This photo provided by the office of Sen. Steve Daines, R-Mont., taken, Jan. 31, 2017, shows Sen. Daines, left, helping with a surge in constituent telephone calls to his office on Capitol Hill in Washington. A lot of politics is about the basics, and in Congress that means answering the phone. By that measure, life on Capitol Hill in the Trump era is a struggle. Whether constituents are calling to request congressional flags, get help with a local issue — or, more likely, to register their support or displeasure with the latest move by President Donald Trump, these days they are more likely to get a busy signal or voice mail than a live human. (Office of Sen. Steve Daines, R-Mont. via AP)

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