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MLB and D.C.: Baseball Belongs in the Capital

By Anthony Williams
Special to Roll Call
July 9, 2003, 10:08 a.m.

Imagine: It’s been another day on Capitol Hill. You can’t eat because the vote call keeps ringing. Your legislative assistants are turning out policy briefings like ATMs turn out cash. Your press secretary has a phone to each ear. There’s a line five people deep to meet with you. You deserve a break.

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Rep. Michele Bachmann, who recently suspended her campaign for the presidency, speaks at the 2012 Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 9.

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The clear expectation is Congress will get very little done this election year. But what does get accomplished, at least in the high-profile areas, will largely be the handiwork of an elite group of staffers — who combine policy expertise, political acumen and the trust of their lawmaker bosses to drive much of the legislative agenda.

MLB and D.C.: Baseball Belongs in the Capital

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