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Ep. 46: As Kentucky and Mitch McConnell Go, So Goes the Nation?

The Big Story

By Jason Dick and Niels Lesniewski
Posted March 22, 2017 at 4:50pm

CQ Roll Call’s senior Senate reporter Niels Lesniewski leads us through a fascinating conversation on how the Senate leader’s political machine wields power in ways that could have an impact on issues from health care to the Supreme Court.

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