Shifting Power Dynamics and Immigration Policies

With not one but two spending cliffs on the near horizon—not to mention wars abroad and a crisis at the border—can one of the all-time least productive Congresses get anything done this session?

Guest: Marianna Sotomayor, congressional reporter for The Washington Post

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