Podcast: What the Congressional Softball Game Says About Lawmakers

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Podcast: What the Congressional Softball Game Says About Lawmakers

Political Theater, Episode 24

By Jason Dick and Bridget Bowman

Posted June 20, 2018 at 9:30am

Journalists and lawmakers face off at the annual Congressional Women’s Softball Game, an event that Roll Call political Reporter Bridget Bowman and Texas Tribune Bureau Chief Abby Livingston say provides a respite from Capitol Hill partisanship.

Show Notes:

Members of Congressional Softball Team Talk About the Cancer Survivors They’re Honoring

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