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Art Project Encourages Disabled Adults

Down a muddy stretch of New York Avenue Northeast, a pedestrian will find a place with a little more color than the other storefronts. Art Enables, a nonprofit that works with mentally and developmentally disabled adults, provides the brightly lit studio space for budding artists. They create what’s known as outsider art, the raw kind of work produced by people who are not formally trained.

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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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30 Hill Aides to Know

30 Hill Aides to Know

The clear expectation is Congress will get very little done this election year. But what does get accomplished, at least in the high-profile areas, will largely be the handiwork of an elite group of staffers — who combine policy expertise, political acumen and the trust of their lawmaker bosses to drive much of the legislative agenda.

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