Congressional Hits and Misses: Week of Jan. 5, 2015 By JM Rieger Posted January 9, 2015 at 3:30pm Facebook Twitter Email Reddit Lawmakers kicked off 2015 lobbying for 7-Elevens, sparing grandmas from purgatory and taking their talents to South Beach. Recent Stories House uncertainty puts shutdown specter right back on the table Congress made $80 billion-plus in changes to defense budget Capitol Lens | Office space Scalise, Jordan running for speaker, but may get company Baseball broke Republicans’ ‘go woke, go broke’ slogan House removal of speaker adds hurdle for new farm bill