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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSo--just how many Congressional folk actually attended Bibi's speech?
I haven't seen any numbers.
elleng
(131,202 posts)Looked like a pretty full house, tho was a 'joint' session, so 2 'houses' squeezed into 1 chamber.
CaliforniaPeggy
(149,737 posts)Nobody's talking about the numbers who were there...
Glassunion
(10,201 posts)One to hold the bulb and six to turn the ladder.
CaliforniaPeggy
(149,737 posts)elleng
(131,202 posts)Sitting in the packed gallery of the House chamber were Elie Wiesel, the Holocaust survivor and Nobel peace laureate; Sheldon G. Adelson, the Republican casino magnate and one of Mr. Netanyahus prime backers; and Newt Gingrich, the former speaker of the House. Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. was out of the country, so standing next to Speaker John A. Boehner behind the Israeli prime minister was Senator Orrin G. Hatch, the Utah Republican who serves as president pro tempore of the Senate.
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/04/world/middleeast/netanyahu-congress-iran-israel-speech.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&module=a-lede-package-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news