A history of Minnesota's power in Washington

U.S. Capitol
The night before President Barack Obama gives the State of the Union address, the lights of the U.S. Capitol are seen in an ice-covered reflecting pool on Capitol Hill in Washington Monday, Jan. 24, 2011.
AP Photo/Alex Brandon

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