Congressional Hits and Misses: Week of July 28

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Congressional Hits and Misses: Week of July 28

By JM Rieger

Posted June 30, 2015 at 12:30pm

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As cell phones, rhetorical questions and Chinese drywall graced the House and Senate floor, some members prepped for “summer vacation” while others just could not wait to get to Waffle House.

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