Impeachment, Insurrection and Billions in Spending: 2021 was Tumultuous Year on Capitol Hill

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From insurrection and impeachment to infrastructure and COVID relief funding, 2021 was one of the most significant years on Capitol Hill in decades. Lawmakers had to deal with the impact of a global pandemic while trying to pass an ambitious legislative agenda during the first year of a new presidency. VOA’s Congressional Correspondent Katherine Gypson has more on a historic year in the U.S. Congress. Produced by: Katherine Gypson …

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Harry Reid, Former US Senate Majority Leader, Dies at 82

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Harry Reid, the former Senate majority leader and Nevada’s longest-serving member of Congress, has died. He was 82.  Reid died Tuesday, “peacefully,” surrounded by family, “following a courageous, four-year battle with pancreatic cancer,” Landra Reid said of her husband in a statement. “Harry was a devout family man and deeply loyal friend,” she said. “We greatly appreciate the outpouring of support from so many over these past few years. We are especially grateful for the doctors and nurses that cared for him. Please know that meant the world to him.”  Funeral arrangements would be announced in the coming days, shemore

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