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Schmitt show  — Congressional Hits and Misses

Week ending Oct. 2, 2026

By Chris Hale
Posted October 2, 2026 at 4:06pm

The Senate was only in town for a few days before recessing for the midterms, but what a week! Especially for fans of the Atlanta Hawks! Or was it the University of Iowa Hawkeyes? One or the other. Come for the basketball team confusion, stay for the rug, dead vacuum cleaner and big heavy truck talk.

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