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Congressional Hits and Misses: Week of May 5

By JM Rieger
Posted June 30, 2015 at 12:30pm
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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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