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It’s not every game where the president drops in, but President Joe Biden. in blue, spent time with both teams at the Congressional Baseball Game, here in the Republican dugout.

From the Hill to the mound: Playing ball is break from political brawl

Oct 1, 2021 ◇ Simon Williams/Cronkite News

Stanton and fellow Democratic Rep. Ruben Gallego of Phoenix were Arizona’s representatives for the annual charity fundraiser Congressional Baseball Game – Republican versus Democrat – that senators and House members played before an announced crowd of 14,348. Read more»

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Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz. on the field at Nationals Park before the annual Congressional Baseball Game for Charity. The game raised more than $300.000 for D.C.-area charities.

Playing hardball in D.C.: Flake suits up for congressional baseball game

Jun 16, 2013 ◇ Evan Bell/Cronkite News Service

Democrat vs. Republican. It sounds like the definition of partisanship, but Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., hopes Thursday’s congressional baseball game can show the way to greater bipartisanship in Washington. Read more»


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