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As Congress met for a rare weekend session that extended into Sunday, Pelosi was celebrating her 50th wedding anniversary with her husband, which she said was a “long-scheduled” event.

Pelosi was not the only politician who took a day off during the debt ceiling debate this weekend: President Obama took to the golf course on Saturday, three days before the deadline to avoid a government shutdown. 

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