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Nancy Pelosi Invited Tony Bennett & Grateful Dead’s Mickey Hart To Her Swearing-In Ceremony

WASHINGTON, DC – JANUARY 3: Fashion consultant Tim Gunn (Top-L) sits with musician Mickey Hart (C) along with Singer Tony Bennett (Bottom-R) and his wife Susan, await the start of the first session of the 116th Congress at the U.S. Capitol January 03, 2019 in Washington, DC. Under the cloud of a partial federal government shutdown, Pelosi will reclaim her former title as Speaker of the House and her fellow Democrats will take control of the House of Representatives for the second time in eight years. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

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Nancy Pelosi was elected as the Speaker Of The House today as Democrats took control of that half of Congress. In attendance at her swearing-in ceremony were some music notables: Tony Bennett, who attended with his wife Susan, and the Grateful Dead's Mickey Hart. Also in the photo above is Project Runway's Tim Gunn.

As The Washington Post points out, this isn't Bennett's first Pelosi invite: he was also at her first Speaker swear-in in 2007.

Last night, Bennett performed at an honorary dinner for Pelosi at the Italian embassy where Bill and Hillary Clinton were in attendance.

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