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Women's History Month is coming to an end, but I wanted to share some relevant work of mine from my archives. This gallery is of Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi during the mock swearing-in ceremony with the new members of Congress back in January of 2009.

I spent a lot of time working on Capitol Hill. I loved walking the halls, attending hearings, and documenting politics in action, but I think I often enjoyed these sorts of odd photo-op moments a little more.

The members have already been sworn-in, in an official, closed-door event. They then recreate the Speaker swearing-in each of the new members for the media. There were two side-by-side photo positions and one group would get ready while the Speaker was with the other group, then she would change sides. The event was all for show, but I think it is also really fun and meant a lot for the newest members of Congress, their families and staff.

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