MPR News photos of the week

Pat Garofalo
In this Jan. 25, 2011 photo, State Rep. Pat Garofalo, R-Farmington, holds up Milo, a puppy from a Farmington animal shelter, as he testified before a House Tax Committee at the State Capitol, in St. Paul, Minn. Garofalo introduced a bill that would exempt animal shelter pets from the statewide sales tax.
AP Photo/Jim Mone

This week brought us the president's State of the Union address and Morning Edition traveled to Washington D.C. to guage Minnesota's power.

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