Congressional Hits and Misses: Week of May 5

By JM Rieger

Posted May 9, 2014 at 11:28am

While Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid dished on greased pigs, the Nevada desert and People magazine, members kept busy focusing on Kool-Aid, CNN and “House of Cards.”

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