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KFC, the Grim Reaper and an epically long bill reading: Congressional Hits and Misses

Week of April 29, 2019

An aide adjusts the name plate for Attorney General William Barr before a House Judiciary Committee hearing. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
An aide adjusts the name plate for Attorney General William Barr before a House Judiciary Committee hearing. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Congress is back in session and back to its usual bickering, name-calling and delaying. Rep. Steve Cohen dubbed Attorney General William Barr “chicken” for not showing up to his House hearing, Speaker Nancy Pelosi re-upped Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s Grim Reaper nickname and a stalwart House Judiciary clerk spent nearly 30 minutes reading the entire text of a bill out loud at the request of Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner.

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