‘It’s a dumb time’ — Congressional Hits and Misses

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‘It’s a dumb time’ — Congressional Hits and Misses

Week ending Feb. 7, 2025

By Chris Hale

Posted February 7, 2025 at 2:59pm

Members of Congress roasted each other, and the press, this week over dinner and drinks, while the Rolling Stones came to House Oversight and young staffers got a lesson in jumping the shark.

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