<p>WASHINGTON - The only Library of Congress branch in the U.S. Capitol - which has helped lawmakers for generations - is shutting down to provide the new House Democratic leader with space for her interns, officials said yesterday.</p>
<p>The abrupt closing of the congressional reading room and branch library has caught lawmakers and other patrons off guard, and even the two librarians who staff the small reading room are still getting used to the news.</p>