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Nickelback goes to Washington?

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Apparently a debate about Nickelback made its way to the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives on the morning of March 7th, as Wisconsin Democrat Mark Pocan matched musical wits with Illinois Republican Rodney Davis.

First came Congressman Pocan with a comment about the Canadian rock band while talking about a voting-rights provision, saying that only four out of 77,000 people who commented on the provision in a census survey wanted to keep it, adding, “that’s probably about the percent of people who think Nickelback is their favorite band in this country.”

Congressman Davis immediately took offense to Pocan’s comment, shouting out, “Why would you criticize one of the greatest bands of the ’90s?” To which Pocan answered, “Wow! One more reason why there’s a difference between Democrats and Republicans — clearly found on the floor of Congress today!”


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