• Rosa Parks statue unveiled in US Capitol

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    Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid, left to right, President Barack Obama and Speaker of the House John Boehner attend the unveiling of a statue of Rosa Parks at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 27, 2013. Parks refused to give up her seat to a white passenger on a city bus in segregated Montgomery, Ala., on Dec. 1, 1955. Parks' act of defiance and the subsequent Montgomery Bus Boycott became important symbols of the modern civil rights movement.

    NBC News reports:

    President Obama joined congressional leaders Wednesday on Capitol Hill to unveil a statue of Rosa Parks. Sculptor Eugene Daub told NBC News how he felt creating the likeness of one of the most definitive characters in American history.

    More than half a century after she refused to give up her seat on an Alabama city bus, Rosa Parks has an immovable place in the U.S. Capitol — the first black woman to be honored with a statue there.

    President Barack Obama and congressional leaders from both parties said at an unveiling Wednesday that the depiction was fitting.

    “Rosa Parks’ singular act of disobedience launched a movement,” Obama said. “The tired feet of those who walked the dusty roads of Montgomery helped a nation see that to which it had once been blind.”

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  • Jim Lo Scalzo / EPA

    U.S. Republican Speaker of the House from Ohio, John Boehner, looks at the media after commenting on Representative Ryan's FY2012 budget proposal following a Republican caucus in the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC, USA, on April 15.

    Speaker of the House John Boehner comments on Rep. Ryan's budget proposal

    By Carissa Ray

    I think this is a very nice portrait made during a very run of the mill press conference.

    NBC News First Read reports:

    The House has passed a FY2012 budget plan that would cut trillions from the federal deficit over the next decade and fundamentally transform the current Medicare system.

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  • Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images

    People attend the U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree lighting ceremony on the West Front of the U.S. Capitol Dec. 7, 2010 in Washington, DC. This year's tree, a 67-foot Engelmann spruce, came from Wyoming's Bridger-Teton National Forest. As part of the U.S. Capitol's commitment to save energy, strands of energy-efficient LED lights and hand-made ornaments made by Wyoming residents decorate the tree.

    Speaker Pelosi lights U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree

    By Rich Shulman

    Stunning.