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Memorial Service for Rep. Donald Payne at Capitol—PICTURES
Updated: April 25, 2012 | 4:33 p.m.
April 25, 2012 | 2:38 p.m.
Members of Congress and Vice President Joe Biden joined family members in the Capitol rotunda on Wednesday for a tribute to the late Rep. Donald Payne, D-N.J. Payne died after a fight with colon cancer in March. Here is a look at the scene in the Rotunda:
House Speaker John Boehner and Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi present a U.S. flag to the family of the late Rep. Donald Payne, D-N.J., who died in March. (Richard A. Bloom)
Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, D-Mo., holds up a cross during the memorial service for Donald Payne, who died earlier this year after a fight with colon cancer. (Richard A. Bloom)
Rep. Barbara Lee, D-Calif., wipes tears away during the memorial service for Donald Payne, who represented New Jersey and died in March of colon cancer. (Richard A. Bloom)
House Speaker John Boehner gets emotional during the memorial service for Rep. Donald Payne, who died of complications from colon cancer in March. (Richard A. Bloom)
Scores of people, including members of Congress, attend a memorial service for Rep. Donald Payne, D-N.J., who died after a battle with colon cancer in March. (Richard A. Bloom)
An attendant of the Donald Payne memorial at the Capitol rotunda holds a program. (Richard A. Bloom)
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