L for loser, a real clap and a gentle gavel: Congressional Hits and Misses

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L for loser, a real clap and a gentle gavel: Congressional Hits and Misses

Week of July 8, 2019

Chairman Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., left, and ranking member Rep. Doug Collins, R-Ga., conduct a House Judiciary Committee markup up in Rayburn Building on a resolution to authorize subpoenas related to the Trump administration on Thursday, July 11, 2019. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

By Thomas McKinless

Posted July 12, 2019 at 3:04pm

The House and Senate were back in action after the July Fourth recess, and they got right to work, debating knives and forks, praising the gentlest gavels and saying “sayonara” to a few old friends.

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