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Campaigns Now Move at Warp Speed — and Candidates Must, Too

It’s official: We’re in the zone, that weird period in the election cycle after Labor Day when campaign realities catch up to the political calendar, when working assumptions often stop working and when races begin to feel a lot like a roller coaster from which there is no escape.

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Rep. Frank Pallone waits Feb. 8 for the start of a news conference to introduce legislation to keep arsenic and lead out of fruit juices.
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30 Hill Aides to Know

30 Hill Aides to Know

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.

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