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  Congress full of fortunate sons — and other relatives
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Last EditedRP  Aug 08, 2006 03:57pm
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MediaNewspaper - USA Today
News DateTuesday, August 8, 2006 03:35:00 PM UTC0:0
DescriptionPolitics has never been more of a family business.

In 1986, at least 24 U.S. senators and representatives were closely related to governors or other members of Congress, USA TODAY research shows.

Twenty years later, there are more than 50 — among them four sets of siblings, four widows, dozens of offspring, the wife of a former Senate majority leader and Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, wife of a former president and governor.
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