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      "date": "2011-05-26",
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      "title": "House and Senate Chaplains: An Overview",
      "summary": "Except for a brief period in the 1850s, the House of Representatives and Senate have had elected chaplains since 1789. The chaplains are chosen by each chamber as individuals and not as representatives of any religious body or denominational entity. At the beginning of each Congress, the House chaplain is elected to a two-year term. The Senate chaplain, like other officers of the Senate, does not have to be reelected at the beginning of a new Congress.\nThe chaplains perform ceremonial, symbolic, and pastoral duties. They also coordinate the \u201cguest chaplains\u201d who are frequently invited by Members to deliver the daily invocation.\nThere have been 62 Senate chaplains and 60 House chaplains since 1789. The former House chaplain, Father Daniel P. Coughlin, retired on April 14, 2011. His resignation was read to the House on May 25, 2011, and Father Patrick J. Conroy was elected the new House chaplain.",
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