Congressional Hits and Misses: Week of Dec. 8

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Congressional Hits and Misses: Week of Dec. 8

By JM Rieger

Posted June 10, 2015 at 4:46pm

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With holiday jet fumes in the air, Congress spent its final full week of 2014 on “The Colbert Report,” strategizing for bar fights and telling their favorite Dick Cheney quail hunting stories.

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