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Doggy doo, rucksacks and Starbucks: Congressional Hits and Misses

Week of May 18, 2020

By Thomas McKinless
Posted May 22, 2020 at 12:44pm

Speaker Nancy Pelosi and President Donald Trump traded jabs about dog poop and morbid obesity, while Sen. Joni Ernst gave a Memorial Day tribute with an enormous rucksack on the Senate floor.

Meanwhile, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy continued to advertise his favorite Starbucks on Capitol Hill, and Reps. Jared Huffman and Alan Lowenthal admired each other’s quarantine beards.

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