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D.C. Scene: RoboCop’s Garcia Wins, Congress Stays at Home

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The Congressional Gala for the Children’s Inn at the National Institutes of Health last night had less of Congress than in years past.

On the day of the government shutdown, Senators Edward Markey, Massachusetts Democrat, and Roy Blunt, Missouri Republican, attended. Representative Paul Ryan, Wisconsin Republican, and a handful of others skipped.