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How Five Parents at a Kitchen Table Passed Major Legislation in a Dysfunctional CongressCan regular folks, not Washington, DC, insiders, get laws passed in Congress? Perhaps they are the only people who can get laws passed…Mar 2, 2015Mar 2, 2015