Al Franken is Resigning and Congress Keeps the Government Running (For Now)

The Brian Lehrer Show | Dec 8, 2017

Heather Caygle, a congressional reporter for POLITICO, discusses this tense week in Congress with Al Franken announcing his plan to resign and the scramble for votes on a bill to fund the government.

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