Heard on the Hill

Capitol Lens | Feeling the Bern

By Chris Hale

Posted December 5, 2024 at 7:30am

In this photo from Roll Call’s archive, Vermont Sens. Bernie Sanders, left, and Patrick Leahy, who retired from Congress in January 2023, watch the arrival of the Christmas tree at the Capitol on Dec. 5, 1994.

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