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Mitt Romney’s old investment company, Bain Capital, provided crucial capital for what famed pizza company?

Update, 10:45 a.m.: Domino’s Pizza is correct.

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What senator wrote a song that was included in the 2004 movie Ocean’s Twelve?

Update, 11:25 a.m.: politigirl is correct. Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah.

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What four U.S. states had been independent republics earlier in their histories?

Update, 10:10 a.m.: Two winners today. California, Texas, Hawaii and Vermont are correct!

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Massapequa, N.Y., the boyhood home of anti-war activist and veteran Ron Kovic and site depicted in the movie Born on the Fourth of July, is also the birthplace of what member of Congress in the Midwest?

Update, 10:15 a.m.: onemanbandstand is correct! Rep. Joe Donnelly, D-Ind.

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What is the youngest congressional district in the nation?

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A special Friday thank you to Gregg Sangillo!

What member of Congress keeps in close contact with his district by personally signing some 30,000 constituent letters from his office each year?

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What congressman has been known to shoot off emails from his BlackBerry while waiting in the brush to shoot deer with his bow?

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What two senators co-sponsored a bill before September 11, 2001 to prepare U.S. defenses against terrorist attacks with chemical and biological weapons?

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What senator said “Al Qaeda knows that we’ve got a lot of wimps in Congress?”

Update, 10:15 a.m.: promslittleworld is correct: Sen. Jim DeMint, R-S.C.

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Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Mississippi worked as a page and campaign aide to what politician?