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‘If you look up stupid stuff in the dictionary’ — Congressional Hits and Misses

Week of Aug. 9, 2021

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By Jinitzail Hernández

Posted August 13, 2021 at 12:19pm

After a “long and painful and torturous night,” New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker has more energy than any of us. Plus, the conclusion of the yearslong infrastructure week.

Senators push their favorite songs on the floor, and Missouri Rep. Billy Long talks auctioning off a $99,000 punchbowl.

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