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Happy Birthday to C-SPAN and Pelosi, from swamp monsters and velociraptors: Congressional Hits and Misses

By Thomas McKinless

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The creature from the Black Lagoon paid Capitol Hill a visit this week, as D.C. institutions like C-SPAN and Speaker Nancy Pelosi celebrated their birthdays. Plus, Sen. Mike Lee roasted the Green New Deal resolution with a poster of Ronald Reagan riding a velociraptor, and Reps. Markwayne Mullin and Ann McLane Kuster clashed over a certain word that starts with the letter “S.” Also, while it was technically last week during recess, Roll Call is thrilled to wish the Cable-Satellite Public Affairs Network (C-SPAN) a happy 40th birthday! Thanks for letting us borrow your footage to make dumb congressional blooper reels. A protester from Clean Water Action is seen during the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee confirmation hearing for David Bernhardt in Dirksen Building on Thursday, March 28, 2019 (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call).

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Taking it to the limit — Congressional Hits and Misses