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Congressional Hits and Misses: Week of Jan. 25, 2016

Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid speaks with Sen. Chuck Schumer in the basement of the U.S. Capitol in December. (Al Drago/CQ Roll Call File Photo)
Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid speaks with Sen. Chuck Schumer in the basement of the U.S. Capitol in December. (Al Drago/CQ Roll Call File Photo)
By JM Rieger
Posted January 29, 2016 at 3:22pm

The Senate spent a week shortened by snow slapping podiums, retracting poor jokes and inhaling blackberries.  

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