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The Roundtable

Congressional Corner with Kirsten Gillibrand

By Ian Pickus

Published December 4, 2023 at 10:50 AM EST

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The Senate is up for grabs next year. In today’s Congressional Corner, Democratic New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand wraps up her conversation with WAMC’s Ian Pickus.

This conversation was recorded November 30.

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