‘Pass the damn bill’ — Congressional Hits and Misses

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‘Pass the damn bill’ — Congressional Hits and Misses

Week of March 23, 2020

By Thomas McKinless

Posted March 27, 2020 at 3:55pm

“Enough already, pass the damn bill,” Sen. Lindsey Graham said this week as the Senate scrambled to pass a historic coronavirus relief package, but he may as well have been talking about the House’s efforts Friday.

Meanwhile, President Donald Trump got sarcastic and former Vice President Joe Biden celebrated baseball’s un-Opening Day.

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