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Spartacus, Apprenticeships and a Cat Watching C-SPAN: Congressional Hits and Misses

By Thomas McKinless

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Several lawmakers were in Washington for another recess-week Judiciary Committee hearing, as well as to join President Donald Trump in the Oval Office for the signing of the opioid bill. Find out why presidents used to sign bills one letter at a time, what gladiator Sen. Ted Cruz assures you he is not and why Sen. Michael D. Crapo was asking about a cat watching C-SPAN. All that and more in another special edition of recess Hits & Misses. Thumbnail photo: Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, talks with reporters before a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on judicial nominations in Dirksen Building on October 24, 2018 (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call).

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