Congressional Hits and Misses (Video) | Week of 11/18/13

By JM Rieger

Posted November 22, 2013 at 2:07pm

From being fed up with task force after task force to parliamentary points of order, expect the unexpected on the House and Senate floor in this week’s Congressional Hits and Misses.

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