The first quadriplegic to serve in Congress will later preside as Speaker Pro-Tempore over Congress in celebration of the 20th anniversary. Photo By Alexa Gitler.

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A Gull rests atop a boom meant to contain oil from the Deepwater Horizon Spill outside Biloxi, MS.

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An oiled Laughing Gull affected by the Deepwater Horizon Spill is cleaned at an Oiled Wildlife Rehabilitation Center in Theodore, AL.

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An oiled Laughing Gull affected by the Deepwater Horizon Spill is cleaned at an Oiled Wildlife Rehabilitation Center in Theodore, AL.

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An oiled Laughing Gull affected by the Deepwater Horizon Spill is cleaned at an Oiled Wildlife Rehabilitation Center in Theodore, AL.

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Photo by Brandon Kosters. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) stands alongside House Democrats after the vote to extend unemployment benefits.

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Photo by Brandon Kosters. The bill that will extend unemployment extensions, signed by Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, and en route to President Obama.

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Photo by Brandon Kosters. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) signs the bill that will extend unemployment benefits.

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Photo by Brandon Kosters. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) signs the bill that will extend unemployment benefits.

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Photo by Brandon Kosters. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) stands alongside House Democrats after the vote to extend unemployment benefits.

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Protesters obstruct the podium during Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship’s address at the National Press Club.

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Protesters Gather Outside the National Press Club while Massey Energy CEO, Don Blankenship, discussed the Coal industry at a luncheon.

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Protesters Gather Outside the National Press Club while Massey Energy CEO, Don Blankenship, discussed the Coal industry at a luncheon.

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CEO of Massey Energy speaks, Don Blankenship, speaks at luncheon at the National Press Club.

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Protesters Gather Outside the National Press Club while Massey Energy CEO discussed the Coal industry at a luncheon.

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Protesters Gather Outside the National Press Club while Massey Energy CEO discussed the Coal industry at a luncheon.

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Robert Weissman, President of Public Citizen speaks at a protest July 20 about congress’s inaction three months after the Deepwater Horizon oil spilll.

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Protesters gathered July 20 to protest congress’s inaction three months after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.

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Protesters gathered July 20 to protest congress’s inaction three months after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.

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Rabbi Arthur Waskow speaks at a rally commemorating the three month anniversary of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.

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