 2012

Rep. Michele Bachmann, who recently suspended her campaign for the presidency, speaks at the 2012 Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 9.

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