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It’s the first day of school for members of the 111th Congress–and it looks like there won’t be a dull moment. Between a showdown over the embattled Illinois Governor’s Senate pick and a brouhaha over who exactly is the Senator from Minnesota it should be an exciting day in the District of Columbia. Todd Zwillich, reporter for Capitol News Connection, joins us from Capitol Hill.

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