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Lawmakers Take to Comedy at Annual Congressional Dinner

By Thomas McKinless
Posted March 7, 2018 at 4:23pm

By Thomas McKinless

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Members of Congress rattled off jokes at the 74th Annual Congressional Dinner hosted by the Washington Press Club Foundation on Tuesday night. President Donald Trump, the media and fellow lawmakers were all fodder during monologues from House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, House Majority Whip Steve Scalise, Sen. Chris Coons, and Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen.

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