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With his “botched joke” about dumbos serving in Iraq, Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) may have joined Sen. George Allen (R-Va.) in becoming a (part-Jewish) former ’08 presidential hopeful. As Republicans pummeled Kerry and Allen aides beat the daylights out of a heckling blogger, we wondered: Who had a worse day Tuesday, Kerry or Allen? And whose job sucked more: that of Allen’s press staff, or Kerry’s?

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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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