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A Snowy Solution To Gridlock: How Congressional Pages Battled It Out With Snowballs on December 14th, 1923

Congressional pages have snowball fight in 1923
Take a look back to December 14th, 1923 when Congressional pages on both sides of the aisle battled it out with snowballs. What if Members of Congress took this tactic to solve gridlock today? Check out this old photo!
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How fun is this old photo taken on December 14th, 1923? It shows a large group of boys who were Congressional pages on both sides of the aisle, battling it out with snowballs. I’d love to see Members of Congress taking this tactic to solve gridlock today.

Congressional pages have snowball fight in 1923
Congressional pages have snowball fight in 1923

Source: Library of Congress

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