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House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) gave an easily missed signal Jan. 17 that an end to the longest-ever government shutdown may be closer than it appears, thanks to two perhaps-unlikely heroes.
Then-House Minority Whip Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) on the Capitol in Washington on Nov. 28, 2018. Alex Wong/Getty Images
Mark Tapscott
Senior Congressional Correspondent
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Mark Tapscott
Senior Congressional Correspondent
Mark Tapscott is an award-winning senior Congressional correspondent for The Epoch Times. He covers Congress, national politics, and policy.
Mr. Tapscott previously worked for Washington Times, Washington Examiner, Montgomery Journal, and Daily Caller News Foundation.
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