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The New Congress and Hillary Clinton's Past and Future
The least productive Congress gives way to a new Congress today. Who will wield power? Also, the legacy of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
By Sara Terry • • 52m ListenThe least productive Congress gives way to a new Congress today, just hours after the last session grappled with fiscal cliff legislation. Guest host Sara Terry looks at what's first on this term's agenda and who will wield power. What can this Congress get done? Will relationships among Republican legislators continue to fracture? Also, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton steps down from her latest post with the highest approval ratings of her lifetime. What legacy does she leave behind? Is another run for the White House likely in 2016?
Banner image: (L) House Speaker John Boehner, photo by Gage Skidmore; (R) Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, photo by Marc Nozell
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The 113th Congress is sworn in to office today. Technically it's a new Congress, but 95 percent of the members from the 112th Congress who made it to the ballot in November will be returning to take up their seats again. So how new is new?
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Lawyer, First Lady, US Senator, presidential candidate, Secretary of State… Hillary Clinton has racked up one of the most impressive resumes in American politics. As Secretary of State serving the man she once battled for the presidency, she's logged nearly a million travel miles with visits to 112 countries.
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