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Congress Reassembles Near Ground Zero Memorial
The 160-year-old Federal Hall on Wall Street hosted a rare outside Congress gathering to honor victims of the attacks. Vice President Cheney and House Speaker Hastert led a session with 48 senators and about 270 House members amid armed security, with poet Billy Collins reading The Names. Mayor Bloomberg received a flag flown over the Capitol as a private Annenberg Foundation grant assists costs. another outside session last occurred in 1987 in Philadelphia for the Great Compromise anniversary.
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Dennis Hastert
R-I
Tom Daschle
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Chipper Bagwell
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David Mohabir
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Michael Bloomberg
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