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• EDITORIAL: Fresh Air Under the Dome  

LAST MONTH, The Hill newspaper reported that incoming House Government Reform Committee Chairman Henry A. Waxman (D-Calif.) is pushing to ban smoking in the ornate Speaker's Lobby, a room just off the House floor that is regularly clouded with smoke when Congress is in session. It is one of many venues legislators continue to reserve for lighting up in the Capitol -- despite the proven benefits of smoking bans in workplaces across the country. . . .

Mr. Waxman's ban would make workdays much healthier for the staffers, pages and reporters who don't have much choice about congregating there, as well as for members themselves.

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