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Heard on the Hill This Week: Bar Hopping on Debate Night

By Thomas McKinless
Posted October 21, 2016 at 12:38pm

By Thomas McKinless and Alex Gangitano

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While voters throughout nation gathered around TVs for the third and final showdownbetween presidential nominees Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, Roll Call’s Heard on the Hill reporter Alex Gangitano went bar hopping to Capitol Hill’s debate watch parties. These included a basement bar serving Trump-inspired cocktails and a Hill favorite with Clinton and Trump impersonators. Also, straight from Nevada, senior Senate reporter Niels Lesniewski shares Minority Leader Harry Reid’s advice for the Washington Nationalsat the end of their season. [ ]

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