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‘Heaven forbid’ Congress accomplish something — Congressional Hits and Misses

Week of March 8, 2021

Sen. Mike Lee said a Democratic bill may as well have been “written in hell by the devil himself,” while Rep. Tim Ryan cried to the heavens that Congress pass a COVID-19 relief package.

Meanwhile, Sen. Amy Klobuchar considered the moniker “Klobuchair,” Sen. Lisa Murkowski showed off a totem pole in the Senate Indian Affairs Committee room and Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer enjoyed the warm weather and got a head start on the summer.

[ Also watch: ‘Power is going to my head’ — Congressional Hits and Misses ]

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