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Sometimes Congress has slow weeks. This wasn’t one of them: Congressional Hits and Misses

Week of June 10, 2019

Rep. Jim McGovern had a long week too. (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
Rep. Jim McGovern had a long week too. (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
By Thomas McKinless
Posted June 14, 2019 at 12:30pm

“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times,” Rep. Rob Wittman said a House Armed Services Committee hearing that went all night.

This week saw endless markups, the resurrection of Richard Nixon, bickering about Russian interference and “sex-starved males” on the House floor.

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