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Kids, Flags, Bizarro World and the Excremental Product of a Bull: Congressional Hits and Misses

By Thomas McKinless
Posted May 25, 2018 at 4:02pm

By Thomas McKinless

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Kids always get bored watching adults at work, even if that workplace happens to the U.S. House of Representatives, as Rep. Greg Walden and his pint-sized guests learned on Tuesday. See this week’s Congressional Hits and Misses for that plus flag-waving, a Superman reference and a euphemistic way of swearing during a news conference. Thumbnail photo: Minority Leader Sen. Charles E. Schumer waves an American flag at the conclusion of a press conference hosted by House and Senate Democrats. (Photo By Sarah Silbiger/CQ Roll Call)

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