Congressman Brendan Boyle on Celebrating America 250

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6abc Studios (WPVI) -- Host Tamala Edwards heads on location to the Philadelphia Visitor Center to talk with Democratic Representative Brendan Boyle (PA-2) and Republican Representative Lloyd Smucker (PA-11) about the significance of America's Semiquincentennial, the audacity of our Founding Fathers, bi-partisanship in Washington, and the landscape of Democracy today. Boyle worked to invite dozens of U.S. Congressman to Philadelphia on July 2nd for a ceremonial event at Independence Hall honoring the Country's founding - the actual day the Continental Congress formally voted in favor of declaring independence from Great Britain. Next, several Panelists share THEIR reflections on America's BIG Birthday.
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