Congressional Hits and Misses: Week of Jan. 27 - Roll Call

Congressional Hits and Misses: Week of Jan. 27

By JM Rieger

Posted January 31, 2014 at 10:57am

After a week off, Congressional Hits and Misses returns with Burger King, Lady Gaga and baseball’s newest historian, Sen. Saxby Chambliss, R-Ga.

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