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Juan Vargas Gets Religious

By Alex Gangitano
Posted December 16, 2015 at 3:00pm

“I’ve been telling my Republican friends, the first tradition we have is going home. And they have this three-day rule and I let them know that not even Jesus serves the three-day rule. He was crucified and he left early Sunday morning, so come on!”  

— Rep. Juan C. Vargas, D-Calif., on this week’s omnibus and tax extender endgame.


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