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Deep Quote — Congressional Hits and Misses

Week ending Sept. 15, 2023

By Chris Hale
Posted September 15, 2023 at 3:31pm

Hits and Misses is back! And so are both chambers of Congress, with the House returning on Tuesday and making life difficult for Speaker Kevin McCarthy. Elsewhere, Sen. John Kennedy reads sexually explicit material at a hearing on banned books, Rep. Lauren Boebert gets booted from “Beetlejuice” and “bald is beautiful” comes to the Senate — and, if you can believe it, even more.

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