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The Best (or Worst) of Congress in 2013

The first session of the 113th Congress — the least productive in modern times — will be remembered for what it did, and did not accomplish.

An immigration overhaul, gun control and health care mixed with “calves the size of cantaloupes,” “Alice in Wonderland” and cocaine. Together, it is the best and worst of the year that was, wrapped into one.

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