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How Congressional Debate Is Supposed to Work (And How It Really Works)

By David Hawkings
Posted January 4, 2018 at 6:24pm

By David Hawkings and Thomas McKinless

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Do congressional debates ever really succeed in changing any minds? Senior editor David Hawkings explains the different forms of debate in the House and the Senate, and how they tend to have very little effect on legislation.

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