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2018 in 5 Minutes: The Best of Congressional Hits and Misses

By Thomas McKinless
Posted December 31, 2018 at 4:47pm

By Thomas McKinless

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Speaker Paul D. Ryan arrives to the Capitol as Congress works to undue a partial government shutdown on December 22, 2018 (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call). As the 115th Congress limps across the finish line with several unfinished spending bills and a partially shutdown federal government, Hits and Misses takes a look back at our favorite funny, awkward and downright bizarre moments from the House and Senate in 2018.

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