‘Mr. President will correct the record:’ Trouble with names, speakers and Roman numerals — Congressional Hits and Misses – Roll Call

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‘Mr. President will correct the record:’ Trouble with names, speakers and Roman numerals — Congressional Hits and Misses

Week of May 12, 2019

Workers begin setting up the stage for the annual Memorial Day Concert on the West Front of the Capitol on May 16. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

By Thomas McKinless

Posted May 17, 2019 at 12:27pm

Congress was abuzz this week with flip phones, mispronunciations and confusion over who’s turn it was to speak.

All that plus yet another visit from the infamous Capitol Hill swamp monsters.

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