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Past Lame-Duck Sessions

NPR's Mara Liasson reports on lame-duck sessions of the past, including the 1998 session where the House impeached President Clinton, and the 1954 session where the Senate censured Wisconsin's Joe McCarthy.

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Mara Liasson is a national political correspondent for NPR.
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