Congressional Hits and Misses: Week of July 6, 2015 - Roll Call

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Congressional Hits and Misses: Week of July 6, 2015

By JM Rieger

Posted July 10, 2015 at 4:27pm

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Members returned from an 11-day recess to reflect on airplanes, reclaim time and ask rhetorical questions about sheep diets.

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