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Hey D.C., Pennsylvania lawmakers are at work today too!
The fiscal cliff plunge means New Year's Day is no holiday in the U.S. Congress and so too are lawmakers in Harrisburg at their posts. The constitutional calendar dictates that House and Senate members take the oath of office on the first Tuesday in January. For the first time in 22 years it falls on New Year's Day.
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