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(FILES) File photo dated February 28, 2012 in Washington, DC shows (from L-R) Rep. John Lewis (D-GA), Sen. Saxby Chambliss (R-GA), House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) and Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-OH) bowing their heads as Senate Chaplin Barry C. Black prays during the unveiling ceremony for the new Slave Labor commemorative Marker in Emancipation Hall at the U.S. Capitol Visitors Center. Many lawmakers seek divine guidance in the midst of legislative crises, but during the ongoing US government closure of October 2013 the Senate's chaplain, Barry Black, is offering a blunt message: work it out, people. "We acknowledge our transgressions, our shortcomings, our smugness, our selfishness and our pride," the chaplain said in his floor prayer on Capitol Hill October 7, 2013 in Washington, DC. "Deliver us from the hypocrisy of attempting to sound reasonable while being unreasonable." With Republicans and Democrats locked in stalemate, Black implored: "Forgive us also when we put politics ahead of progress." Like hundreds of thousands of federal employees, the chaplain is not getting paid during the shutdown, and his Bible study classes for senators and staff have been put on hold.
AFP PHOTO Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images/FILES== FOR NEWSPAPERS, INTERNET, TELCOS & TELEVISION USE ONLY ==
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Washington, District of Columbia, UNITED STATES |
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AFP / Mediafax Foto |
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CHIP SOMODEVILLA |
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7 Octombrie 2013 |
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