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Take 2025 — Congressional Hits and Misses

Week ending Dec. 19, 2025

By Chris Hale

Posted December 19, 2025 at 3:22pm

As 2025 comes to a close, lawmakers scramble and fumble their way through attempts to finish last-minute work before leaving Capitol Hill for the holiday recess. While some express bipartisan decorum, a few others verbalize their frustrations.

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