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Between ‘The Rock’ and a hard place — Congressional Hits and Misses

Week ending May 9, 2025

By Chris Hale
Posted May 9, 2025 at 3:15pm

Sens. Cory Booker, center, and Brian Schatz, right, and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries conduct a livestreamed conversation during a protest of the Trump administration on the House steps of the Capitol on April 27.

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Marking the days — Congressional Hits and Misses

By Chris Hale
Posted May 2, 2025 at 4:21pm
Capitol workers wind the Ohio Clock in the Ohio Clock Corridor in the Capitol in 2020.

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Turn back time — Congressional Hits and Misses

By Chris Hale
Posted April 11, 2025 at 3:33pm
Sen. Cory Booker’s 25-hour, four-minute speech this week set the record for longest floor speech in the Senate’s history.

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The last word — Congressional Hits and Misses

By Chris Hale
Posted April 4, 2025 at 4:27pm
Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard and CIA Director John Ratcliffe testify during the Senate Select Intelligence Committee hearing on Tuesday.

Busy Signal — Congressional Hits and Misses

By Chris Hale
Posted March 28, 2025 at 3:31pm
A House member quoted one of George Costanza’s classic lines from “Seinfeld” on the floor this week.

‘As the great George Costanza once said’ — Congressional Hits and Misses

By Chris Hale
Posted March 14, 2025 at 3:59pm
Texas Rep. Al Green is ejected from the House chamber during President Donald Trump’s address to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday.

Address-ing down — Congressional Hits and Misses

By Chris Hale
Posted March 7, 2025 at 2:57pm
Florida Democratic Rep. Maxwell Alejandro Frost created a ruckus with his words in a House Oversight hearing this week.

Greetings, earthlings — Congressional Hits and Misses

By Chris Hale
Posted February 28, 2025 at 4:27pm
A worker stocks eggs at a grocery store in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 12. What does the price of eggs have to do with censorship? Watch this week’s Congressional Hits and Misses to find out.

Food, and Nazis, for thought — Congressional Hits and Misses

By Chris Hale
Posted February 14, 2025 at 2:52pm
New York Republican Rep. Mike Lawler gives his impression of President Donald Trump at the Washington Press Club Foundation's dinner on Wednesday night.

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

By Chris Hale
Posted February 7, 2025 at 2:59pm