What to expect as a new GOP-controlled Congress kicks off
Clip: 1/5/2015 | 8m 24s
The GOP will control both the House and the Senate for the first time in nearly a decade.
When the 114th Congress convenes on Tuesday, Republicans will control both the House and the Senate for the first time in nearly a decade. What will this mean for the national political agenda? Judy Woodruff gets two perspectives from Arkadi Gerney of the Center for American Progress and David Boaz of the Cato Institute.
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What to expect as a new GOP-controlled Congress kicks off
Clip: 1/5/2015 | 8m 24s
When the 114th Congress convenes on Tuesday, Republicans will control both the House and the Senate for the first time in nearly a decade. What will this mean for the national political agenda? Judy Woodruff gets two perspectives from Arkadi Gerney of the Center for American Progress and David Boaz of the Cato Institute.
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