The 68th Annual Congressional Dinner and The Hill's After Party
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 The scene in the Mandarin Oriental Ballroom
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The Washington Press Club Foundation holds its' 68th annual dinner, an opportunity to poke fun at media and pols alike, at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in Washington, DC on Wednesday, February 8, 2012. Following the dinner, The Hill newspaper hosted a dessert reception with music from one of the hottest Capitol Hill Bands around, the Second Amendments, the members of which are also members of Congress. For video of the event, click here.
— Report and photographs by James R. Brantley
 House Minority Whip Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-Md.)
|  Sandy Clark and Rep. Randy Neugebauer (R-Texas)
|  Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas)
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 Frank Ordonnez, Rep. Melvin Watt (D-N.C.) and Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.)
|  Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.)
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 Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and The Hill's COO Sheila Casey
|  Sen. Chris Coons ((D-Del.) and The Washington Post's Emily Heil
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 Rep. Jim McGovern (D-Mass.), Greg McCaffrey and Beth Mazzeo
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 Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa), Jim Kehnhenn and Sam Hananel
|  Laura Litzan, Derek Wellbank and Rep. Rob Andrews (D-N.J.)
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 Rep. Billy Long (R-Mo.) and The Hill's Publisher Fran McMahon |  From the Associated General Contractors of America Lauren Buchman (left), and Jimmy Christianson (right) with freelance reporter Matt Laslo (center)
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 Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.)
|  Rep. Tom Cole (R-Okla.), Anna Palmer, Jim Rowley and Jake Sherman
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 The Second Amendments, an all members of Congress band |
 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette's Tracie Mauriello and Rep. Tim Murphy (R-Pa.)
|  The Hill newspaper's Nicole deSibour Rodgers and FedEx's Rick Rodgers
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 The Washington Post's Amy Argetsinger |  Inter-American Bank President Jaime Aparicio, Petra Barth and Cecilia Schultz
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 From CNN: Ashley Killough and Rebecca Steward |  Randel Johnson, International Franchise Association Senior Director/Communications Matthew Haller, and CQ/Roll Call's National Account Director Dave Deker know a good party when they find one.
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