Heard on the Hill: Overheard on the Hill - Roll Call

Heard on the Hill: Overheard on the Hill

By Neda Semnani

Posted July 1, 2011 at 5:48pm

“The potato called. He wants to know which office to visit to get his reputation back.”

— So begins Sen. Olympia Snowe’s (R-Maine) impassioned defense of the potato in the Wall Street Journal on Thursday.

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