Washington — A Capitol ceremony honoring Rep. John Dingell for becoming Congress's longest-serving member in history featured the expected, such as praise and jokes from Vice President Joe Biden and House Speaker John Boehner. It included the unexpected – a pointed pitch to a roomful of congressional leaders and lawmakers by Cardinal Theodore McCarrick for controversial immigration legislation.
Yet it was hard to top a performance by singer Mary Wilson backed up by a vaguely synchronized chorus line that included House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and the actress Lynda Carter.
Wilson, an original member of The Supremes, a marque 1960s group of Detroit-based Motown Records, sang a brief set of songs climaxed with their upbeat hit "Stop in the Name of Love." Pelosi, Sebelius and Carter – along with Dingell's wife, Deborah, and Rep. Donna Edwards, D-Calif. – formed an unlikely dance line behind her, singing and...
Yet it was hard to top a performance by singer Mary Wilson backed up by a vaguely synchronized chorus line that included House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and the actress Lynda Carter.
Wilson, an original member of The Supremes, a marque 1960s group of Detroit-based Motown Records, sang a brief set of songs climaxed with their upbeat hit "Stop in the Name of Love." Pelosi, Sebelius and Carter – along with Dingell's wife, Deborah, and Rep. Donna Edwards, D-Calif. – formed an unlikely dance line behind her, singing and...
- 6/13/2013
- by AP
- Huffington Post
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- 8/22/2012
- by April MacIntyre
- Monsters and Critics
Tune in and previews for this weekend on MSNBC: Friday Primetime, Weekend and Monday. MSNBC Friday, June 1, 2012 .Hardball with Chris Matthews. (Live 5-6 P.M. Et, Re-airs 7-8 P.M. Et) Tonight.s Highlights: What can Obama do? What would he do? Robert Reich and Fmr. Gov. Ed Rendell discuss the politics of the job; Edwards escaped jail, can he rise again? Bob Shrum and Joan Walsh weigh in; Rep. Donna Edwards (D-md) and Rep. Cliff Stearns (R-fl) on the failed bill to ban abortions based on gender; Todd Harris and Steve McMahon on Bill Clinton speech in WisconsinVisit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy Blog: http://hardballblog.msnbc.msn.com/ .PoliticsNation with Rev. Al...
- 6/1/2012
- by April MacIntyre
- Monsters and Critics
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