1.0 link 137912 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jared-bernstein/a-glimmer-of-hope_b_137912.html Most Congressional hearings are not that scintillating. The ones you see on TV, with Roger Clemens testifying about steroids, Ben Bernanke, or some general back from the field, are the exceptions (and let's face it: they're pretty predictable too, with important people working hard to not say anything important). Mostly, it's a group of policy wonks or industry reps talking to members of Congress about some minutiae in a bill that may or may not go anywhere. At their worst,...

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