Congressional Hits and Misses: Week of Jan. 6

By JM Rieger

Posted January 10, 2014 at 11:01am

Congressional Hits and Misses starts off the new year with a bang, mixing together Dennis Rodman, New Jersey bridges and the United Nations global warming party.

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